Snr Quality Analyst (QA) Engineer- Reading

£60 to £65k basic + Flexi/remote working

My client, an international full-service digital agency based in Reading is looking to hire a Snr QA Engineer/Tester, working onsite with a great team, including flexi working and the ability to work from home sometimes.

The Agency strategise, design, and develop digital solutions for the private and public sector. Their international team across UK and Netherlands of over 100 professionals work between both locations delivering exceptional solutions.

You will work with high profile clients and manage challenging impactful projects, as well as have the opportunity to work within multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. They offer on the job project experience, training and encourage knowledge sharing amongst colleagues, including Academy days, time to spend for yourself as well as time to develop your work-related initiatives.

As our Snr QA Tester you will be responsible for testing all the software that is built within your team (and offer support to other teams when required), and you will do so in close collaboration with the developers. You are in close contact with our customers and anyone else who is involved in the process of functional design and test planning. This includes integration and acceptance testing and debugging support. Oh, and you have to document and report all the issues you come across in test reports.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Test all the software that is built within your team, and offer support to other teams when needed.

Keep in close contact with our customers and anyone else who is involved in the process of functional design and test planning.

Get issues resolved and moved on by providing your technical input when required.

Create test cases and test plans.

Define and execute functional, automation and performance test plans and strategies.

Participate in implementing the Continuous Integration practice.

Ensure the quality of the delivered work of the cross-functional development team.

Test software before release to our clients; This includes integration and acceptance testing.

Offer debugging support to developers.

Document and report all the issues you come across in test reports.

WE ASK FOR

Working experience in an Agile environment including methods like Scrum.

3-5 years working experience in testing with web based applications.

Experience with browser compatibility and manual testing.

Knowledge of the software development life cycle.

Knowledge of QA automation tools like Selenium, Cucumber and Robot would be fantastic.

Certification of ISTQB, ISEB and/or TMAP would be great.

Experience with the version control system Git

Experience with performance/load testing would be an advantage.

The ability and willingness to travel abroad

You are independent, communicative, flexible and you can prioritise.

You have great team spirit! At least, most of the time...

Important Information: We endeavour to process your personal data in a fair and transparent manner. In applying for this role, Additional Resources will be acting in your best interest and may contact you in relation to the role, either by email, phone or text message. For more information see our Privacy Policy on our website. It is important you are aware of your individual rights and the provisions the company has put in place to protect your data. If you would like further information on the policy or GDPR please contact us.

Additional Resources Ltd is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003

Snr Quality Analyst (QA) Engineer- Reading

£60 to £65k basic + Flexi/remote working

My client, an international full-service digital agency based in Reading is looking to hire a Snr QA Engineer/Tester, working onsite with a great team, including flexi working and the ability to work from home sometimes.

The Agency strategise, design, and develop digital solutions for the private and public sector. Their international team across UK and Netherlands of over 100 professionals work between both locations delivering exceptional solutions.

You will work with high profile clients and manage challenging impactful projects, as well as have the opportunity to work within multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. They offer on the job project experience, training and encourage knowledge sharing amongst colleagues, including Academy days, time to spend for yourself as well as time to develop your work-related initiatives.

As our Snr QA Tester you will be responsible for testing all the software that is built within your team (and offer support to other teams when required), and you will do so in close collaboration with the developers. You are in close contact with our customers and anyone else who is involved in the process of functional design and test planning. This includes integration and acceptance testing and debugging support. Oh, and you have to document and report all the issues you come across in test reports.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Test all the software that is built within your team, and offer support to other teams when needed.

Keep in close contact with our customers and anyone else who is involved in the process of functional design and test planning.

Get issues resolved and moved on by providing your technical input when required.

Create test cases and test plans.

Define and execute functional, automation and performance test plans and strategies.

Participate in implementing the Continuous Integration practice.

Ensure the quality of the delivered work of the cross-functional development team.

Test software before release to our clients; This includes integration and acceptance testing.

Offer debugging support to developers.

