Tester Analyst

Tester Analyst

Contract: Initial 6 Months
Day Rate: Circa £450 Inside IR35
Location: Reading
Start Date: ASAP
Security Clearance: Active SC clearance

We are looking for experienced SDP Tester Analysts to join a large-scale digital transformation programme, supporting the Test Manager across the SDP Value Streams: Cloud Hosting, Enterprise Services, End-Users, IDAM, and LSSI.

As a Tester Analyst, you will take ownership of testing activities within your assigned value stream, working closely with Test Managers, Product Owners, developers, and wider technical stakeholders to ensure products meet business, technical, and security requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Analyse and review business requirements, HLDs, LLDs, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria to ensure they are clear, complete, and testable.
Quickly develop knowledge of SDP products and provide operational and techno-functional support where required.
Design comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and test plans based on requirements and acceptance criteria.
Execute manual and automated functional and non-functional testing.
Conduct usability, performance, load, security, regression, and other testing activities.
Develop and maintain testing dashboards, providing clear visibility of progress, risks, and test status.
Produce test reports at the end of each test execution.
Identify, document, and manage defects through to resolution.
Participate in defect reviews, daily testing meetings, and technical walkthroughs.
Carry out follow-up and regression testing following defect resolution.
Escalate testing risks, issues, and dependencies where appropriate.

Skills & Experience

Experience in a similar testing role, ideally within consulting or complex enterprise environments.
Mandatory security clearance and experience working with restricted information.
Strong background in IT, digital, technology, or software delivery environments.
Proven experience in both manual and automated testing.
Hands-on experience with tools/frameworks such as Selenium and BrowserStack.
Experience in performance, load, and security testing, using tools such as JMeter, OWASP ZAP, or Burp Suite.
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including integrating testing into automated delivery pipelines.
Experience with Python, Java, and/or JavaScript.
Experience using test and work management platforms such as Jira and Azure DevOps.
Good understanding of Agile methodologies and Azure DevOps ways of working.
Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate testing workloads across teams.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Experience producing executive-level reporting, dashboards, and test metrics.
Advanced experience with Excel, Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar reporting and monitoring tools.
Experience working within formal governance and demand-management frameworks.
Experience with large-scale enterprise or digital transformation programmes.
Experience coordinating testing across multiple technology streams.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change