Lead Automation Tester for Insurance Company

Mentor the testing team to ensure that members have the required skills and are challenged to improve

Review resource skills and adopt new initiatives

Aa a QA Manager analyse, design, document plan and maintain the QA Strategy and Test Management Plan that includes testing methodology, environments, tools, reporting and technical requirements

Document and maintain efficient, reusable and reliable testing artefacts.

As QA manager being responsible of Demand Management by highlighting resource requirements and conduct interviews when required

Report Status for all test activities and Testing Phases of the project

Risk and issue management and escalation

Conduct thorough checks to ensure adherence to QA standards

Support improvements to projects and Proof of Concepts

Be responsible for all phases of testing – SIT, UAT, Performance, Non-Functional, Automation covering: Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Reporting, Defect Management

Review solution proposals and participate in design workshops to ensure Testability and plan test automation activities in advance

Requirement’s elicitation to understand Business Goals, Needs and Objectives

Translate business needs into Testing Objects and relevant requirements (Functional, Non-functional)

Identify bugs and devise resolutions to these defects

Participate in an agile delivery environment, using a scrum or kanban methodology

Be the go-to person when it comes to QA Strategy and Tools and fully own the What and the How of testing automation

5+ years experience in software testing or development

Strong QA lead experience in a Software environment, coordinating multiple business/technical areas

Experience of QASD (QA approach) creation, Jira (i.e. standard SDLC documentation and processes)

Experience with Agile methodology

Ability to follow a defined software development process, acquire new information about the project and domain quickly from different sources

Ability to effectively communicate (e.g. listening, verbal and written communication) with all stakeholders in complex environments (multi-cultural/multi-country/geographically distributed team)

Good knowledge of web services, and have worked with XML and JSON

Ideally has working experience or good awareness of Mule, Spring framework, JMS/message queues, REST and SOAP

Team player, self-motivated, organised, strong communicator, driven and committed

Experience working in a dynamic environment

Experience working in the complete Software Development Lifecycle

Fluency in English