Expleo UK

• Testing of Smart Meter software functionality in areas including Security, CoS, CoT, Change of Tariff and Price, billings.
• Integration, System as well as regression testing of various components of the COMM’s Hub, Electricity, Gas Meters and IHD's. 
• Domain knowledge of Business process flows.
• Stakeholder Management of 3rd party vendors of components, defects raising and following issues found till resolution.
• Selecting appropriate standards, methods, tool and applications and use on project.
• Identifying and working through problems as they arise.
• Communicating complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Taking ownership of own career development; identifying own development needs and opportunities to address.

• Degree in IT/Tech related subject is essential.
• ISTQB Certified.
• General HP/MS tools (or equivalent)
• Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance.

• Knowledge on SMETS1 and SMETS2 requirement. 
• CGI interfaces and Head End Systems.
• ERP within a Utilities environment.
• SAP - ISU, BW, BI, CRM, HRMS.
• Oracle - Financials, Utilities, MWM, Fusion.

• Previous experience on SMETS1 or SMETS2 project
• Prior Utilities Industry experience

• All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship (unless stated otherwise in the job description).
• This is a consultancy based role so you will be based from a variety of client sites and therefore must be willing and able to travel UK wide for long periods of time.
• You will be expected to work in a number of locations across the UK for extended period.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday increasing to 27 days after 2 years
• Pension
• Private healthcare
• Mobile phone
• Laptop
• Family days and regular social events.
• Up to 7 training days.
• Opportunity: The opportunity to work independently on tasks for challenging, international projects within a successful team and with a high degree of personal freedom in your role.
• Challenges: A constant stream of new challenges within a consultancy firm renowned for its forward-looking methods and technologies.
• Career progression: A dedicated career path designed to challenge you and further your knowledge in specialist consulting.
• Training: Extensive training to develop the essential skills you will need to develop your career with The Organisation

• Works on multiple phases of a project and/or multiple small projects of moderate scope and sometimes complex assignments.
• Takes responsibility for a certain area and conditions as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
• Selects appropriate standards, methods, tools and applications for project use.
• Applies data analysis and data modelling techniques to modify or maintain a data structure and its associated components (entity descriptions, relationship descriptions, attribute definitions).
• Creates and executes basic non-functional test scripts following a given set of guidelines and sets up test environments, data and monitors.
• Designs, codes, tests and documents simple programs or scripts and assists in the implementation of software which forms part of a properly engineered system.
• Co-ordinates the information gathering and reporting process, conducting research to define problems and preparing responses to anticipated questions.
• Accurately identifies project risks and reports effectively to relevant stakeholders. Manages issues, risks, actions, dependencies, and defects to the success of the project.
• Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements. Can report on system quality and collects metrics on test cases.
• Produces test scripts, materials and regression test packs to test new and amended software or services.
• Maintains the status of project and provides guidance to the work of junior team members, works across teams to achieve group goals.

Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• ISTQB Foundation

Desirable:

• Additional course or certification in Quality Engineering
• Certification in NFT Tools such HP QTP, Selenium, HP LR etc.

• Intermediate theoretical knowledge in quality engineering methodologies and has awareness of opportunities provided by new and emerging technologies and products.
• Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of engineering tools and platforms required to deliver.
• Experience and knowledge in any of the performance testing, data and test automation tools such as HP Performance Centre/ LoadRunner, HP UFT /QTP, HP Service Test, Service Vitalize, SoapUI, CA LISA, CA GridTools Data Maker/ DataManager, JMeter, Neoload, Selenium, IBM Rational Integration Tester, Rational Robot, Borland SilkTest, TOSCA, Atlassian Jira, Jenkins, Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin etc.
• Programming knowledge (ideally VB, Java, C#) and technical expertise in script languages (Shell, Perl, etc.).Good knowledge on Cloud concepts and virtualisation.

