Software Test Engineer / Test Analyst

NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH

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In this role, you design and execute comprehensive tests in complex system landscapes, evaluate results, document them transparently, and ensure quality throughout all testing phases.

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Your role in the team

  • You design, plan, and coordinate technical end-to-end, integration, regression, smoke, and acceptance tests in complex system landscapes.
  • You conduct tests independently, evaluate the results, and ensure transparent documentation of the testing activities.
  • You manage testing activities across all test phases and support quality assurance in the release and deployment process.
  • You review technical and professional requirements for completeness, quality, and testability.
  • You derive test cases and test scenarios from requirements and maintain the associated test documentation.
  • You analyze error patterns, identify causes, and track defects together with the specialist departments, development, and IT operations until the issue is resolved.
  • You test cross-system processes, interfaces, and services while keeping an eye on the technical context.
  • You support the further development of manual and automated testing procedures, for example with Playwright.
  • You conduct API tests to validate interfaces and services.
  • You oversee quality assurance and validation of hotfixes, releases, and production-related changes.
  • You use generative AI solutions productively to support test case identification, analysis, documentation, and quality assurance.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • You have solid knowledge in test management as well as in established testing methods, test processes, and test documentation standards.
  • You understand complex system landscapes, interfaces, and business process chains, and you can quickly grasp the connections.
  • You can analyze technical and professional requirements and derive comprehensible test cases from them.
  • You work analytically, structured, and solution-oriented, and you keep an overview even with complex issues.
  • You have knowledge of test automation, ideally with Playwright or comparable frameworks.
  • You deploy generative AI tools such as M365 Copilot, ChatGPT, or comparable solutions safely and purposefully.
  • You communicate clearly, enjoy working in a team, and navigate confidently at the interface between the business unit and IT.

Experience

  • You have several years of practical experience in software testing, focusing on end-to-end, integration, functional, and regression testing.
  • You have experience in structured error and root cause analysis.
  • You have experience in agile project environments, for example according to Scrum.
  • You have experience in API testing or are interested in developing your skills further in this area.

What we offer

  • We look forward to your application and offer you the opportunity to further develop yourself with us.
  • For us as a Cologne-based employer, equal opportunities and diversity are particularly important.

Benefits

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Cologne
    Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

About your employer

NetCologne is your regional provider for fast and reliable telecommunications services. We have been providing people in Cologne and the surrounding regions with fast connections for over 20 years. We offer you the entire range of modern communication technologies: In addition to classic telephony, Internet, mobile phone and TV services, the product range also includes professional IT and data center services for companies.

Founding year
1994
Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid
Industry
Internet, IT, Telecommunication

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Software Test Engineer / Test Analyst

NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH