QA Analyst 18 month FTC

QA Analyst – Automation, Performance & AI‑Enabled Testing

Location: Southampton (Hybrid)
Contract: 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

CNS are currently recruiting for a QA Analyst to take ownership of day‑to‑day Quality Assurance across our legacy applications, while supporting our transition to a modern, Azure‑based platform. This role has a strong emphasis on test automation and performance testing, while continuing to require hands‑on manual testing expertise to ensure high‑quality delivery of critical business systems.

You will work within fast‑paced Agile delivery teams, taking responsibility for end‑to‑end testing activities, including the design and execution of automated, manual, and non‑functional tests. Experience with AI‑assisted testing tools and practices is advantageous but not mandatory, as this capability is being introduced progressively within the QA function.

This is a hands‑on, communication‑heavy role, requiring close collaboration with Developers, Business Analysts, Project Managers, and senior stakeholders to ensure every release meets the highest quality standards.

How You Will Contribute

• Own end‑to‑end QA delivery across the SDLC, ensuring QA governance and quality standards are met throughout Agile delivery.
• Plan, design, and execute manual, automated, and performance testing, including SIT, UAT, regression, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks and scripts, and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support and contribute to performance and non‑functional testing, including test execution, monitoring, and results analysis.
• Interpret requirements, define test coverage and approach, manage defects in JIRA, maintain test environments and data, and provide clear status updates, risks, and quality metrics to stakeholders.

What You Will Bring

• Strong hands‑on experience in test automation (minimum 5 years) using frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress, with programming skills in Java, JavaScript, or Python, and experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) and Git.
• Proven experience in performance testing (minimum 3 years) using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or k6, with a solid understanding of performance testing types, workload modelling, web protocols, metrics analysis, and reporting.
• Strong manual testing experience, including UAT, regression, end‑to‑end, API, and SQL testing, ideally within Agile and enterprise or legacy system environments.
• Desirable: experience with AI‑assisted testing and GenAI tools for test design, automation support, or defect analysis; familiarity with Azure/AWS, BDD frameworks, monitoring tools, and basic security testing principles.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLO

To Change What's Possible For Everyone