Role profile

Osborne Clarke is excited to announce an opportunity for a Junior Test Analyst to join our dynamic IT team in Bristol. This role is ideal for individuals seeking to advance their careers in software testing and quality assurance. As a Junior Test Analyst, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our IT software portfolio, which includes both custom-developed applications and off-the-shelf platforms.

This is a permanent position offering hybrid working.

The Role

As a Junior Test Analyst, your key responsibilities will include:

• Test Planning and Strategy: Assisting in the development of detailed test plans, test coverage, test conditions, and test cases based on project requirements and technical specifications.
• Test Execution: Conducting functional, regression, and integration testing to identify defects, issues, and areas for improvement.
• Defect Management: Reporting and managing defects using testing tools, tracking defects, and ensuring resolution by validation of fixes.
• Collaboration: Working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and project managers, to ensure alignment on testing objectives and outcomes.
• Documentation: Assisting in creating and maintaining test documentation, including test scenarios, test data, and test reports for future reference and compliance purposes.
• Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities to enhance testing, tools, and processes to improve overall quality assurance practices.
• Stakeholder Communication: Providing updates on testing progress, results, and issues to stakeholders, highlighting risks and recommendations.

We Are Looking For

We are looking for the following skills & experience for this role:

• Experience: A practical understanding of the Agile delivery model with the ability to convert user stories into a comprehensive test plan, be fully equipped with all test phases, and have a proven track record of successful testing.
• Accreditation: Basic understanding or accreditation in testing methodologies such as ISTQB, CTFL, Scrum.org or equivalent certifications.
• Test Management Tools: Familiarity with test management tools (such as Azure DevOps or similar).
• Testing Techniques: Basic understanding and application of various testing techniques and methodologies, Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication skills to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Teamwork: Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment.
• Automation: Hands-on knowledge of test automation tools, such as MS Playwright, will be a significant advantage.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to grow and develop their skills within a supportive and innovative environment. If you are passionate about software testing and eager to learn, we would love to hear from you.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

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