QA Lead

Industry Experience in:

• Contribute and collaborate with stakeholders, both internal and external through workshops and walkthroughs
• Experience with environment management, test data creation and selection, development of testing artefacts such as test plans, test conditions, test objectives and regression test plans
• Development of automation scripts, regression and productivity tools
• Outcome focused within limitations and constraints of budget and schedule
• Experience working in various SDLC delivery methodologies such as Agile, waterfall, and iterative development
• Validating test effort as related to test execution
• User experience, System performance, Volume testing and Stress testing
• Identification of testing resources in relation to tasks and activities such as tooling, devices and operating systems
• Performance testing related needs such as environments, application configuration and scalability in comparison with production
• Security testing relating to application layer (GUI, Service), Database layer, and Network layer (penetration testing)
• Importance of stakeholder engagement, management, perception and influencing skills
• High Level design (EA diagrams, Database schema), Low level designs (Component, Interface specification) and prototypes
• Configuration management, Release Management and continuous integration and Continuous delivery

Expert in:

• 5+ years’ experience in QA role.
• Development of test strategy, approach, environment identification and management
• Development of test summary reports for programs and projects
• Basic project management knowledge relating to schedule, tasks and activities and budget as they may relate to QA
• Industry estimation methods such as historical data based e.g. 3 point estimates, function point estimates, task and activity breakdown estimates
• Identification of Risks and issues across project, program lifecycle in relation to product, project and QA risks
• Determining objectives for QA through reviewing statement of work, project charters and program related documents
• Review methods in relation to requirements – business, solution requirements and their acceptance
• Application of advanced testing techniques such as state transition, decision tables as related to planning and execution
• Logging bugs and following it through with developers, SME’s and BAs as required
• RTM coverage analysis, maintenance for business, solution requirements, test cases and bugs
• Experience across System, Systems Integration and User acceptance testing
• Ability to lead Bug triaging, workshops and walkthrough relating to testing activities as and when required
• Developing testing artefacts relating to regression automation scripts for both application interfaces and User interface
• Frameworks, practices and principles relating to Manual and Automation testing
• Experience in SQL / PLSQL queries, stored procedures, testing of N tier architectures – web-services and GUI’s
• Regression test plans and script development and RTM maintenance
• Understanding stakeholder needs and calibrating communication to meet expectations during execution, implementation of both manual and automated tests
• Execution, monitoring of automated testing including regression, test data, system and systems integration tests
• Reviewing testing artefacts and identification of gaps in coverage and efficiency
• Executing in alignment of test objectives at various test levels such as Systems, Systems Integration and User acceptance
• Good command of English communication

Behaviours:

• Application of commercial acumen to align towards business need and outcomes
• Demonstrates resilience and tenacity
• Consistently seeks out feedback from stakeholders / customers and industry best practices
• Positive and can do attitude
• Demonstrates Resilience, tenacity and willingness to change
• Contagiously passionate about exceeding expectations