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Test Engineer (Financial Services) - City of London - up to £45,000 A highly respected international software house operating in the Financial Services industry sector has a new opportunity for a Test Engineer to join their growing team. The Test Engineer will assist in developing, implementing and adapting test plans and schedules. Working closely with the Test Lead to understand test goals, risks and priorities, the successful candidate will help contribute ideas on testing standards, and processes. Solid skills in all or most of the following areas is essential: • Following test plans and schedules in undertaking test analysis, design and execution • Ability to seek out critical defects • Logging defects and issues and regularly reporting on progress to the test lead • Prioritising personal work load - Identifying and showing awareness of risks • Agile, Waterfall and V-Model methodologies • Contributing to test planning and risk workshops Domain experien...

About the Job To provide system test support to IT releases and projects across the Group. Accepts responsibility for creation of test cases using own in-depth technical analysis of both functional and non-functional specifications (such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability). Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements. Produces test scripts to test new and amended software or services. Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools. Interprets, executes and documents complex test scripts using agreed methods and standards. Records and analyses actions and results, and maintains a defect register. Reviews test results and modifies tests if necessary. Provides reports on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated with the overall project. Reports on system quality and collects metrics on test cases. Provides specialist advice to support others.   Responsibilities: Perform a Test Lead role on a...