Calling for a seasoned Business Analyst with strong testing skills to join a global and reputable organisation, headquartered in beautiful Geneva.

This role is onsite, and therefore, only Swiss or EU citizens who are willing to work in our client’s location can be considered for this project.

The Business Analyst will be part of a project which is aimed at continuing the ongoing development of a common IT platform which connects multiple IT platforms of client’s fee-paying services.

Your role:

The Business Analyst is primarily responsible for supporting the design, implementation and

monitoring of Portal program features, designing and implementing business test cases, provide

customer support as well as assisting Program Manager and Project Managers for the project

execution, and carrying out other specialized activities to effectively support the work of the

program initiatives.

The Business Analyst works under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager of the Portal

Customer Experience project.

Skills and experience required:

• Business analyst with strong background in testing.

• Expert knowledge and experience in using tools to model test cases.

• Testing skills: JUnit, SonarQube, Selenium, Katalon

• Formal training in recognized business analysis techniques, reinforced with appropriate work experience

• Formal training and extensive experience using the proven frameworks such as SCRUM software development framework (ideally including SCRUM master or product owner certification or equivalent).

• Experience in performing the role of a business analyst in IT software application development projects

• Expert knowledge and experience in using tools to document processes and workflows, such as Use Case Diagrams, Data and Process Flow Diagrams etc.

• Expert knowledge in measuring and tracking delivery of systems as fit for purpose and in accordance with agreed requirements(KPIs, quality measurements & control points)

• Expert knowledge and experience in configuring and using test automation tools.

• Expert knowledge of SDLC and CI/CD best practices.

• Practical experience working in an international diverse environment.

• Confident communicator and team player, with advanced/proficient level written and verbal English communication skills

Please send your CV or get in touch for further details!

Calling for Selenium experts!

Endeavour has a long-term contract opportunity for a Selenium specialist to join a reputable banking sector client, based in Luxembourg.

The role will be a mix of onsite/home-based work: the expectation is to work onsite at least 1 day per week.

The selected Selenium specialist profile will be responsible for the following deliverables:

• Develop test scenarios for functional, integration, usability and performance testing based on business and technical requirements
• Implement tests automation using Katalon/Selenium (FE and BE)
• Write test scripts for manual tests and create test data for complex integrated system
• Maintain existing test suite (auto and manual)
• Support the application releases, by monitoring and stabilizing the existing automated test suites execution
• Build test plan, perform test execution, report issues and perform quality checks after issue resolution
• Participate in manual regression testing
• Reviews test scenarios, scripts and test data developed by other team members
• Document testing activities (management of test execution results in test management tool, contribute to creation of test reports and quality assurance metrics)

Experience/Functional and technical skills requested:

• Proven experience in a testing environment in cross-functional teams  (2+ years)
• Proven hands - on experience in script development using scripting languages (2+ years)
• Experience using test management/tracking tools (e.g. JIRA, Xray)
• Experience with test automation Selenium with JAVA mandatory, SoapUI, source code repository (e.g GitHub), continuous integration tool (Jenkins)
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• SQL, relational databases
• Katalon experience is considered an advantage
• Strong organizational skills, good time management skills
• Very good communication skills in English, both verbal and written
• Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related (technical) degree/diploma will be considered an asset
• Experience in financial/ banking domain will be considered an asset
• Test/QA certifications is a plus

Send your CV ASAP or get in touch for further details!

Excellent long term contract opportunity for a a Full Stack Developer to join a leading European Client.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor or a Master degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Creative and curious about everything that has to do with IT. People even call you a geek sometimes
• Open-minded, keen on learning new technologies, problem-solver, with good communication skills.
• Flexible, pro-active, structured and quality oriented
• Creative & user-oriented
• Team spirit is a strong requirement.
• Initiative and proactivity are your nicknames.
• You speak English and knowledge of French or Dutch is an asset

Knowledge/experience:

• Proficiency in JavaScript, one of the major frameworks (such as React, Angular, Vue) and preferably closure, functional programming and the object model
• Understanding of CSS and HTML styling
• Understanding of the REST architectural style, including HTTP, URLs and JSON
• Working experience with code versioning tools, ideally Git
• Familiarity with unit testing, preferably Jest
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools, preferably NPM, Babel, webpack
• Familiarity with Java, Spring and SpringBoot
• Ability to understand technical requirements and translate them into components and working solutions

Preferred :

• Experience in coaching backend developers towards full-stack developers is welcomed
• Understanding of React.js, JSX and Redux, including pure functions, components, state management
• Familiarity with any of Ant.design, RxJs, React-component or React-virtualised is welcomed
• Familiarity with static type checking, preferably Flow
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript 6 and beyond
• Familiarity with application testing, preferably Selenium or RobotFramework
• Familiarity with Linux or another UNIX
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization

Please get in touch for further details on this long term contract opportunity.

