Lead QA Analyst

Who We Are

Aucerna is the world leading provider of Integrated Strategy, Planning and Reserves solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry. Over the past 10 years our company has managed to achieve unmatched growth as we have evolved from a Calgary-based software provider to a global partner for more than 450 household around the world.

Aucerna is a growing company, with competitive compensation and significant opportunity for personal and career growth. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected. We will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request.

We live and work by a set of values that define who we want to be and how we should operate. We are passionate about what we do and now, we want you to be a part of it. If you think you’re ready, let us know.

• End to end testing of the Aucerna application suite (both products on the market and in R&D), from planning to post deployment.
• Designing, implementing, testing, deploying and maintaining testing suites to provide high code coverage.
• Reviewing and challenging functional specifications for specificity and testability, and contributing to the overall development of the automation test suite using CodedUI.

• Developing and owning test artefacts (including test plans and test scripts), both functional and non-functional
• Taking ownership of functional areas to ensure that appropriate business analysis and development activities are in place e.g. code reviews, appropriate unit test coverage, user story documentation.
• Executing functional, regression, non-functional (performance, latency, resilience, etc.) tests and managing defects
• Defining and tracking quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.
• Assessing automation readiness, defining coverage and providing specifications for automated tests.

Person Specification

• 8+ Years of Experience in Software Quality Assurance, that encompasses all stages in software development and testing lifecycle
• Experience working within an Agile development environment
• Experience in using Test Asset Management and Execution tools such as Microsoft Test Manager, OnTime, HP Quality Centre, TFS.
• Experience in testing complex business processes.
• Familiarity with MS SQL and relational databases.
• Expert working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communicator.
• Personable and enthusiastic team player and self-starter with the ability to take the initiative in resolving challenges.

Preferable:

• ISEB Qualifications or similar.
• Previous experience working as a Business Analyst.
• Experience with DevOps and Continuous Integration
• Automation experience (preferably using VBScript and C#) and working knowledge of one or more mainstream test automation tools such as CodedUI, QTP, TestComplete or LoadRunner.
• Any experience of working within petroleum industry or a financial services organisation is highly desirable.
• Experience with auditing financial calculation results or background in accounting or finance.
• Experience with advanced financial evaluation techniques such as Monte Carlo simulations, decision trees, tornado diagrams, spider diagrams, portfolio management, efficient frontiers or real options theory.

Salary: Competitive. 

Job location: Can either be in London or Aberdeen. It can be up for discussion. 

Application Opening Date: 13th May 2019

Application Closing Date: 13th June 2019

Are you motivated by big ideas and driven by being part of an organization dedicated to helping our clients achieve the exceptional?

We are not just software developers. We are transforming the way our clients make planning and execution decisions in the dynamic oil and gas industry. Our London development team is looking for people who are inspired by challenge. The harder the problem, the more they dig in. We are building something special. Are you in?