Description: Senior Test Analyst – Product Test


Overview:
My Dublin City Centre based client is currently recruiting for a Senior Product Tester. This is a permanent role with an excellent Financial Services client.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:
• Develop an understanding of existing system architecture, components and related requirements/specifications.
• Contribute to all aspects of the systems Quality Assurance process for both new and existing functionality. Test strategy definition, test case specification for both manual and automated testing and test automation.
• Execute test cases, results analysis, raise bug report and regress all resolved bugs.
• Quality assurance of customer functionality, system performance, failover/stress testing and operational/error reporting.
• Liaise with business (product managers and customer support) and development team to identify test requirements. Take part in review of requirement documentation and make sure that it is brought to satisfactory level by its originators.
• Manage QA test environments including DB test data and multiple versions of software releases.

Experience/Qualifications:
• Knowledge and extensive experience of automation testing, web applications UI and web services functionality.
• Strong experience of automation test tools such as Selenium, JMeter, Green Hat and scripting languages.
• Experience of XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Tomcat, Java, Web Services and SQL.
• Knowledge of application stress, load and performance testing.
• Experience of testing DB application.
• Outstanding analytical and problem solving skills, self-motivated, high performing and goal oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience with Windows and Red Hat Linux operating systems.

Desirable:
• Expertise and experience with relational databases.
• Experience with secure development.
• BSc/MSc degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Experience working with and successfully migrating legacy systems.
• Worked in Scrum Agile development environment

Academic Qualification: Computer Science Degree

Remuneration Package:
Very attractive Remuneration Package.

Description: QA Systems Tester

Overview:

My Dublin based Financial Services client who are just based off the M50 are currently recruiting for a QA Systems Tester to join their existing.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

The QA Systems Tester is responsible for supporting quality standards in the development of systems solutions. In partnership with Application Development staff, Quality Assurance professionals will participate in the planning, creation and execution of testing activities (including acceptance and regression).

QA Systems Tester have an understanding of applicable programming languages, testing tools and systems life cycle testing. Excellent oral and written communications are an essential element of the role, with an ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:
• Provides support for multiple QA activities. Is self managed to react to and provide support to both IT and business teams.
• Support the use of quality assurance programs, including: best practices/methodologies, QA and end-to-end testing or tool selection, automation and use.
• Delivers business documents related to quality assurance programs that could include best practices, testing or tool support.
• Ensures appropriate test environment exists for testing work.
• As part of the quality assurance team, promotes automated tool use where appropriate.
• Initiates quality assurance approaches, including new and improved testing processes.


Skills & Experience:
Non-Technical
• Excellent oral and written communications; an ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding
• Ability to conceptualize and contribute to delivery of multiple IT projects as part of the quality assurance team.
• Several years experience in financial services industry

Technical
• IT Degree, technical training or equivalent work experience
* Broad knowledge of data processing with knowledge of related systems applications and/or technologies


Academic Qualification: Computer Science Degree

Remuneration Package:
Very attractive Remuneration Package.

For further information and to apply please email an updated CV to peter@eolas.ie or call 01 286 66 66

Description: Test Automation Engineer - .Net
The Software Developer in Test (Test Automation Engineer) will be responsible for ensuring that our software projects conform to quality requirements and meet performance standards. You will write test cases and plan, design, develop and maintain automation tools to identify problems before they become problems. This role is suited to a software developer who has a real passion for software testing. The client will look at a contractor (Daily rate)or permanent person for this role as they need someone quickly.

The candidate should possess:
• A minimum of 3 years’ working as a software test engineer designing and developing automated tests using VB / C#
• Experience working with Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio
• Strong knowledge of .NET Framework
• Experience testing thick client and web applications, API, and Web Services
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server - run queries, read stored procedures and troubleshoot problems
• Experience with Continuous Integration
• Ability to work both independently and with a team to meet project testing goals
• Initiative to learn new skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal (including fluent English)
• A keen interest in technology
• Third level qualification in Computer Science / Engineering or a related discipline

Desirable skills:
• Experience with Fitnesse
• Experience in performance testing

If you are interested please forward an updated CV to peter@eolas.ie or call 01 286 6666

Description: Senior Automation Tester


The QA Team Member is responsible for ensuring a high standard of product quality. We are looking for someone with an innovative mind set, who is proactive in communication, coming up with ideas and decision making. The ideal candidate will be required to have strong problem resolution and judgment skills.

