AppSense is a global software company based in Cheshire that designs and develops application virtualization technology. Founded in 1999 and with offices in London, New York, Melbourne and Munich, AppSense works with Microsoft, Citrix and VMware to develop application and data virtualization solutions for large global organizations.
Clients include Barclays, Deutsche Bank, ESPN, HP and BT. Recent successes have enabled AppSense to expand its product portfolio to include virtual streaming technologies and hypervisor-based solutions.
AppSense is looking for talented, motivated and exceptional software developers and testers to drive the company’s success in this hot new space. If you are interested in working for a leading edge software company using the latest in virtualization technologies, then take a look below at the current job opportunities.
No agencies please!
Software Tester/Customer Champion
The company is now seeking a Graduate Software Tester to join their successful team
Based – Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BU
Salary – to £35K + Benefits dependant upon experience
Benefits – Pension, Private Healthcare, Life Assurance & Gym
Hours of Work – Full Time
Main Duties
- Primary point of contact for escalated customer issues
- Coordinate between Support, QA and Development teams
- Reproduce and analyze escalated issues to generate detailed reports and work items for development team
- Write and execute manual and automated tests
- Raising and tracking of detailed fault reports
- Assist in the maintenance of the test network infrastructure
Technical Requirements
- Excellent knowledge of Windows desktop and server operating systems
- Good knowledge of Citrix and terminal server environments
- Good knowledge of SQL/SQL Server
- Demonstrable commercial experience of software testing in a structured test environment
- Experience of scripting language or programming language (e.g. VB/VBScript)
- Good technical problem solving skills
- Degree/HND in a technical discipline.
Personal Attributes
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Excellent organisational, planning and coordination skills.
- Able to work in partnership with the wider team, drawing upon resource and sharing knowledge. Willing to contribute, and provides and seeks support from others to achieve team tasks.
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Demonstrate a high level of energy, enthusiasm and professionalism.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience please contact dev.jobs@appsense.com in the first instance.
Graduate Software Tester
The company is now seeking a Graduate Software Tester to join their successful team
Based – Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BU
Salary – to £22K + Benefits
Benefits – Pension, Private Healthcare, Life Assurance & Gym
Hours of Work – Full Time
Requisite Skills
- A good knowledge of Windows desktop and server operating systems
- A genuine interest finding innovative ways to break software
- Good technical problem solving skills
- Experience of at least one scripting language e.g. VB, VBScript, Perl
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- Demonstrate a high level of energy, enthusiasm and professionalism
Duties
- Defining and generating automated and manual tests
- Contribute to the definition of test strategies
- Collaborate with development teams to define test specifications and plans
- Write and execute manual and automated tests
- Raising and tracking of detailed fault reports
- Deep analysis of software issues to support efficient and effective diagnosis and resolution of issues
- Assist in the maintenance of the test network infrastructure
- Provide assistance to the customer support team, in reproducing customer issues in a variety of environments
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience please contact dev.jobs@appsense.com in the first instance.
Software Tester
The company is now seeking an experienced Software Tester to join their successful team
Based – Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4BU
Salary – to £35K + Bonus dependant upon experience
Benefits – Pension, Private Healthcare, Life Assurance & Gym
Hours of Work – Full Time
Main duties
- Write and execute manual and automated tests.
- Raising and tracking of detailed fault reports.
- Collaborate with development teams to define test specifications and plans.
- Deep analysis of software issues to support efficient and effective diagnosis and resolution.
- Assist in the Maintenance of the test network infrastructure.
- Provide assistance to the customer support team, in reproducing customer issues.
Technical requirements
- Demonstrable commercial experience of software testing in a structured test environment.
- A good knowledge of Windows desktop and server operating systems.
- Knowledge of Citrix and terminal server environments.
- Experience of scripting language or programming language (e.g. Perl/VB).
- A genuine interest finding innovative ways to break software.
- Good technical problem solving skills.
- At least a basic knowledge of SQL would be advantageous.
- Automated testing experience would be advantageous.
- Experience of performance testing in a Windows environment would be advantageous.
- Degree/HND in a technical discipline.
Personal attributes
- Able to work in partnership with the wider team, drawing upon resource and sharing knowledge. Willing to contribute, and provides and seeks support from others to achieve team tasks.
- Able to work on own initiative.
- Demonstrate a high level of energy, enthusiasm and professionalism.
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience please contact dev.jobs@appsense.com in the first instance.
