Senior QA Analyst

Erin Associates Ltd; Altrincham; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Erin Associates Ltd in Altrincham (Hybrid Working) is seeking a Senior QA Analyst to ensure the quality, reliability and usability of its software products. You will collaborate with developers, product, support and implementation teams to support new feature development, version releases and customer issue investigations.

The role offers an opportunity to improve testing processes, strengthen quality standards and promote a proactive approach to quality.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software quality assurance and manual testing across web-based or business systems.
• Good understanding of functional, regression, exploratory and release testing.
• Experience reviewing system specifications, requirements and user stories to identify gaps, risks and edge cases.
• Experience creating, maintaining and executing test plans, scenarios, test cases and test scripts.
• Experience tracking and managing defects using test management or defect tracking tools.
• Strong analytical skills to investigate issues, reproduce defects and validate fixes.
• Experience supporting UAT, release verification, test environment coordination or integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain product quality and support release readiness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify risks early and improve testing practices.
• Influence continuous quality improvements without formal line management responsibilities.

Skills

Software QA experience

Manual testing

Web-based testing

Functional testing

Regression testing

Defect tracking

UAT support

Education

ISTQB qualification

Tools

TestMo

Job description

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

Altrincham (Hybrid Working)

Salary: £45k + Benefits

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior QA Analyst to join an established software organisation, taking responsibility for ensuring the quality, reliability and usability of its products. You will work closely with developers, product, support and implementation teams to support new feature development, version releases and customer issue investigations. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced QA professional to take a proactive role in improving testing processes, strengthening quality standards and helping deliver a reliable, high-quality user experience.

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in software quality assurance and manual testing across web-based or business systems.
• A good understanding of functional, regression, exploratory and release testing.
• Experience reviewing system specifications, functional requirements and user stories to identify gaps, risks and edge cases.
• Experience creating, maintaining and executing test plans, scenarios, test cases and test scripts.
• Experience tracking and managing defects, bugs and enhancements using test management or defect tracking tools.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to investigate issues, reproduce defects and validate fixes.
• Experience supporting UAT, release verification, test environment coordination or integration testing.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working with TestMo.
• Experience testing commercial cloud software.
• An ISTQB qualification.
• Experience working with third parties on integration testing and external system access.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining product quality, supporting release readiness and investigating customer-reported issues. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help identify risks early, improve testing practices and promote a proactive approach to quality. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior QA professional to take ownership of their workload, share knowledge with colleagues and influence continuous improvement without the need for formal line management responsibilities.

If you have not heard back from us within 5 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Your profile may be considered for other suitable vacancies that arise within the next 12 weeks.

Contact – Alex Palmer

Erin Associates welcomes applications from people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and disabilities. Please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application process