• Professional attitude, has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor.
• Good client-facing skills, experience in developing partnerships with the team and client and collaborating with others to exceed client expectations.
• Good problem solving skills, has experience in proposing different options and solutions for approaching and resolving issues.
• Adaptable and responds positively to changing business issues, sees change as an opportunity to improve performance.
• Excellent communication skills, adapts style accordingly and demonstrates an understanding of the audience’s perspective. Uses discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
• Good people skills, with experience in supporting others in raising their performance and working out their development goals.
• Experience in supporting team success and motivating others to keep morale and performance high.
• Good self-management.
• Can set and work to quantified goals and standards. Delivers by being aware of and considering the commercial impacts.
• Must be flexible, independent and self-motivated.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship (unless stated otherwise in the job description).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which include:

• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Critical illness cover.
• Medical Insurance.
• Dental Cover.
• Maternity and paternity scheme.
• Life enrichment programme.
• Service awards for years of service.
• Birthday hampers.
• Continuous social events (including family events) which run throughout the year.
• Microsoft discounts.
• Professional membership fees.
• Bike 2 Work scheme.
• Lap top and mobile phone.

• Works on multiple phases of a project and/or multiple projects.
• Takes responsibility for a certain test area and conditions as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
• Selects appropriate standards, methods, tools and applications for project use.
• Reviews quality assurance plans, data, procedures, and scripts.
• Creates test cases independently and help prepare for evaluations.
• Runs tests and retests as necessary, executing test scripts in area of accountability.
• Investigates defined issues with uncertain cause and solicits input in gathering data that help identify and differentiate the symptoms and root causes of defined problems.
• Identifies test issues, report risks and define regression tests for current and future projects.
• Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements, reporting on system quality and collecting metrics on test cases.
• Works on quality assurance projects using available test frameworks and tools focusing on on-time and on-budget project goals.
• Maintains the status of project and provides guidance to the work of junior team members, works across teams to achieve group goals.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance.
• ISTQB Foundation.

• Intermediate theoretical knowledge in quality assurance methodologies and has awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments.
• Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of testing tools and frameworks required to deliver.
• Good understanding of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning.
• Excellent communication skills, adapts style accordingly and demonstrates an understanding of the audience’s perspective, uses discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
• Good people skills, has experience in supporting others in raising their performance and working out their development goals.

• Professional attitude, has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor.
• Good client-facing skills, experience in developing partnerships with the team and client and collaborating with others to exceed client expectations.
• Good problem solving skills, has experience in proposing different options and solutions for approaching and resolving issues.
• Adaptable and responds positively to changing business issues, sees change as an opportunity to improve performance.
• Experience in supporting team success and motivating others to keep morale and performance high.
• Good self-management, can set and work to quantified goals and standards, delivers by being aware of and considering the commercial impacts.
• Must be flexible, independent and self-motivated

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship (unless stated otherwise in the job description).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which include:

• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Critical illness cover.
• Medical Insurance.
• Dental Cover.
• Maternity and paternity scheme.
• Life enrichment programme.
• Service awards for years of service.
• Birthday hampers.
• Continuous social events (including family events) which run throughout the year.
• Microsoft discounts.
• Professional membership fees.
• Bike 2 Work scheme.
• Lap top and mobile phone.

• Contributes to the successful completion of projects and works on small projects, progressing to working on multiple phases of a project.
• Provides input to test coverage, design specifications and defining conditions for given requirements.
• Resolves straight forward problems and escalates issues with suggestions for further investigation and options for consideration as required.
• Interprets, reviews, reports test activities and results in accordance with project plans.
• Understands business end-to-end processes and participates in production verification and validation.
• Maintains the status of project responsibilities and works across teams to achieve group goals.

• A degree in IT, Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, Physics, Science, Business or relevant degree.
• Excellent english written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate a systematic approach to problem solving.
• Analytical skills and a propensity to troubleshoot.
• A team player with the capability to work on your own initiative and be innovative.

What can we offer you?

• Starting salary of £22,000
• 3 week training boot camp in South Africa
• 11 month extended graduate programme
• 22 days holidays rising to 25 days after 2 years
• Company laptop and mobile phone
• Career progression through a structured career path
• Continuous training, development and mentoring
• Varied work environments and diverse, exciting projects

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship (unless stated otherwise in the job description).