Document and report all the issues you come across in test reports.

WE ASK FOR

Working experience in an Agile environment including methods like Scrum.

3-5 years working experience in testing with web based applications.

Experience with browser compatibility and manual testing.

Knowledge of the software development life cycle.

Knowledge of QA automation tools like Selenium, Cucumber and Robot would be fantastic.

Certification of ISTQB, ISEB and/or TMAP would be great.

Experience with the version control system Git

Experience with performance/load testing would be an advantage.

The ability and willingness to travel abroad

You are independent, communicative, flexible and you can prioritise.

You have great team spirit! At least, most of the time...

Important Information: We endeavour to process your personal data in a fair and transparent manner. In applying for this role, Additional Resources will be acting in your best interest and may contact you in relation to the role, either by email, phone or text message. For more information see our Privacy Policy on our website. It is important you are aware of your individual rights and the provisions the company has put in place to protect your data. If you would like further information on the policy or GDPR please contact us.

Additional Resources Ltd is an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003

Our client is one of the world's leading communications services companies, selling products and services that are integral to modern life. Their purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: to use the power of communications to make a better world.

Data Architect Responsibilities

Database maintenance/monitoring
* Monitoring and maintaining (db size, resources, performance)
* Scaling
* Creating databases
* Managing users, schemas, permissions.
* Optimising performance
* Understanding of cloud architecture (AWS RDS services)

Data warehouse development
* Turning requirements into logical and physical data model
* Documenting of design
* Scripting the models (DDL and DML)
* Scripting for automation (i.e. deployment)
* Design to optimize performance (indexing, partitioning)
* Managing changes to models (i.e tracking change (with the tool called Liquibase), rollback, forwards/backward compatibility, source control (Git))
* Designing and maintaining 'ELT'
* Data governance
* Designing and using OLAP cubes

Dev Ops
* Ensuring deployment can be automated and scalable
* Continuous integration continuous delivery (Jenkins tool)
* Design services to run in containers

Ad-Hoc

User support/troubleshooting - Resolving queries regarding BI Services running in non prod environments

Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications
* The ability to understand "The Bigger Picture" - from business requirements down to front end reporting tool set all the way through to back end databases and source systems
* Data Warehouse modelling techniques - Inmon / Kimball dimensional modelling.
* Experience with large transactional data volumes, and the types of solutions that support these in data warehousing.
* Appreciation or understanding how Agile BI projects work.
* Good team player - working closely with the application developers, product owners and product managers.
* University Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
* Fluency in English
* BI implementations on Cloud

Our client is one of the world's leading communications services companies, selling products and services that are integral to modern life. Their purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: to use the power of communications to make a better world.

Data Architect Responsibilities

Database maintenance/monitoring
* Monitoring and maintaining (db size, resources, performance)
* Scaling
* Creating databases
* Managing users, schemas, permissions.
* Optimising performance
* Understanding of cloud architecture (AWS RDS services)

Data warehouse development
* Turning requirements into logical and physical data model
* Documenting of design
* Scripting the models (DDL and DML)
* Scripting for automation (i.e. deployment)
* Design to optimize performance (indexing, partitioning)
* Managing changes to models (i.e tracking change (with the tool called Liquibase), rollback, forwards/backward compatibility, source control (Git))
* Designing and maintaining 'ELT'
* Data governance
* Designing and using OLAP cubes

Dev Ops
* Ensuring deployment can be automated and scalable
* Continuous integration continuous delivery (Jenkins tool)
* Design services to run in containers

Ad-Hoc

User support/troubleshooting - Resolving queries regarding BI Services running in non prod environments

Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications
* The ability to understand "The Bigger Picture" - from business requirements down to front end reporting tool set all the way through to back end databases and source systems
* Data Warehouse modelling techniques - Inmon / Kimball dimensional modelling.
* Experience with large transactional data volumes, and the types of solutions that support these in data warehousing.
* Appreciation or understanding how Agile BI projects work.
* Good team player - working closely with the application developers, product owners and product managers.
* University Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
* Fluency in English
* BI implementations on Cloud

