Overview
We are seeking talented Testing Consultants (QA Analysts) with a proven track record in solution delivery, the Test Analyst will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing tests in a custom development environment in line with agreed plans and strategies. As a member of a highly collaborative, dynamic test team, the Test Analyst will be asked to provide mentoring, guidance and direction to other team members, as well as ensuring the quality of the team’s output is of a consistently high standard.
This role is fully onsite in Nenagh, Tipperary.
Responsibilities
- Document and execute high quality test plans for functional areas under custom development and test
- Analyse complex requirements and review acceptance criteria to ensure they are for fit for purpose, testable and can have tests developed to explicitly test and guide acceptance
- Create comprehensive and well defined test scripts that are traceable back to requirements
- Execution of functional, regression and integration test scripts
- Lead/participate in defect triage discussions and question development perception of severity
- Co-ordination of test activities and work as part of a scrum team
- Interrogate the underlying databases to extract test data and execute SQL statements to prove test results
- Develop and execute technical tests to prove the load and performance of the solution
- Contribute to management reporting including appropriate test metrics on planning, defects and execution.
- Ensure regression testing is performed in a manner that recognizes the risks of introducing defects into the environment
- Work closely with the development teams to provide information and direction to junior team members
- Escalate risks and issues to the appropriate level to ensure resolution
- Support test management in developing project plans and track against key milestone dates
Qualifications
Essential:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
- ISTQB Foundation
Desirable:
- Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance
Essential skills
- Excellent client-facing skills
- People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
- Team work and emotional intelligence
- Good self-management – continuous performance is both a goal and a mind-set
- Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance
- High value on openness and transparency
Experience
- 3 - 5+ years of experience testing backend systems, preferably in payment terminal or device management platforms.
- Strong expertise in API automation and backend testing, with minimal dependency on UI layers.
- Hands-on experience with automation frameworks (Cucumber, REST Assured, Serenity) and scripting in Java, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Proven experience testing terminal configuration services, device parameters, versioned configurations, or similar backend workflows.
- Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab.
- Test payment applications on PAX Android POS terminals.
- Familiarity with cloud-native deployments, microservices architectures, and container orchestration.
- Proficiency with Agile collaboration tools including Git, Jira, Confluence, and Gerrit.
- Experience in the fintech or payments domain, especially related to cards, terminals, and backend processing systems.
Benefits
At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.
We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.
By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
- We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
- Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
- Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.
“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.
At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.