We are seeking a Test Engineer to join our client for a 6-month contract based in Vienna, Austria. You will be responsible for defining, developing, and executing functional and non-functional manual and automated test cases, and apply and develop test automation. Rate €60EUR per hour.

To be successful in this Test Engineer role we are seeking someone with the following experience -

• 3+ years' testing experience
• ISTQB
• SQL
• Java
• API Testing
• Mobile Testing
• Selenium

Please apply ASAP to be considered for this Test Engineer contract role.

Are you looking for a new career opportunity, to start in 2020?

Are you a skilled and enthusiastic engineer with Web development experience?

Are you passionate about Cloud technologies?

Do you have an interest for Digital marketing?

If the answer is yes, then this new opportunity could be just for you!

Endeavour is looking for a keen Software Engineer to join our client from the telecommunications sector, based in Buckinghamshire and work in Web development.

This permanent role would suit a software engineer who would enjoy a mixed role - both supporting our client’s website and digital marketing initiatives.

The successful Web Development Engineer will be working with engineering teams building converged cloud communications applications.

Required Skills/knowledge:

• degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.
• Up to 2 years’ experience is desirable, although a more recent graduate with an excellent degree will certainly be considered.
• System administration and software development on Linux and Windows
• Experience developing and implementing systems using Bash, Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JQuery, SQL, Joomla, AWS
• Knowledge of Web Security
• Virtualisation (AWS EC2, VMWare)
• Database programming (MySQL, SQL Server)
• Web Services/REST APIs & Cloud Based Applications
• Understanding of TCP/IP and networking
• Webpage design

Please send us your CV and get in touch ASAP, for further details about this exciting opportunity to join an established client with Global scope.

A Government Agency based in The Hague, Netherlands is recruiting for a technical tester to join a dynamic team on an initial 6 month contract.

Essential skills:

• Excellent English language skills.
• 5 years of experience in conducting functional testing of web applications.          
• 2 years of experience in designing, coding and executing automated tests using tools, such as HP Unified Functional testing (QuickTest Professional) or  Selenium WebDriver              
• 1 year of experience in designing, coding and executing automated tests on applications based on  micro-service architecture or running in containers    
• 6 months of experience in test planning and test management 
• 6 months of experience in conducting performance testing of web applications / services             
• Knowledge of testing on various test levels using a variety of test types.
• Knowledge of how to design, code and execute functional automated tests on applications based on a micro-service architecture or running in containers    
• Knowledge of how to design, code and execute functional automated regression tests of web applications           
• Knowledge of how to conduct non-functional testing of web applications/services             

Desirable:

• Knowledge of how to design, code and execute functional automated regression tests using Selenium WebDriver  in continuous integration 
• Knowledge of ISEB/ISTQB  terminology, (demonstrated by passing the relevant certification exam(s))      
• Knowledge of test management, planning, test metrics and estimations
• Knowledge of testing the following Software Quality Characteristics: Functionality, Technical Security, Usability, Efficiency, Reliability & Maintainability   

Please get in touch for further details.

Endeavour Recruitment has an exciting new contract opportunity for a Software Developer in Test to join an international security client in The Hague, Netherlands. It is essential you possess valid/current SC or NATO Secret Clearance. This is initially a 5 month contract at an all-in rate of €53EUR per hour.

The successful Software Developer in Test will be responsible for the following –

• Our client is looking for a motivated, skilled and experienced software developer to kick-start the integration of automated regression testing in their CI/CD system build on Azure Devops.
• The application under test is a large scale (> 1M LOC) Windows Forms application providing support to the full planning cycle of the client’s operations.
• The application uses an interface similar to Office 2016 and is mostly built using DevExpress components. The chosen testing framework to use for the project is Appium + WinAppDriver. This framework is the supported Microsoft framework, uses the same protocol and principles of the leading Web test tool (Selenium) and replaces CodedUI which VS2019 is the last version to support. The test specification will be developed in C#.
• The goal of the project is to complete in 5 months (800 hours) from scratch, the automated test skeleton development, CI adjustment and integration, communication and minimal documentation for a set (minimum 6) of representative large-scale regression scenarios on two applications (OPT and OMT).

