Test Lead Back

THE ROLE

As a leader in our market, we are committed to our customers success and our own. The successful candidate should have experience as a Test Lead and good working experience in the Government sector.

SKILLS

The Test lead will lead a small group of testers and provide guidance, support and hands-on test management. Significant project/program experience in an enterprise preferred.

• Involvement in the planning, monitoring, and control of the testing activities and tasks. 
• Develop overall test strategy
• Review and endorse test plan and test report
• Develop UAT Test Cases
• Manage and provide leadership to a group of test professionals in the organization. 
• Collaborate with the stakeholders, devise the test objectives, test strategies, and test plans. 
• Measure, report and manage defects remediation, progress and test results throughout testing phases; 
• Develop and refine test processes, methodologies, disciplines and measurements 
• Raises risks and issues
• Ensure the effective application of defect management practices 
• Provide regular progress updates and input into the weekly project status reports and other formal communications 

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Must have minimum ISTQB Foundations certificate
• Ideally have ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst but not essential
• SQL skills
• Strong functional testing expertise
• Proven project experience in software testing to provide considered, meaningful and applicable advice
• Demonstrated technical aptitude to be able to understand, question and organize technical topics and translate them into business terms
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to influence internal and external decision-makers
• good business analysis skills, will contribute to requirements continuous improvement processes