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Agile Tester | Coimbra, Portugal
Are you into Test Engineering and like to work closer to Development? Do you want developers to ask you how they can improve their apps? Do you like to solve incidents together and plan your work with them as one team? 

 

As an Agile Tester, it's an interesting time for you to come on board at Vopak! We are increasingly trending more and more towards agile development, continuous integration, DevOps and automation. This means that throughout the day you’ll always be collaborating with smart, interesting, and passionate people who share the same interests as you at every level in the organization.

We look for a software tester who understands what customers want, who understands latest testing and automation trends, who interprets how important the product is for the customer and ultimately who can put on customer’s shoes and work on a product and strive to deliver the highest quality  If this is you, then we’ll be happy to meet you!  
 

How will you do this?

Like software developers and engineers, the Agile Tester is a team member of an agile development process. The three roles are responsible for the design and implementation of applications’ build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. Other responsibilities include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, architecting, implementing/updating solutions, building and executing test plans, performing quality reviews, managing operations, and triaging and fixing operational issues 24/7.

Besides hands-on development, testing of solutions and managing operations 24/7, the developer, engineer or Agile Tester is expected to set the standard with regards to the software development, test and operations processes and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the team performance. The Agile Tester reports to the Test & Release Manager.
 

Your job in bullet points:

Testing specific:

  • Ensuring proper use of testing tools;

  • Configuring, using, and managing test environments and test data;

  • Reporting defects and working with the team to resolve them;

  • Ensuring the appropriate testing tasks are scheduled during release and iteration planning;

  • Actively collaborating with developers and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, especially in terms of testability, consistency, and completeness;

  • Developing, documenting, sharing and reviewing all processes in the test engineering field;
     

Incrementally and iteratively develops, test and maintains solutions in close cooperation with the product owner, the scrum master, the analyst, the project owner and the other teams. The Agile Development Process includes:

  • implementation and use of highly automated processes;

  • implementation and use of automated tools for deployments;

  • implementation and use of automated tools for testing according the “test driven development” philosophy;

  • creation of the appropriate user experience and GUI according the standards and guidelines;

  • building resilience in the solutions; continuously stress test the processes and architectures for improved resiliency;

  • operational: upgrades, backups, monitoring, disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance checks of the solutions;
     

Who we are looking for;

  • College or academic degree;

  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills;

  • Result driven;

  • Time management skills with ability to work independently;
     

Experience with

  • Testing (medior 3-5 years; senior 5+ years);

  • Knowledge and experience with TMAP/ISTQB (certificate required);

  • Agile development methodologies (sprint planning, scrum, daily stand ups, retrospectives, etc.);

  • Familiarity for browser and mobile current technology;

  • Experience with automated testing (browser automation, API automation, mobile testing);

  • Comprehensive knowledge of agile software development cycle, white box testing, and web based application testing In-depth knowledge of software testing methodologies, functional, and regression testing;

  • Knowledge of Java and .Net and/or having the drive to learn this:

Are you the Agile Tester that we are looking for?

Then apply via the `apply` button. We are looking for your application!
 

Vopak is an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is different, and the differences in people allow us to match our ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. That's why we are curious about who you are!


 

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Vopak is an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is different, and the differences in people allow us to match our ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. That's why we are curious about who you are! Would you like to join?