The successful Software Developer in Test must have the following experience –

• MUST HAVE VALID/CURRENT SC OR NATO SECRET CLEARANCE.
• University degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
• Strong C#, Microsoft .Net experience
• Experience with test development (particularly integration, system and regression tests)
• Experience with Appium or Selenium
• Knowledge of WinForms controls / applications
• Experience with Azure Devops CI/CD is a plus

If you are pro-active and NATO/ SC cleared wanting to enhance your career and join an international client in the security sector do not hesitate to apply with a copy of your most recent CV for this Software Developer in Test position.

Endeavour is looking for an experienced QA Test Engineer for a 6 month contract position at our client’s development office in Cork.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical testing background and an interest in moving towards a development role or some level of production support background, especially in a web based system.

The successful candidate will work closely with both the software development teams and management to ensure that the company continues to deliver high quality software and maintains the operation of existing production systems.

Your role will involve the following responsibilities:

• Provide input and leadership to the project team as per best practice (estimating, designing, developing and executing test procedures and test cases).
• Provide guidance to the project team about functionality and quality in relation to the testing approach.
• Report regularly on the test metrics and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Review specification documents with the project team so that accurate and comprehensive test plans can be created.
• Ensure deployed software meets expectations and have frequent reviews with the project team on the status and results of testing.
• Be competent in the use of test automation and test tracking tools to maximise productivity during the regression testing and performance testing phases of the project.
• Recommend and develop improvements to the current testing process.
• Manage priorities and set expectations when faced with multiple demanding tasks.
• Take ownership over incoming support issues and where possible learn how to apply simple production fixes or direct to the correct internal resource.
• You may be required to work in excess of the normal working day to achieve a particular project deadline
• You may be required to perform additional duties, not listed above, to support the testing function into the future.

Required skills / experience:

• Must have 4+ cumulative years system-testing experience (not localisation) with particular emphasis on web based testing.
• Strong testing background expected with experience writing test plans and test procedures.
• Experience with regression, integration and system level test execution.
• Experience with test automation tools such as Visual Studio Team System (Test Edition), HP Quick Test Professional, Selenium or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of performance / load testing tools  Visual Studio Team System (Test Edition) or similar
• Experience in the use of defect tracking tools.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to understand how an application is architected and understanding of where to go looking for issues
• Experience in dealing with data and understanding of SQL would be highly beneficial.
• Self-starter, proactive, with demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to take ownership over problems and drive through to resolution.
• Track record of achieving results and high standards.
• Experience of working on different teams and different technologies with an ability to test across multiple projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work on own or as part of a team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to work in small teams and individually, managing your own time.
• Desire to develop your own knowledge by keeping abreast of testing tools and techniques, attending workshops and reviewing technical publications.
• Experience in communicating directly with clients.
• Candidates who apply must be eligible to work in Ireland and hold a Stamp 4 visa

Please get in touch ASAP for further details on this exciting contract opportunity!

Calling for all QA Test Engineers for a great contract role in Belgium!

Endeavour Recruitment has a fantastic long-term contract opportunity for a QA Test Engineer to join the R&D department of one of our clients, based in Belgium.

The successful QA Test Engineer will be eligible to work and able to relocate to Belgium for the contract duration.

The ideal test Engineer candidate will have excellent communication skills and will be able to work closely with all teams involved in the project.

Essential skills:

• good communication
• good experience in both Manual & Automation (selenium, robot) testing
• Medior/Senior Software Test/QA Engineer
• Proven understanding of Software QA/Testing methodologies 
• Experience with Robot Testing Framework or other testing frameworks
• Experience with RESTful concept and/or REST testing tools ( Paw, Postman or others )
• Experience with UI browser level automation (local/cloud based, css, ...)
• Experience with Test Management Tooling likewise TestRail, TestLink and/or others
• Ability to script within python
• Ability to investigate and debug problems in close co-op with development
• Knowledge of the Atlassian product range ( Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Bitbucket )

Desirable:

• Bilingual Dutch/English is a bonus.

Location: Ghent

Duration: 6months+

Please get in touch for further details ASAP on this excellent contract opportunity.