Senior Tester| Full Time - Hybrid working with regular attendance at the Brighton Head Office | 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, worked flexibly in line with company, customer and project needs | £45,000 - £55,000 per annum Our client is a UK technology company with team members based across the country. They solve through-life acquisition and support management issues for the Defence and related sectors, supporting their teams to work strategically, collaboratively and effectively to maintain and streamline the delivery of military and industrial capability. They are currently looking for a highly experienced Senior Tester to join their team. The Senior Tester will be responsible for ensuring that the software developed by our client is of high quality and fit for purpose. This will involve writing, maintaining, and executing manual test cases aligned with the test strategy. The role includes exploratory testing and validating critical path scenarios to support product readiness for general release. This is a hands-on role requiring collaboration with Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, and Delivery teams. The Senior Tester will help coordinate the overall test strategy, identify opportunities for automation, and provide artefacts suitable for customer scrutiny. The successful candidate will be expected to operate with minimal supervision and contribute to the continuous improvement of test practices within an Agile environment.,

• Plan, write, and execute manual test suites and cases based on defined user stories and requirements
• Ensure full test coverage of critical path scenarios and functional workflows
• Capture test evidence and communicate results and observations clearly to the wider team
• Participate in capability reviews and retrospectives, providing feedback and capturing lessons learned
• Coordinate testing activities across releases and liaise with the automation team to optimise coverage
• Work to defined timescales and budgets while maintaining quality and attention to detail
What can you expect in return?
• Flexible working hours
• Recruitment Referral Bonus
• Employee Recognition Reward Scheme
• All IT equipment necessary for your role and support office equipment for your home is provided
• Life Assurance
• Free access to learning and wellbeing platforms such as LinkedIn and Headspace
• Health shield (cash plan benefit scheme)
• Cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and lease car scheme
• Company pension
What's next? It's easy! Click "APPLY" now! We can't wait to hear from you! Your data will be handled in line with GDPR.


• Significant commercial experience in manual software testing
• ISEB / ISTQB certified (or equivalent relevant qualification)
• Proven experience designing and maintaining effective manual test cases (not reliant on record-and-playback)
• Strong exploratory testing capabilities
• Experience with Azure DevOps for test management and work tracking
• Able to work autonomously and proactively manage workload
• Must hold or be able to achieve security clearance to SC level