Middle Manual QA Engineer

N-iX is looking for a talented Middle Manual QA Engineer to join our team! Our client is one of Europe's fastest-growing mobile companies with 4.5  million active customers, 1,000 employees worldwide, and operations in five countries. The client is using the mobile virtual network operator business model.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse business requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide meaningful feedback and identify potential gaps or risks early in the development process
• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test cases, test plans, and scripts to validate new features, ensure non-functional requirements are met, and conduct regression testing
• Perform end-to-end testing of backend functionality, focusing on web services (REST, SOAP) and ensuring seamless integration within a microservice architecture
• Identify, document and track defects, ensuring timely resolution and effective communication of issues
• Manage and maintain test data, ensuring proper setup for efficient and accurate test execution
• Work within a cross-functional team, closely collaborating with developers, automation testers, and production support engineers to improve overall software quality
• Lead demo sessions for stakeholders, showcasing test results, findings, and key observations
• Perform troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving, actively identifying and addressing issues to streamline development
• Communicate effectively in a multinational environment
• Contribute to continuous QA process improvements, enhancing reporting, documentation, and best practices

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in software quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Knowledge and experience with Web Services (REST and SOAP)
• Experience with API testing (using Postman, Swagger or similar tools)
• Basic Knowledge of SQL for querying DBs and validating test results
• Good understanding of XML and JSON
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test cases
• Ability to analyse requirements and report defects effectively
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum/Kanban development process
• Experience with project management (JIRA, Confluence) and test case management (TestRail, XRay) tools
• Knowledge and experience with messaging systems and patterns (topics, queues), and tools (Azure Service Bus)
• Understanding and experience with CI/CD processes and tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins etc)
• Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Good communication skills in English, verbal and written (Upper-Intermediate)

Would be a plus:

• Experience with Azure cloud environment and cloud-based testing approaches
• Understanding of version control systems (Git, Azure DevOps)
• Knowledge of telecom industry concepts
• Experience with automation testing (e.g., Rest-Assured, TestNG, Selenium)