Test Analyst

**Role**: Test Analyst

**Location**:London/Hemel Hempstead/Bristol

**Duration**:6 Months

**Clearance**:Highest level clearance required

**Overview**:
This role is responsible for functionally leading a team of Test Practitioners conducting the Test and Validation function for a number of key UK business, Government and Defence contracts.

The role holder will create, own and maintain the test and validation strategy for high profile, high value and highly complex project deliveries.

The role holder will assure the integrity of test activities and ensure they are conducted to agreed quality standards.

**Responsibilities**:

- The role holder is accountable for the completion of Test activities on high profile, high value and highly complex, project deliveries (including secure), to agreed quality standards and in-line with the test strategy. Plans and oversees full lifecycleintegration testing to support projects from Bid stage through AIS and in-life.
- The role holder is accountable for the creation and quality of all testing documentation (plans, reports, scripts) in line with the testing strategy and accountable for the integrity of the test scripts developed within the teams remit, ensuring they meetthe customers agreed requirements and are fit for purpose.
- The role holder is responsible for assessing, impacting, co-ordinating and allocating work to Test Practitioners.
- The role holder acts as project wide escalation point for all testing matters, liaising with internal/external stakeholders and escalating to the T&V Manager as required; interacting with customers and senior internal stakeholders including project andprogramme managers to gather insight and feedback to inform testing requirements and approach.
- The role holder will develop plans to define the depth of testing required, data sources and key deliverables in conjunction with technical staff.
- The role holder will conduct test activities at core sites and/or customer / supplier sites to assess the impact, functional operation and non-functional capability of a solution.
- The role holder will identify and analyse defects or issues to understand impacts, RCA, severity. Priority and risks - reporting on and discussing findings to enable mitigation.
- The role holder will deliver quality test diagnostics to report on accuracy, quality, and number of errors and whether customer requirements are being met.
- The role holder will perform rigorous, complex testing and inspections to evaluate quality, performance, resilience and other non-functional capabilities.
- The role holder will identify solutions to resolve complex problems.
- The role holder will champion the adoption of best practice.
- The role holder may be required to manage multiple deliveries simultaneously, whilst ensuring the integrity of the Test and Validation role is maintained.
- The role holder will report and communicate progress internally and may require regular engagement with the customer.
- The role holder will be a recognised SME and visible leader within own operational team - coaching and continuously improving capability of Test Practitioners and peers

**Skills**:

- Expert level understanding of Test and Validation processes and procedures.
- Required to be security cleared - **highest level required**:

- Experienced in the Winning New Business process and the Shipley methods for clients bid support, using creative thinking to answer to ITT questions and make key contributions to support high-scoring responses backed up with efficiently sized forecasts andjustified risks.
- May be required to interface directly with the customer at operational and director levels. Face to face visits to customer site may be required.
- Drives improvements to the Test and Validation process - is responsible for the integrity / maintenance.
- Strong customer focus and drive to provide proactive, pre-emptive and best in class service.
- Possesses the ability to take well-evaluated risks and be audacious in making decisions and taking action
- Must have technical understanding QA/Static testing of documentation.
- Will provide Design review / input, Security requirement analysis and input to Business continuity plans.
- Required to report / communicate with Director / Head of / Senior Manager for project updates.
- Capable of designing a new Service by considering data, analysing impacted systems and tools, analysing the impact on people from a variety of business functions and locations, being able to choose the best strategy/approach, defining system requirements,process definitions and operational support wraps.
- Service and Continuous Improvement, gap identification and analysis, root cause analysis, process re-engineering, able to provide training to teams from various business functions and overall delivery manage the improvement.
- Will lead on wider team initiatives such as CI, Your Say and ISO20K audits.
- Qualified at ISTQB advanced or equivalent level.