Lead QA Engineer-SC Cleared
Recruiter
SidTech
Listed on
21st May 2019
Location
Glasgow
Salary/Rate
£500 - £500
Type
Contract
Start Date
2019-05-20
This job has now expired please search on the home page to find live IT Jobs.
Lead QA Engineer-SC Cleared
Summary of work
Lead QA Engineer required to provide technical leadership,
mentorship and delivery capability to an emerging team in
an award-winning transformation programme.
Who the specialist will work with
The existing team is comprised mostly of supplier,
contract and Civil Service resources. The specialist will be
expected to be embedded into current delivery teams and
will be expected to lead a small team.
What the specialist will work on
Specifically, we seek an exceptional Lead QA Engineer with
a good balance of technical understanding and strong
leadership skills who have proven experience in supporting
the development, deployment and support of services built
on a track record of stability, availability and quality.
Working arrangements
The specialist is expected to be on-site for at least four days
a week with one day optional working from home.
Lead on building assurance capability
Work as part of a small team of QA specialists ensuring
test plans are understood, integrated, delivered and
automated where possible
Coordinate and manage test schedules
Build and maintain testing artefacts, looking ahead for
future opportunities or blockers,
Identify operational improvements and work to ensure
a stable service that can be enhanced
Anticipate and mitigate against project challenges or risks
Coach team members
Essential skills and experience
Technology knowledge - good experience of four or more of:
o Best Practice test approaches o Test Automation in
CI/CD pipelines
o Selenium/WebDriver test automation o Load testing
tooling
o Performance testing tooling o BDD test tooling
(Gherkin/Cucumber)
Making and guiding decisions
o Capable of making and guiding effective decisions,
explaining clearly how the decision has been reached.
o Able to make decisions characterised by managed levels
of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk
and complexity increase.
o Take ownership of problems and proactively resolves
technical problems, ensuring that technical solutions
continue to meet business requirements
Bridging the gap between the technical and non-technical
o Translate technical concepts between infrastructure,
delivery management and service management so they are
understood by all
o Able to speak on behalf of technical and service
management teams and facilitate the relationships with
indirect stakeholders o Able to share knowledge and mentor
(potentially non-technical) colleagues
Governance
o Understands technical governance and is able to participate in or deliver the assurance of a service
o Understands government requirements of governance,
auditability and accountability
Technology knowledge - good experience of one or
more of
o Infrastructure testing tooling
o JMeter o Gatling o Load Testing o Performance Testing
o Automating OAT (for Web applications and RESTful APIs)
o Automating Acceptance Testing (for Web applications)
o Automating Regression Testing (for Web applications)
Expected contract length
12 months initial, with an optional 12 months extension
Organisation the work is for
Disclosure Scotland
Security Clearance
SC level clearance is required for this position.