• You know what the test world is all about, because you already have two years of experience. 
• You are comfortable working in Agile/Scrum teams. 
• Your CV already contains projects within energy, banking and insurance domains. 

• You share our passion for quality and make the difference to our customers. 
• You are purposeful and flexible and can easily deal with rapidly changing priorities under sometimes stressful conditions and tight schedules.  
• As a Test Automation Consultant you focus on setting up and executing an automated (regression) test environment. 
• You combine your theoretical knowledge about test automation with knowledge and practical experience in working with different tools to create an automated solution for our customers.

• Exposure to technical assignments to large international customers. 
• A close group of colleagues.
• A wide range of training and training courses, professional but also the necessary soft skills.
• A permanent contract, a competitive salary and access to a library of excellent benefits.
• We also offer personalised extras such as a birthday hamper delivered to your desk on your birthday.

• Needs to manage, deliver and performance engineering project from proposal to final review, including, specification, estimations, planning, preparation of scripts, environments.
• Complete data execution of tests, possibly in interactive sessions with the client on production systems.
• Produce reports of test project progress and test execution results.
• Conduct performance engineering health checks.
• Coach and mentor less experienced engineers on performance engineering techniques.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience.
• ISTQB Foundation.
• Additional course or certification in Quality Engineering.
• Certification in NFT Tools such HP QTP, Selenium, HP LR etc.

• Has achieved trusted advisor status at a senior level with the client.
• Excellent client-facing skills, takes time to establish underlying needs of client beyond those initially expressed.
• Has an innovative approach, develops new approaches to improve or replace existing procedures or systems.
• Excellent communication skills, maintains confidentiality, shares ideas and information, facilitates discussions and transfers knowledge to diverse audiences to achieve collective objectives.

• Good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge with practical experience of engineering/development tools and platforms required to deliver.
• Solid understanding with respect to analysis and design, implementation and system integration, execution as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
• Experience in designing, coding, testing and correcting scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.
• Experience in implementing robust error handling and clear/consistent reporting functionality.
• Experience in providing technical guidance to enable others and solving technical queries from junior colleagues.
• Knowledge of relevant performance testing tools such as:
  • For Load generation - LoadRunner, Jmeter, Gatling.
  • Front end – Dev tools, WebPageTest, Yslow, Selenium
  • Monitoring – Perfmon, *Nix tools, AppDynamics, New Relic, mPulse
  • Visualisation – ELK stack, Grafana, Datadog,
  • Others - Jenkins, python,

• Programming knowledge and technical expertise in script languages.
• Knowledge on Cloud concepts, service vitalisation and network vitalisation.
• Experience on SQL database and handling queries.
• Good interpersonal skills, experience of introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other.
• Good self-management. Takes on high commitments and works to achieve results.
• Keeps momentum going over time despite setbacks, showing resilience in the face of challenges and looking for ways to beat previous standards.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship (unless stated otherwise in the job description).

Expleo’s benefits are just one component of our approach to total reward which encompasses everything from job design and work environment through to time off, base salary and long-term recognition awards. 

Benefits of working for Expleo:

• The opportunity to work independently on tasks for challenging, international projects within a successful team and with a high degree of personal freedom in your role.
• Challenging tasks that you and the Expleo team bring to a successful conclusion.
• A constant stream of new challenges within a consultancy firm renowned for its forward-looking methods and technologies.
• A dedicated career path designed to challenge you and further your knowledge in specialist consulting.
• Extensive training to develop the essential skills you will need to develop your career with Expleo.
  Benefit's package  includes:

• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Critical illness cover.
• Medical Insurance.
• Dental Cover.
• Maternity and paternity scheme.
• Life enrichment programme.
• Service awards for years of service.
• Birthday hampers.
• Continuous social events (including family events) which run throughout the year.
• Microsoft discounts.
• Professional membership fees.
• Bike 2 Work scheme.
• Lap top and mobile phone.