About the Role
Hitachi Solutions Europe is seeking a Senior QA Consultant to join their growing consulting team, contributing to end-to-end transformation projects using Microsoft technologies.
Responsibilities
- Deliver automated and manual testing according to agreed timelines and quality standards.
- Manage test scope and adhere to published methodologies and project controls.
- Report on test progress.
- Provide support and guidance to Test Consultants and Test Analysts.
- Oversee the day-to-day testing delivery, ensuring adherence to time, quality, and budget.
- Plan, delegate, monitor, and control Test Team activities.
- Ensure the Test Plan is adequately resourced throughout the testing lifecycle.
- Verify that the testing process is followed and all deliverables, milestones, and test phases are accepted.
- Act as a point of contact for the Test Team and escalate issues to the Project Team/Steering Group.
- Serve as a point of contact for the junior test team regarding solution understanding.
- Assess products and requirements for quality and accuracy.
- Ensure high-quality script preparation and writing.
- Organize and manage Test Meetings.
- Perform a junior Test Lead role on smaller projects.
Requirements
- A good understanding of the software test and development process and business approach.
- Possess or be eligible for Security Clearance.
- Demonstrable experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Experience in performance testing and Azure load testing using tools like JMeter, BlazeMeter, and K6 is highly desirable.
- Accessibility testing experience is desirable.
- Hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium Grid & WebDriver C#, SQL, Ruby, Specflow, and Cucumber.
- Experience using AI technologies such as Co-Pilot.
- Javascript experience.
- Good exposure to SOAP and REST based APIs.
- Good exposure to DevOps / Test Plan APIs.
- Structured and disciplined with good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to produce high-quality and professional written documentation.
- Good presentation skills.
- Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
Skills
- Automated Testing
- Manual Testing
- Performance Testing
- Azure Load Testing
- JMeter
- BlazeMeter
- K6
- Accessibility Testing
- Playwright
- Selenium Grid
- WebDriver C#
- SQL
- Ruby
- Specflow
- Cucumber
- AI Technologies
- Co-Pilot
- Javascript
- SOAP APIs
- REST APIs
- DevOps
- Test Plan APIs
Location
- Home worker (with regular office visits)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Home worker
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses)
Benefits
- Pension and benefits plans
- Work/Life balance
- Comprehensive career development programme
- Mentoring
- Training plans
About the Company
- Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy and a Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specializing in end-to-end transformation.
- They work across private and public sectors, specializing in Dynamics 365 Business Applications, Power Platform, Azure, Application Modernisation, and Data & Analytics.
- The company values collaboration, open communication, transparency, team spirit, cohesion, and appreciation.
- They foster an innovative culture and possess technical and business expertise to deliver game-changing outcomes.
- Hitachi Solutions has a learning culture and a flat hierarchy.
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity is the wellspring of our innovation and our growth engine, and we believe that creativity is fuelled by diversity.
- To be truly user centric, we need to ensure that the teams developing products and services are representative of the communities they serve.
- Our collective success is achieved by fostering and respecting our employees’ and customer’s individualities coming together as One Team.
- Hitachi strives to create an environment not only where genders, races, cultures, sexual orientations, and identities can work together, but where the beliefs and views of those participating feel equally represented.
