Senior QA Consultant

Hitachi Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Solutions Europe Limited is expanding its consulting team in the UK and seeking a Senior QA Consultant. You will lead automated and manual testing, including Dynamics 365 integrations, performance tests, and API validations, while guiding junior testers and ensuring quality across deliveries.

The role offers a home-working culture with regular office visits, a strong learning culture, and opportunities to grow within a global Microsoft partner.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 testing and QA processes.
• Ability to plan, coordinate and lead testing activities across teams.
• Hands-on testing experience across UI, API and performance testing.
• Familiarity with automation tools (Playwright, Selenium) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver automated and manual testing to agreed timelines and quality levels.
• Plan, delegate, monitor, and control Test Team activities per the Test plan.
• Ensure Test Plan resources across all testing phases and lifecycle.
• Mentor junior Test Lead on smaller projects and escalate risks when needed.

Skills

Security Clearance

Dynamics 365

AI Copilot

JavaScript

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Tools

JMeter

BlazeMeter

K6

Playwright

Selenium Grid

WebDriver C#

SQL

Job description

Company Description

Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy, Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specialising in end-to-end transformation.

As a global consultancy firm working across the private and public sectors, we specialise in Dynamics 365 Business Applications, Power Platform, including Azure, Application Modernisation and Data & Analytics.

Our highly skilled team help drive improvements, creating efficiency and growth within organisations. We are committed to Microsoft technologies, with a mission to revolutionise modern businesses. To achieve this we employ the best, most dedicated talent to deliver outstanding technology solutions to both our local and global clients.

Be part of our Hitachi family

We place value on collaboration, open communication, and transparency. We emphasise the importance of team spirit, cohesion, and appreciation – And through our talented people, innovative culture, and technical and business expertise, we deliver game changing outcomes every day. Our learning culture and flat hierarchy are our recipes for success. But don't take our word for it – Have a look at what our employees are saying: Hitachi Solutions: Recruiting the best talent and offering outstanding career opportunities (hitachi-solutions.co.uk)

What to expect, your benefits

Hitachi Solutions offers competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses), pension and benefits plans. Work/Life balance is an essential part of our culture, and all our employees are home workers, although you will be expected to come into our or customer's offices regularly. We operate a comprehensive career development programme that includes mentoring and training plans to ensure that you will continue to grow and develop your career at Hitachi.

Job Description

We are growing our consulting team and looking for a Senior QA Consultant to join us on our exciting journey and be part of the Hitachi Solutions family.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for the delivery of the automated and manual testing to an agreed and timeline and to an acceptable level of quality, reporting to the Test Lead.
• Accountable for test scope, and adhering to the published methodology and project controls.
• Accountable for Test Progress reporting.
• Providing support and guidance to Test Consultants and Test Analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• The overall delivery of the testing on a day-by-day basis to time, quality and budget.
• Planning, delegating, monitoring and controlling the Test Team’s activities in accordance with the Test plan.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Test plan is resourced throughout all phases of the testing lifecycle.
• Ensuring that the testing process is followed, and that all deliverables, milestones, and test phases are accepted.
• Act as a point of contact for the Test Team and elevate any required actions, issues, or risks to the Project Team/Steering Group.
• Being point of contact to the junior test team on solution understanding.
• Assessing products and requirements, checking for quality and accuracy.
• Ensuring that scripts are prepared and written to a high quality level.
• Organising and Managing of Test Meetings.
• Providing a junior Test Lead role on smaller projects.

Qualifications

Key Competencies

• A good understanding of the software test and development process and the business approach.
• Security Clearance or Security Clearance eligible
• Demonstrable experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Experience in performance testing and Azure load testing, using toolsets like JMeter, BlazeMeter, and K6, is highly desirable.
• Accessibility testing experience desirable.
• Hands-on experience in Playwright, Selenium Grid & WebDriver C#, SQL, Ruby, Specflow, and Cucumber.
• Experience in using AI technologies such as Co-Pilot.
• Javascript experience.
• Good exposure to SOAP, REST based APIs.
• Good exposure to DevOps / Test Plan APIs.
• Structured and disciplined with good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to produce high quality and professional written documentation.
• Good presentation skills.
• Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Diversity and Inclusion at Hitachi Solutions

Diversity is the wellspring of our innovation and our growth engine, and we believe that creativity is fuelled by diversity. To be truly user centric, we need to ensure that the teams developing products and services are representative of the communities they serve. Our collective success is achieved by fostering and respecting our employees’ and customer’s individualities coming together as One Team. Hitachi strives to create an environment not only where genders, races, cultures, sexual orientations, and identities can work together, but where the beliefs and views of those participating feel equally represented.

Additional Information

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