Becoming a Lead Scala Developer with Orangebus:

Orange Bus is a digital agency and award-winning innovation hub. We deliver digital services, products and strategies to clients - like the NHS, Aston Martin, Joules and O'Neill - in the public and private sector. We develop everything from websites and applications, to CMS platforms and digital touchpoints, using cutting-edge web technologies. In 2016, we were acquired by Capita and today we're continuing to expand and build our capabilities. Want to be part of a rewarding, refreshing and unique creative organisation? You've found it.

We are looking for a Lead Scala Developer to work within an existing Scrum team based in Shipley, Yorkshire. Teams work collaboratively to build robust microservices using the Play framework and Scala. There is an emphasis on functional programming style and TDD. We are looking for candidates who enjoy sharing their expertise with the team and providing further support to the more junior members.

What you'll be doing:

• Scala, with an appreciation of its functional capabilities.
• A modern MVC framework (Play, Vert.x,Rails, ASP.NET MVC, SpringMVC)
• Test Driven Development (TDD). You'll see unit testing as essential.

What we're looking for:

• Knowledge and experience of using Git Linux (the command line is your friend)
• You will have mentored and coached less experienced developers Experience in leading investigative work into problems at a senior level, driving the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements
• Pair daily with like-minded and highly skilled people
• You'll assist in architecting systems and applications
• Working as part of an Agile team collaborating with team members in every role

About Orangebus

Orangebus are part of Capita Plc, a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We're supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a shared goal. We encourage an open, honest working environment where everyone can be true to themselves and people are valued for their differences. We're always challenging each other to learn and improve, because we know when we work together, we can deliver better outcomes. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you'll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions.

What's in it for you?

• £600 per day

• INSIDE SCOPE OF IR35

You'll also become part of a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do deliver. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you'll do next:

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. If you have any questions you'd like to ask before applying, you can contact Suzanne Maby

Capita Resourcing operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender identity or gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.

Becoming a Lead Scala Developer with Orangebus:

Orange Bus is a digital agency and award-winning innovation hub. We deliver digital services, products and strategies to clients - like the NHS, Aston Martin, Joules and O'Neill - in the public and private sector. We develop everything from websites and applications, to CMS platforms and digital touchpoints, using cutting-edge web technologies. In 2016, we were acquired by Capita and today we're continuing to expand and build our capabilities. Want to be part of a rewarding, refreshing and unique creative organisation? You've found it.

We are looking for a Lead Scala Developer to work within an existing Scrum team based in Shipley, Yorkshire. Teams work collaboratively to build robust microservices using the Play framework and Scala. There is an emphasis on functional programming style and TDD. We are looking for candidates who enjoy sharing their expertise with the team and providing further support to the more junior members.

What you'll be doing:

• Scala, with an appreciation of its functional capabilities.
• A modern MVC framework (Play, Vert.x,Rails, ASP.NET MVC, SpringMVC)
• Test Driven Development (TDD). You'll see unit testing as essential.

What we're looking for:

• Knowledge and experience of using Git Linux (the command line is your friend)
• You will have mentored and coached less experienced developers Experience in leading investigative work into problems at a senior level, driving the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements
• Pair daily with like-minded and highly skilled people
• You'll assist in architecting systems and applications
• Working as part of an Agile team collaborating with team members in every role

About Orangebus

Orangebus are part of Capita Plc, a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We're supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a shared goal. We encourage an open, honest working environment where everyone can be true to themselves and people are valued for their differences. We're always challenging each other to learn and improve, because we know when we work together, we can deliver better outcomes. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you'll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions.

What's in it for you?

• £600 per day

• INSIDE SCOPE OF IR35

You'll also become part of a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do deliver. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you'll do next:

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. If you have any questions you'd like to ask before applying, you can contact Suzanne Maby

Capita Resourcing operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender identity or gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.