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You will need to be able to work from our Birmingham office 2 days per week/office to be attended as often as business needs require.\nSalary: Competitive\nWho we are...\nTerraQuest Solutions Ltd is an award-winning and market-leading specialist provider of planning, land, property, and business solutions. We are an established and trusted organisation that is renowned for its expertise in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions to both public and private sectors. Our team delivers bespoke, flexible, and efficient services through a process-orientated delivery structure. We pride ourselves on strong customer relationships evidenced by the high proportion of referrals and repeat business.\nWhy work with us…\nWe are a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer, committed to supporting the well-being and development of all our people. With competitive salaries, enhanced Family Friendly policies; a fabulous suite of benefits (including: Pension; Life Assurance; Employee Assistance Programme; option to buy additional annual leave in addition to 25 days plus Bank Holidays); true flexibility with our Agile Working approach, and superb training and development opportunities, we really care about our team!\nWhat we need...\nDue to a period of sustained growth, we are looking to recruit a Junior QA Analyst to join our Solutions Team.\nThe primary purpose of the Junior QA Analyst is to assure the quality of software delivered by the Solutions team, in projects throughout the entire TerraQuest product suite by performing analysis, design and execution of functional and non-functional testing of software.\nQA Analysts participate in reviews, workshops and triage, with the objective of improving quality and applying a quality first mentality, shifting the identification of issues and defects as early as possible in the SDLC. They feedback results and progress, and escalate any risks, issues or decisions to QA Manager or Lead.\nWorking closely with the entire scrum team, from developers to product owners, and collaborating with others in the QA team, Junior QA Analysts will work to improve ways of working, to implement a quality-minded way of thinking, and to assure the overall quality of TerraQuest’s products.\nWhat you will be doing…\nPerform analysis, design and execution of functional and non-functional testing of software.\nUnderstand requirements to determine recommended test coverage in terms of new functionality and regression testing.\nAttend all sprint events, including contributing to refinement, planning and review.\nPerform QA on project artefacts (eg. user stories) to feedback to allow improvements on these artefacts and on the process as a whole.\nManage own usage of test data, capture test evidence, and ensure test results are accurate.\nCreate and maintain test artefacts to the defined standards, as well as supporting others in the same pursuit by performing peer test artefact reviews.\nParticipate in reviews and workshops to develop, improve the quality of, and sign-off specifications and other documentation.\nIdentify, log and track defects that contain sufficient information to support their resolution.\nAttend triage meetings, support the team’s understanding of the defects under discussion and feed into the QA Lead’s decisions.\nManage own workload; understand priorities and commitments in order to plan work.\nKeep up to date on current technologies, tools and software test methodologies (both those used by TerraQuest and those used in the industry).\nDevelop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the TerraQuest Solutions and delivery teams.\nAdherence to all Regulatory, Security and Compliance requirements.\nWhat we are looking for…\nOur ideal candidate may have anywhere from 0-2 years of experience and be educated to degree level or have relevant equal experience. Ideally, they will have completed the ISTQB Foundation Level Certification or equivalent, and have demonstrable experience working commercially in a software development environment in a QA capacity. They would therefore have an excellent understanding of software testing best practices and their applications, experience of agile methodologies across multiple projects, and experience using defect management and ALM tools. However, as this is an entry-level/junior position, experience can be exchanged for the right ready-to-learn attitude and team fit.\nNo matter their experience, the ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, be able to communicate effectively about IT and technology in plain language and non-technical terms to colleagues and clients, and have an ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure. It will be necessary for them to have a strong desire to learn and have a passion for QA.\nFurther advantages include experience of design, compatibility and accessibility testing, understanding of automation fundamentals, experience using programming languages like JS or C#, experience using Cypress or related automation tools, experience in API testing using tools like Postman, experience with SQL, and previous exposure to Azure DevOps as a test management tool.\nPlease apply for more information and please do not be put off if you do not have all of the experience and skills required. If you have the majority of skills and relevant experience, we would still like to hear from you!\nTerraQuest Solutions Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and to creating an inclusive working environment in which individuals are treated with dignity and respect.\nWe ensure that no job applicant, employee, or worker receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, political opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.\nTerraQuest Solutions Ltd operates in compliance with the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998. 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