Test Analyst

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Test Analyst

Location: Erskine

Duration: 6 Months

Essential Skills:

Minimum of 5 years appropriate experience

* Strong AD installation, monitoring & troubleshooting skills

* Strong Windows XP /7/10 Testing or Support knowledge

* Hardware - peripherals and basic internal installations

* Microsoft Office Testing or Support and Standard Consumer Off the Shelf (COTS) Testing or Support

* Network infrastructure troubleshooting skills

* Experience in hardware/software testing, integration, change management procedures

* Server Virtualisation - ESX or HyperV

Desirable Skills:

* Microsoft Certification (MCSA/MCSE/ MCITP/MCTS)

* ISTQB Certification

* Experience using ALM, Sharepoint and StarTeam/AIX/SQL/CITRIX /Sanctuary/Veritas Clustering/McAfee EPO/NetCool

Job Description:

* Implement and Test Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server based solutions - hardware and software.

* Implement and Test Windows XP /win 7 and Office 2013- O365 -based End User Device solutions - hardware and software.

* Implement Common off the shelf products on end user devices and servers to support the customer infrastructure.

* Apply existing IT expertise to the testing of hardware & software in the customer environment.

For any implemented hardware and software, performing the following activities to timescales and constraints communicated by the team leader.

* Reviewing Requirements and Design Documents to determine the scope of testing.

* Produce a Test Plan, scoping the testing to be performed at a high level.

* Create Test Scripts, using ALM to implement that Test Plan.

* Manually run/evidence such scripts.

* Produce a Test Report, summarising the testing performed.

* Participate in informal and formal reviews of the above.

* Provide support for demonstrations and trials (in-house and on site).

* Test Scripts will support both confidence testing and the evidencing against requirements.

HPE's highly successful Enterprise Services business has a number of opportunities at their Erskine site for the role of IT Infrastructure Test Analyst. This challenging position draws on the analytical & problem-solving mindset found in 2nd/3rd Line and other senior IT support personnel with a minimum of 5 years experience.

Our IT Infrastructure Analysts will apply ISTQB testing methodologies as well as implementing industry-leading test tools to test technologies within a Windows-based environment. This role not only allows our IT Infrastructure Test Analysts to develop their IT & Testing skills, but also to gain additional skills which could support roles in our Application Testing group.

The Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) project is contracted to supply both hardware and software infrastructure solutions to support the MoD transition to a common base solution, based on Windows 2012 server and User Access Devices (UAD) products, whilst ensuring ongoing connection and support to "legacy" systems and the ultimate transfer of such into the DII solution. This is a multi-phased operation involving the development of many new solutions and the re-implementation of existing products in the DII environment.

Please submit your CV in the first instance