SAP QA Analyst

Expleo; South Dublin; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Pension

Employee wellbeing programme

Sports and social events

Birthday hampers

Job summary

Expleo is looking for talented Testing Consultants (QA Analysts) in South Dublin. The role involves designing, developing, and executing tests in line with agreed plans, while mentoring junior staff and ensuring high-quality output.

Candidates should have experience in SAP projects, software testing, and API testing, along with strong client-facing and people management skills. The role offers a collaborative environment and various professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience working with SAP projects is a must have for this role.
• Experience within a software quality assurance/testing role.
• Experience in API Testing.
• Experience in test automation scripting.
• Non-functional testing experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop test plans for custom development.
• Document, execute tests, lead defect triage discussions.
• Work closely with development teams, providing guidance.
• Analyse complex requirements; ensure testability.

Skills

Excellent client-facing skills

People management skills

Team work and emotional intelligence

Good self-management

Innovative approach

High value on openness and transparency

Education

Computer Science/I.T. related degree

ISTQB certification in Software Testing

Tools

API Testing tools (SoapUI, Ready API, Postman)

Test automation scripting (Selenium, Playwright, Python)

SQL

UNIX

Agile

Job description

Overview

We are seeking talented Testing Consultants (QA Analysts) with a proven track record in SAP solution delivery, the Test Analyst will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing tests in a custom development environment in line with agreed plans and strategies. As a member of a highly collaborative, dynamic test team, the Test Analyst will be asked to provide mentoring, guidance and direction to other team members, as well as ensuring the quality of the team’s output is of a consistently high standard

Responsibilities

• Document and execute high quality test plans for functional areas under custom development and test
• Analyse complex requirements and review acceptance criteria to ensure they are fit for purpose, testable and can have tests developed to explicitly test and guide acceptance
• Create comprehensive and well defined test scripts that are traceable back to requirements
• Execution of functional, regression and integration test scripts
• Lead/participate in defect triage discussions and question development perception of severity
• Co-ordination of test activities and work as part of a scrum team
• Interrogate the underlying databases to extract test data and execute SQL statements to prove test results
• Develop and execute technical tests to prove the load and performance of the solution
• Contribute to management reporting including appropriate test metrics on planning, defects and execution.
• Ensure regression testing is performed in a manner that recognizes the risks of introducing defects into the environment
• Work closely with the development teams to provide information and direction to junior team members
• Escalate risks and issues to the appropriate level to ensure resolution
• Support test management in developing project plans and track against key milestone dates

Essential skills

• Excellent client-facing skills
• People management skills – introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Team work and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind‑set
• Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
• High value on openness and transparency

Desired skills

• A Computer Science/I.T. related degree
• ISTQB certification in Software Testing

Experience

• Experience working with SAP projects is a must have for this role
• Experience within a software quality assurance / testing role
• Experience in API Testing (SoapUI, Ready API, Postman etc.)
• Experience in test automation scripting (Selenium, Playwright, Python etc.)
• Technical skills - SQL, UNIX, Agile preferential
• Non-functional testing experience advantageous

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy – enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.