L4 Software Tester Apprentice

Forfront

Level 4 Software Tester

Company: Forfront

Full Address: Global House, 1 Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5AD

Weekly Hours Worked: 9am – 6pm, Monday – Friday

Salary: £14,000 PA

Please contact Jack on Jack.Taylor@estio.co.uk or call 01133 500 333

About the company:

Forfront is an innovative software house, established in 1998 and based in Epsom, Surrey. We have extensive experience in delivering complex solutions to both public and private sector organisations.

This year, Forfront is setting an ambitious growth plan for its main product e-shot™, an established, secure digital communication platform trusted by the public sector to run highly effective communication and messaging campaigns. Whether it is newsletters to millions or notifications to individuals, e-shot offers the platform and support to deliver highly personalised and accessible messaging to the target audience.

We are looking for the individual to be a part of delivering this objective and targets.

Forfront is a Crown Commercial Service supplier and promotes e-shot via procurement frameworks such as G-Cloud. The company has ISO27001 certification, Cyber Essentials Plus and is committed to playing an effective role in the government’s digital transformation programme.

e-shot website – https://www.e-shot.net

Brief job description:

Estio Training have an exciting new opportunity for a Software Tester Apprentice with Forfront, a Marketing Automation and Software Development Company based in Epsom, Surrey.

Job Description:

To develop, maintain, document, and perform tests for new and existing software developed in conjunction with the Product Development team and to ensure the high standard of software quality is maintained.

Your duties and responsibilities in this role will consist of:

• Testing software for errors and deviation from specification.
• Design, develop, implement and document test scenarios.
• Document test plans.
• Use of Selenium web browser automation suite.
• Writing and managing SOAP UI test scripts.
• Building test scripts for automation.
• Logging bugs (errors, faults and deviation from specification)
• Working with the product team to improve user experience security and stability.
• Make recommendations to improve Quality Assurance.

Qualifications:

• 5 GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)

Skills Required:

• Able to understand technical documentation.
• Able to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Able to produce accurate and clear reports.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise work accordingly.
• Good understanding of technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Competent user of Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel etc)

Personal qualities:

• Motivated to self-learn new concepts and techniques.
• Capable of working independently when required.
• Good team player, able to collaborate effectively with colleagues.
• Ready and willing to learn.
• Right to live and work in UK.

Future prospects:

The role offers long term security and the opportunity to progress into a permanent position.

Training to be provided:

Estio apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.

Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Successful completion of this apprenticeship gives the learner accreditation as a Level 4 Software Tester, with training in how to:

• Ensure that the software used within your business operates as intended.
• Design and prepare test plans and conduct software testing as appropriate to ensure your software is fit for purpose
• Collect and interpret the results of testing and make appropriate recommendations.
• Understand the software lifecycle and apply software development practices.
• Document and report test results.
• Store, manage and share test data in a secure manner.