Jobs

Datafin Recruitment, Test Team Lead II – E-commerce

May 16, 2022

Remuneration:	Market related
Benefits:	Negotiable
Location:	Cape Town, Brackenfell
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#22176
Company:	Datafin Recruitment

Job description

Define, measure and enforce quality through efficient test coverage and a traceability matrix as your expertise & relentless commitment to quality as a Test Team Lead is sought by a Retail Giant with a footprint on the African continent. You will also ensure pre-agreed test schedule with Delivery Managers are being met, a suitable and stable test environment/lab and report and manage progress, issues, constraints, dependencies and resources. You will also manage & ensure each team member’s output is aligned with the above. You must have Grade 12, Grade 12/Matric, an IT or technical-focused Degree/Diploma with formal Software Testing training and registration e.g., ISTQB, ISEB. You also need 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role with proven experience testing complex user interfaces, expertise in both Manual and Automated Testing, HP QC or HP ALM experience, Selenium/Test Complete/UFT/QTP/SOAPUI exposure & Cloud Testing (Azure/AWS) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery experience.

Duties:

Manage test planning and analysis –

Co-operate with clients/user/senior staff as required to agree the testing strategy to be employed for Development projects.

Co-ordinate all activity and all Testers during each testing phase of a project/programme.

Determine which tools and utilities work best for given situation/project.

Develop, modify, and ensure that software testing plans are executed.

Provide accurate and precise estimates for assigned task duration.

Initiate test planning activities.

Represent the customer in understanding how they use the system and including the most relevant end to end user scenarios in test plans and automation.

Define test strategy and test plans and review them with stakeholders.

Identify the testing scope required for each release based on the requirements of the document.

Ensure optimal and improvement of test coverage.

Identify the testing effort required by calculating the sizing needed for the given release and plan the required effort for the same.

Identify the tools to be used for test reporting, test management, test automation, etc. and identify when test automation is appropriate and, if it is, plan the effort.

Estimate the testing resources and time required and negotiate with management to acquire the necessary resources.

Publish the test plan after discussions with the test team and have it reviewed and approved by the Management/ Development team

Manage test design and execution –

Analyse test results to ensure existing functionality; recommend corrective action.

Integrate test suites into the Test Management system and custom test harnesses.

Propose required functions, tools or scripts to management for approval based on complexity and coverage of solution.

Select and develop appropriate test automation tools, applying the latest techniques in test automation.

Update test execution status.

Use risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites for various software applications, i.e., perform Automated Dynamic Testing.

Lead and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases and test procedures.

Ensure proper configuration management of the testware produced and traceability of the tests to the test basis.

Manage the building of required test environments and ensure that the test environments are in place before test execution and managed during test execution.

Manage test environments, test devices and technology versions.

Manage test monitoring and evaluation –

Assist in the creation of test project status reports and metrics.

Consult with Developers to resolve issues and provide feedback for the technical appraisal of the tested software program(s) and monitor its deployment across the appropriate system(s).

Ensure that quality standards are maintained in the team.

Manage test completion –

Review software design and change specifications to ensure software testing measures meet acceptable reliability standards and project and program objectives.

Trace test cases and results back to specific quality risks.

Schedule the tests for execution and monitor, measure, control and report on the test progress, the s/w product quality status and the test results, adapting the test plan and compensating as needed to adjust to evol