Technical Test Analyst

About Next Wave

Next Wave is an award‑winning Digital Acceleration Consultancy for Financial Services with a particular focus on rapidly driving business outcomes and modernising Financial Institutions through technology. Clients come to Next Wave because they have key integration, business growth, efficiency and control objectives and seek a more future‑focused alternative to the big‑name consultancies. Strategy, Innovation, Complex Transformation, Fin Tech Solutioning and Social Enterprise are at the heart of what we do.

We are looking to hire exceptional people to be part of our exciting journey and bring excellence to our clients. You will ideally have experience working as a Technical Test Analyst or Test Engineer within a Consultancy Firm or Solutions Vendor to the Finance Sector.

Next Wave is looking for a Technical Test Analyst specialising in Automate Pro. The role will utilise the Automate Role product suite and best‑practice testing techniques including advanced test design, coverage monitoring, test automation, and continuous integration. A track record of delivering Automate Pro projects would be desirable as well as an aptitude for either technical or financial‑services‑focused delivery. This career opportunity is open to our London, UK location, with additional testing opportunities outside of our Automate Pro practice available, offering exposure to large‑scale financial services transformation initiatives.

• Collaborate with clients to understand Service Now ITSM and Automate Pro technical requirements and deliver best‑fit test automation solutions.
• Own the quality and timely delivery of test work packages within an Automate Pro project activity, such as a release, sprint or functional area – including the preparation and execution of testing activities.
• Utilise technical skillset to provide best‑fit Automate Pro frameworks.
• Design, build and execute Automate Pro and Service Now tests to provide demonstrable and appropriate test coverage and traceability.
• Profile data and analyse results (including source‑to‑target extraction/comparison) and propose solutions for test accelerators and enhancements.
• Identify, log and resolve defects.
• Work with environment management teams to provision and refresh reference and transactional test data.
• Maintain quality‑assurance standards and tools to conform to test strategies.
• Produce documentation, or run collaborative review sessions, to communicate important information as needed.
• Work closely with product development teams for continuous improvement in software quality.

• Technical Test Analyst with an Automate Pro and/or Service Now background.
• Creative thinker and problem solver.
• Ability to work in Waterfall and Agile environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Technical tools:
  • Essential:
    Automate Pro
  • Nice to have:
    Selenium with Python or Java, SQL, Postman/API/Rest Assured, Microsoft ADO, No
    
    SQL, XML, JSON, Swift, MQ Series or similar, Excel/VBA, CI/CD and build tools such as Jenkins and Maven

• Competitive base salaries
• Flexible benefits package