Test Lead - Cape Town, South Africa - Boardroom Appointments

Boardroom Appointments

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Key purpose:

As a Test Lead II, you will be responsible for the test automation of our products and websites.

You'll help us to improve the quality of our products and deliver bug-free software by automating functional testing in an agile environment.

Duties and responsibilities:

Collaborate with Project Team and Stakeholders as required to agree the testing strategy to be employed for development projects
Coordinate all activity and all testers during each testing phase of a project and/or programme
Determine which tools and utilities work best and how to use them for given situation/project
Develop, modify, and ensure that software testing plans are executed
Provide accurate and precise estimates for assigned task duration, along with confidence levels and foreseeable dependencies
Initiate test planning activities
Represent the customer in understanding how they use the system and include the most relevant end to end user scenarios in test plans and automation
Defining test strategy and test plans and review them with stakeholders
Identify the testing scope required for each release based on the requirements
Ensure the Test Lab assets are in place or planned for, to meet testing requirements
Laise with the Test Lab Manager in the event there are new equipment required
Plan Resource Access to the Lab for required testing
Ensure optimal test coverage and improve the test coverage where needed
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

Qualifications and experience:

Diploma or Degree qualified (IT or related technical)
Software testing training and registration (e.g. ISTQB, ISEB)
Experience in systems testing, systems integration testing, endtoend testing, user acceptance testing and both Performance and Automated testing
Google Suite / MS Office Suite
Cloud Testing (Azure/AWS) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery Experience
Proven experience in Test Management/Test Lead within crossfunctional delivery areas and multiple projects
JIRA and Agile methodologies