We would expect the QA team member to participate in the analysis and design phases of production in order to ensure fundamental understanding of our products.


Key Skills:

• Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
• Experience with open source web application technologies and understanding of web UI, browser based testing.
• Strong experience and Knowledge of Automation tools, technologies and best practice
• Ability to design, develop and maintain Automation frameworks with a small team of Automation Engineers
• Minimum of 2 years Selenium Web Driver Development Experience and 4 years overall Automation development Background
• Familiarity with performance testing and benchmarking concepts.
• SQL proficiency (intermediate level) and Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Perl, bash, PHP, VBScript, Javascript).

Requirements:

• Degree in computer science or equivalent education.
• Experience of testing systems developed in .Net, C#, ASP.Net and SQL Server
• Strong knowledge of Web/Intranet and browser technologies
• Experience writing and executing automated test scripts preferred

Salary is negotiable depending on experience - circa 50-60k

How to Apply:

For further information or to apply please send an updated CV to Lorraine@eolas.ie or call Lorraine on 01 286 66 66

Description: Automated Test Lead/ Manager required.

My Client is a top Financial Services Company based in South Co Dublin and they have a role open currently for an Automated Test Manager.

Min Experience:
• 10 years of QA experience with 4+ years of recent experience in leading/managing software QA automation or development teams.
• Experience in developing test automation tools
• In-depth knowledge and background of hands-on experience of automated testing using QTP
• Strong knowledge of manual testing using HP Test Management Tools
• Thorough knowledge of structure test methods and processes

Role Background:
My Client is currently looking to appoint an Automation Engineer within the Test Unit to develop test automation strategy, maintain a test automation framework and develop a test case tracking system for the Unit.
Working closely with the Head of Test,a core element of the role will be the identification of automation opportunities and they will have responsibility for continuous automation improvement within the Unit. In addition they will develop various test data creation tools and other testing tools needed to support the quality assurance team

Key Responsibilities will fall under 3 headings:
• Strategic
• Defining and expanding the Automation Framework
• Identifying key automation efficiency gains across the estate - Automation analysis of core components/systems
• Quantifying the benefits of automation via cost analysis
• Setting up and managing the automation architecture and identifying tooling to be used
• Providing Expert understanding of key automation tooling, such as QTP
• Work with Test Managers to identify automation opportunities at the program level
• Provide resource planning and demand management for test automation

Project
• Overseeing the preparation of the automation strategy for individual Projects
• Defining/extract automation requirements from various sources of information
• Understand and perform risk mitigation to meet deadlines
• Provide automation enhancement recommendations based on data analysis
• Work with Test Manager, System Leads, Business Analysts, and Application Developers to create requirements for test automation to support complexity, schedule and risk mitigation

People
• Managing the automation team with demonstrated ability in motivating and managing colleagues and vendors
• Direct test automation engineers to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of automated test cases during appropriate phases of testing
• Manage and promote the usage of test automation tools. (e.g. conduct training and knowledge sharing sessions for testing team as needed)

In addition to the essential experience required, the following experience is desirable:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in problem solving, decision making, influencing, change management, written and oral communications along with the ability to work effectively with diverse groups
• Experience with optimizing deployment of human and hardware resources within a multi-project organization
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with an aptitude for supervising/directing resources along with a proven history of making lifecycle process improvement
• Technical expertise in automation methodologies and tools
• Resource management / demand forecasting skills
• Strategic technical resource planning skills
• Excellent demonstrated ability of managing vendors


This is a Permanent Role offering a great career move to the right Candidate
Attractive Salary and benefits package on offer

Apply now to Nollaig@eolas.ie