Tester Analyst

Advanced Resource Managers Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Limited in Reading is seeking a Tester Analyst to support a large-scale digital transformation programme. You will take ownership of testing activities across the SDP value streams and work with Test Managers, Product Owners, developers and stakeholders to ensure products meet business, technical and security requirements.

Seeking experience in manual and automated testing with Selenium, BrowserStack, and performance/security testing.

Qualifications

• Experience in testing within complex enterprise environments.
• Mandatory security clearance and experience handling restricted information.
• Strong background in IT, digital, technology, or software delivery environments.
• Proven experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Hands-on with Selenium and BrowserStack for test automation.
• Experience with performance, load, and security testing (JMeter, OWASP ZAP/Burp).
• Understanding of CI/CD and SDLC with automated delivery pipelines.
• Experience with Python, Java, or JavaScript.
• Experience using Jira and Azure DevOps for test management.
• Strong communication and governance capabilities.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI usage for reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and review requirements, HLDs/LLDs, User Stories, and acceptance criteria for testability.
• Develop knowledge of SDP products and provide support where required.
• Design comprehensive test scenarios, cases, and plans.
• Execute manual and automated functional and non-functional testing.
• Conduct usability, performance, load, security, regression testing.
• Develop and maintain testing dashboards and test status reporting.
• Produce test reports at the end of each cycle.
• Identify, document, and manage defects through resolution.
• Participate in defect reviews and technical walkthroughs.
• Coordinate testing activities across multiple streams and teams.

Skills

Test planning

Stakeholder management

Agile experience

Analytical skills

Programming basics

Tools

Selenium

BrowserStack

JMeter

OWASP ZAP

Burp Suite

Jira

Azure DevOps

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Tester Analyst

Contract: Initial 6 Months Day Rate: Circa £450 Inside IR35 Location: Reading Start Date: ASAP Security Clearance: Active SC clearance

We are looking for experienced SDP Tester Analysts to join a large-scale digital transformation programme, supporting the Test Manager across the SDP Value Streams: Cloud Hosting, Enterprise Services, End-Users, IDAM, and LSSI.

As a Tester Analyst, you will take ownership of testing activities within your assigned value stream, working closely with Test Managers, Product Owners, developers, and wider technical stakeholders to ensure products meet business, technical, and security requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and review business requirements, HLDs, LLDs, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria to ensure they are clear, complete, and testable.
• Quickly develop knowledge of SDP products and provide operational and techno-functional support where required.
• Design comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and test plans based on requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Execute manual and automated functional and non-functional testing.
• Conduct usability, performance, load, security, regression, and other testing activities.
• Develop and maintain testing dashboards, providing clear visibility of progress, risks, and test status.
• Produce test reports at the end of each test execution.
• Identify, document, and manage defects through to resolution.
• Participate in defect reviews, daily testing meetings, and technical walkthroughs.
• Carry out follow-up and regression testing following defect resolution.
• Escalate testing risks, issues, and dependencies where appropriate.

Skills & Experience

• Experience in a similar testing role, ideally within consulting or complex enterprise environments.
• Mandatory security clearance and experience working with restricted information.
• Strong background in IT, digital, technology, or software delivery environments.
• Proven experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Hands-on experience with tools/frameworks such as Selenium and BrowserStack.
• Experience in performance, load, and security testing, using tools such as JMeter, OWASP ZAP, or Burp Suite.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including integrating testing into automated delivery pipelines.
• Experience with Python, Java, and/or JavaScript.
• Experience using test and work management platforms such as Jira and Azure DevOps.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies and Azure DevOps ways of working.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate testing workloads across teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience producing executive‑level reporting, dashboards, and test metrics.
• Advanced experience with Excel, Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar reporting and monitoring tools.
• Experience working within formal governance and demand‑management frameworks.
• Experience with large‑scale enterprise or digital transformation programmes.
• Experience coordinating testing across multiple technology streams.