Test Analyst

We're looking for an experienced Test Engineer to join our client's team and play a key role in strengthening software quality across backend applications. You'll help identify testing gaps, reduce testing debt, improve test coverage, and establish a proactive quality assurance approach. This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical professional who enjoys collaborating with technical and functional stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions. Your Responsibilities In this role, you'll take ownership of testing improvements and contribute to ongoing quality assurance activities within an Agile Scrum environment. Your responsibilities will include:
• Assessing existing test coverage, reviewing automated tests, and identifying and documenting testing gaps and technical testing debt.
• Developing and implementing a structured approach to improving test coverage, testing efficiency, and overall quality.
• Performing static testing of functional requirements and reviewing functional analyses and user stories to assess completeness, consistency, and testability.
• Evaluating the testability of applications, services, and batch processes, identifying where mocks, stubs, and drivers are required.
• Defining, preparing, and executing test cases, interpreting test results, reviewing automated tests, and investigating discrepancies between requirements, system behaviour, and test cases.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, including business and technical representatives, analysts, developers, and test automation engineers, to strengthen testing practices and build automated regression suites.
• Reporting on testing progress, outstanding testing debt, and unexpected system behaviour to relevant stakeholders and management.
• Supporting test environment coordination, maintaining test documentation and reports, and contributing to the overall testing strategy.
• Promoting quality standards across project teams by advising analysts on testability, coaching developers in test automation, and collaborating with fellow testing professionals.

Your Profile
We're looking for a quality-driven professional with hands-on application testing experience, a strong analytical mindset, and the communication skills needed to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams. Your experience and technical skills include:
• Solid knowledge of testing methodologies, processes, and activities.
• Experience with test management tools such as TestLink, issue and project management tools such as Jira, and collaboration platforms such as Confluence.
• Practical knowledge of test automation tools and frameworks, including SOAP UI, REST Assured, JUnit, Spring Boot Test, and Postman.
• A basic understanding of software development practices, continuous integration, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Basic knowledge of Java, SQL, UML, BPMN, and version control systems such as Git and SVN.
• Experience reviewing requirements, defining test cases, executing tests, analysing results, and identifying inconsistencies.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to advise and coach both developers and analysts.
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification is considered an asset. Practical Information
• Languages: Fluent in both Dutch and French.
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Experience:
Previous experience in application testing is required. If you're passionate about software quality, enjoy turning testing challenges into practical improvements, and want to make a tangible impact on the reliability of applications, we'd love to hear from you Contactperson & Reference
• Reference #: INW28635
• Marilyn Weytens
• marilyn.weytens@i4m.be