Quality Assurance Analyst
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Job Description
This is the Internal Only Recruitment Site for UK Research and Innovation Staff for roles within Innovate UK (UKRI).
Please apply for jobs via this site only if you are employed by UK Research and Innovation (employees with access to Innovate UKs Workday system may apply via the Careers application within the system).
If you are not a current UKRI employee you can view vacancies at the externally advertised stage at the links given in the About Us information on the right. If you wish to apply for the position below please ensure that you comply with the requirements of the recruitment process by submitting both a full CV and application letter. Ideally you should also advise your manager of your application.
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Quality Assurance Analyst
As a Quality assurance analyst you will influence quality at all stages of the project driving continuous improvement and getting involved with requirements analysis design testing and release of enterprise level software applications.
*Please note this advert will close on the 21st of May 2025 at 23.59pm.
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Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Band: UKRI Band E (UKRI Ts & Cs)
Salary: 45272 gross per annum
Reports to: Quality Assurance Lead
Location: Swindon (Hybrid Working)
Contract: Permanent
Innovate UK recognises the importance of worklife balance and we will be happy to discuss any requests for flexible working arrangements.
Job Purpose:
As a Quality assurance analyst you will influence quality at all stages of the project driving continuous improvement and getting involved with requirements analysis design testing and release of enterprise level software applications. You will work to ensure the successful delivery of the major platform work items from different IT projects through robust integration and test processes.
The ideal candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate experience with Acceptance testing (Including UAT) Exploratory Testing and Automation of functional and nonfunctional requirements. You will need to have an aptitude to pick up new skills quickly and a desire to provide coaching and mentoring to other testers within the team and other areas of the organisation.
We particularly welcome female applicants as women are underrepresented within Innovate UK in this type of role.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Services/API Performance & Accessibility test frameworks with DevOps CI/CD
- Propose solutions to clients when needed
- Manage plan and perform exploratory and automation activities throughout the project
- Ensure that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified documented tracked and resolved in a defect tracking system.
- Own and manage the release process to deliver the product effectively.
- Work closely with developers Junior test engineers and cross functional scrum team members to increase the test coverage and reduce the test bottlenecks.
- Update and maintain regression suites as the products evolve
- Work collaboratively and effectively in a DevOps way of working environment.
- Provide feature demos to the stakeholders
This is not an exhaustive list and you might be encouraged to undertake any other duties across the wider directorate commensurate with the Band and level of responsibility of this post for which the post holder has the key experience and/or training.
Shortlisting criteria
(S) Assessed at shortlisting
(I) Assessed at interview
(S&I) Assessed at both shortlisting and interview
Person Specification:
Experience & Qualifications:
Essential
- Educated to Degreelevel qualification or equivalent experience (S)
- Strong knowledge of robot framework Selenium and other test frameworks (BDD cucumber) (S&I)
- API testing with Rest Assured or Postman (S&I)
- Performance testing with JMeter or equivalent (S&I)
- Great communication skills you will be speaking with and presenting to your team members and the clients (I)
- Experience working in an Agile environment (S&I)
- Passionate about IT and new technologies (I)
- Work withGIT (commands branching merging)for version control. (S&I)
- Manage test execution using tools such asJIRA (S&I)
Desirable
- ITIL Foundation desirable (S)
- ISTQB Test Foundation desirable (S)
- Certified Agile Tester Certification desirable (S)
- Experience of delivering digital projects is a benefit (S&I)
- Python or JavaScript (medium knowledge of reading and scripting) (S&I)
- Working knowledge ofAWSnice to have (I)
- Experience with security testing (I)
- Medium knowledge of reading and scripting of SQL (S&I)
- Bash scripting (I)
- SQL knowledge (I)
Competencies:
All team members demonstrate compatibility with and capability against our Core Competencies such as:
Thinking and Problem Solving Stakeholder management Communication skills Influencing Selfawareness/selfmanagement Strategic awareness Working with others Project management
Some of the above competencies will be assessed at interview stage in addition to the criterias listed in the person specification.
Travel Requirements:
Swindonbased: There may be the occasional requirement for national travel.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion:
Innovate UK is a diverse workforce of people. We believe that encouraging these differences and drawing the best from them will build a productive environment in which everyone feels valued where talents are fully utilised and in which organisational goals are met. Underpinning this is a belief that it is a fundamental right for everyone to be treated equally with fairness respect and dignity. We will act directly and use our influence to ensure that this right is promoted and upheld; we encourage applications from all those who meet the criteria setout in our role profiles.
Equal Opportunities:
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to employing any person who meets the criteria for our roles. When undertaking recruitment we may require applicants to undertake certain tests or assessments some of which will be online and others may be inperson. If you have a disability heath condition or specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia then you may be entitled to support with undertaking this type of assessment exercise. Where you feel that reasonable adjustments are required to support you we ask that you advise your recruitment point of contact in a timely fashion providing further information. In confidence Innovate UK will then review your application for adjustments and provide support as required.
UK Research and Innovation:
Innovate UK is partner organisation within UK Research and Innovation. If successful in securing the position your employer will be UK Research and Innovation. More information can be found online Benefits:
We offer a benefits package crafted to provide an excellent work/life balance. This includes 30 days annual leave 10.5 public and privilege days flexible working hours an exceptional defined benefit pension scheme and access to a variety of support networks and discount schemes.
Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Flexible Working:
We understand the importance of worklife balance and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants.
Preemployment Screening:
To enable us to hire the very best people we will conduct a comprehensive preemployment check on successful applicants as part of the recruitment process.
The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or rerun security clearance as required during the course of employment.
UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health agriculture and food security and bioscience for health which includes research on animals genetic modification and stem cell research. Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research you should consider how this aligns with your personal values or beliefs. To enable us to hire the very best people we will conduct a full and comprehensive preemployment check as a crucial part of the recruitment process on all individuals that are offered a position with UKRI. This will include a security check and an extreme organisations affiliation check.
Applications must be submitted by;
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
