Senior Manual / Automation Tester

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Company Description

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Job Description

As a Manual, Automation, and Performance Tester, responsible for ensuring end-to-end quality across functional and non-functional areas of the application. This includes designing and executing manual test cases, developing robust and maintainable automated test scripts for regression and smoke testing, and conducting performance tests to assess system responsiveness and stability under load. Collaborates with developers, DevOps, and business stakeholders to identify test scenarios, validate requirements, monitor performance metrics, and optimize application behavior under varying user loads. Plays a key role in early defect detection, reducing time-to-release, and improving user experience through continuous feedback and test coverage.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Here is a detailed list of Day-to-Day Responsibilities for a QA professional working across Manual, Automation, and Performance Testing:

• Test Planning & Preparation
  • Understand requirements and user stories by collaborating with BAs, developers, and product owners.
  • Review functional specifications and design documents to identify testable conditions.
  • Create, review, and update test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Manual Testing Activities
  • Execute manual test cases for functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing.
  • Perform UI, API, and end-to-end testing of web/mobile applications.
  • Log and track defects in tools like JIRA, ensuring detailed and reproducible bug reports.
  • Retest resolved defects and verify fixes.
• Automation Testing Activities
  • Design and implement automated test scripts using Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber
  • Maintain and enhance existing test automation frameworks
  • Schedule and execute automated regression suites for each build or sprint
• API & Performance Testing
  • Test REST APIs using Postman and Rest Assured for automation.
  • Design and execute performance tests using Apache JMeter to evaluate system scalability.
  • Analyze performance metrics (response time, throughput, error rate) and report bottlenecks.
• Collaboration & Agile Ceremonies
  • Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
  • Collaborate with developers to resolve bugs and clarify test data or environment setup.
  • Provide daily or weekly test progress updates and contribute to sprint reviews.
• Test Data & Environment Management
  • Prepare and manage test data for various test cycles.
  • Coordinate with DevOps or environment teams to ensure test environments are stable and ready.
  • Validate deployment in QA/staging environments before sign-off
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Document test results, issues, and improvements for transparency
  • Prepare test summary reports and share metrics like test coverage, pass/fail rates, and defect trends
  • Maintain QA artifacts in Confluence, SharePoint, or other document repositories

Qualifications

Clearance Requirements

• Must either be NPPV Level 3 cleared or SC cleared. If SC cleared, must be willing to go through the NPPV3 process

Essential Technical Skills

Essential Skills

Manual Testing

Experience

• Test Case Design & Execution
• Defect Reporting & Tracking (JIRA, Bugzilla)
• Functional, Integration, System & UAT Testing
• Regression & Exploratory Testing
• Test Plan and Test Strategy Preparation
• Agile and Waterfall Methodologies

Automation Testing

Experience

• Selenium WebDriver (Java)
• TestNG, JUnit
• Cucumber (BDD)
• Maven (Build Tools)
• Git/GitHub/GitLab (Version Control)
• AWS DevOps (CI/CD)
• Page Object Model (POM)
• Test results publishing (Allure, Extent Reports)

API Testing

Experience

• Postman - Functional API Testing
• Rest Assured - Automated API Testing

Performance Testing

Experience

• Apache JMeter - Load, Stress & Soak Testing
• Test Plan Creation, Parameterization & Correlation
• Monitoring with Grafana, InfluxDB, or Dynatrace (if used)
• Throughput, Latency, Error %, and Bottleneck Analysis

Test Management & Collaboration Tools

Experience

• JIRA - Test Management & Defect Tracking
• Confluence - Documentation

Desirable Skills

DevOps / CI-CD Integration

• Triggering automation via Jenkins pipelines
• Integration with source control and reporting tools

Basic understanding of OWASP Top 10 and security testing concepts

Test Data & Database

• SQL query writing for data validation (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server)
• Experience with test data management tools or data masking techniques
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis)

ISTQB Foundation/Advanced Certification

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks.
• Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are:

We're NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you'll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what's possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We'd love your help. And we'll support you all the way.