Solutions Assurance Tester

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as Solution Assurance Tester for Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGEMCSU), supporting application specifications and developing the required knowledge tosupport an Oracle Database infrastructure.As a Solution Assurance Tester, you will be expected to: Evaluate, analyse, and interpret highly complex information and requirements toinform the design and development of system deliverables. Applying specialist knowledge, to define and create functional tests using wellstructured-maintainable code. The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broadrange of internal and external stakeholders. This includes the CQRS technicaldevelopment team, management team, NHSE/I and other key customers. As a Solution Assurance Tester, you will be required to attend daily agiledevelopment stand-up meetings, participate in relevant internal and external workingmeetings and provide information on testing outcomes and expertise. Provide and receive highly complex information and communicate results via testpacks and through sprint demo requirements. In addition, communicate a range ofassurance issues which can be complex and tailor these to the required audience. Design, develop and deliver creative and innovative approaches to execute testplans and test specification based on a variety of documents that outline bothfunctional and non-functional requirements. Contribute to the review and development of an integrated approach to solutionassurance and support the annual CQRS process assurance audit through collationof evidence. Proactively engaging in conversations to support the on-going development andmaintenance of your own skills and knowledge, Implementing standards and policies, pro-actively identifying and proposingimprovements or enhancements to meet changing Planning work of own and other team members to achieve agreed objectives,prioritising multiple and sometimes conflicting deliverables, escalating as appropriate,any issues which may impact deadlines Analyse user stories and/use cases/requirements for validity and feasibilitycollaborating closely with other team members and departments Execute all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression) and developautomation/test scripts when needed Detect and track software defects and inconsistencies and provide timely solutions.Apply quality engineering principals throughout the Agile product lifecycle Create logs to document testing phases and defects reporting bugs and errors todevelopment teams. Help troubleshoot issuesV2 07/13 Design and implement test plans to highly complex requirements provided by NHSE/Iand primary care specifications and lead all testing requirements within the CQRSsystem. Contribute to the development of solution assurance strategies and the developmentand implementation of improvement programmes in accordance with the CSU Supporting the Senior Assurance Tester monitor CCN commercials to ensurebudgetary compliance and opportunities for efficiencies within the assuranceprocess. Attend impact assessment planning meetings to support the managementof resource costs and budget for the testing team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Educated to Degree or equivalent level in a computing, engineering, analysis or related subject or equivalent experience
• Experience of working on large scale, complex, tight deadline projects.
• Substantial experience of working as a Software Tester
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Experience in an Agile methodology

Desirable

• ISTQB
• Experience of working with the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

St Johns House

Leicester

LE1 6NB

Employer's website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)