Senior Test Analyst – SC Clearance

Contract Role: Senior Test Analyst – SC Clearance

Contract Location: Wiltshire. Hybrid 2 days

Contract Duration: 6 months initially (with potential extension)

Contract Start Date: Immediate

Contract Classification: Inside IR35

Traditional Daily Rate: £450

Agreed Contract Rate (ACR): £346

Equivalent Annual Salary: £90,200 + £10,800 Holiday Pay

Payroll provider: Rockford Payroll  Info for Contingent Workers – Rockford Pay

The Tester is responsible for assuring the quality, accuracy and integrity of data processed through a Python-based web application. The role will validate data transformations against defined business rules and expected outputs, whilst undertaking functional, regression, end-to-end and user interface testing to ensure the solution meets user and programme requirements.

• Validate transformed data against defined business rules, transformation logic and expected outputs.

• Conduct functional, regression and end-to-end testing across development and production environments.

• Test user interface functionality, including data upload, validation and output generation processes.

• Verify integration between the application front-end and backend data processing components.

• Identify, document, track and retest defects through to resolution.

• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports.

• Collaborate with developers, data scientists and business analysts to ensure requirements are fully understood and adequately tested.

• Support the development and execution of automated testing where appropriate.

• Data validation and transformation testing.

• Functional testing.

• Regression testing.

• End-to-end workflow testing.

• User interface testing.

• Defect management and retesting.

• Test planning, execution and reporting.

• Support to user acceptance testing activities.

• All applicants must hold UK Security Clearance.

• Proven experience testing data transformation processes and validating data quality.

• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance principles.

• Experience planning, executing and documenting functional and regression testing activities.

• Experience using Python to validate data outputs and support test automation.

• Experience testing web applications and end-to-end business workflows.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.

• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary delivery teams.

• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks.

• Experience testing Flask-based web applications.

• Understanding of accessibility standards and their impact on data presentation and user experience.

• Experience developing automated tests using Python.