Our client is looking for an ICT Functional Tester / Analyst
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION
The Digital department is actively looking for a Functional Tester / Analyst (full time) to join the FIMA team in delivering a complete E2E solution to support Field Inspections & Maintenance Activities for field & back-office staff. This product is delivered within the functional domain of Asset Applications.
The FIMA program covers field activities related to our gas network assets, such as Metering, GRID Maintenance, Third-Party Works, Cathodic Protection, Terminal etc. It integrates with many of our other systems such as SAP PM, geospatial asset management applications, information management systems etc.
The responsibilities of the team are:
- Project Services: adapting the software product to fit requirements from corporate-wide projects.
- Product Enhancement: providing a software product that is fully adapted to the business needs by implementing new functionality requested by the business users.
- Product Support: Ensuring the continuity of the operations of the software product and providing support to the users of these applications.
- Product Maintenance: Ensuring the correct functioning of the software product: resolution of production problems and adaptation of the software product to a changed environment.
Responsibilities
The candidate will be asked to show interest in the functional domain of Asset.
Management and primarily assume all activities regarding functional & end-to-end testing. From there, with a better understanding of the business, responsibilities can evolve into a more active role as a functional analyst with an ability to help assess the impact on the FIMA product.
Initially, the candidate will be assigned the following responsibilities:
- Review analysis deliverables (e.g. functional system specifications, business component interface specifications, …) of other analysts
- Take charge of test preparations and execution
- Create, organize & follow up the test plan in close interaction with the project manager and the business.
- Prepare and execute manual test scenarios while keeping an eye on test automation opportunities for the developers.
- Take ownership of specific parts like non-functional, exception flow testing and regression testing.
- Help elaborate the acceptance criteria used for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by the key users.
- Act as SPOC for all matters regarding end-to-end & functional testing after the development process and being the connection between the key users & the product team.
- Together with project manager, define & challenge the test approach while balancing risk coverage, quality and timing aspects related to the delivery & maintenance of FIMA.
Given the right competences and business knowledge, the candidate can also evolve towards more responsibilities:
- Provide support to end-users on production systems.
- Understand and challenge the needs of the customers in order to define requirements, give advice and propose the right orientation of the solution
- Analyze functional/ business problems and choose the most appropriate solution in collaboration with the development team.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them to clear and concise user stories.
- Create functional system documentation using UML & BPMN-artifacts (use case diagrams, activity diagrams, information models…)
- Create domain interface specifications (domain driven design)
- Define an “action plan” to deliver user stories by helping the team to break down user stories in tasks
- Execute follow-up on the implementation.
- Facilitate estimation and planning sessions.
- Assist in the redaction of user manual, release notes & possibly training to end users.
GENERAL SKILLS
- Fluent in Dutch, French and good knowledge of English
- Strong communication skills (written & verbal)
- Team player, excellent social skills, leading by example
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Hands-on & problem solver
- Adaptability
- Ability to work according to rules, standards and guidelines defined by the Architecture/Security Office.
- Background knowledge of the energy sector in general and the asset management domain in particular is an asset.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Ability to translate quality improvement initiatives in communication for the different business & ICT stakeholders
- Expertise in testing mobile applications, stability & stress testing
- Analytical background: understand & challenge the needs of customers and formalize derived acceptance criteria
- Experience providing support to end users
- Fluency in the use of the following tools
- Agile software development tools (e.g. Azure DevOps)
- UML modeling tools (e.g. Sparx Enterprise Architect)
- Documentation-communication tools (e.g. Microsoft Office, Confluence).
- UML, XML, JSON, SQL
- Knowledge of a test methodology (TMap, STBox, ISTQB), risk-based testing, ISTQB certification is an asset!
- Knowledge of SAP PM (S/4HANA) is an additional asset!
