QA Software Testing

Overview:
Works independently taking full responsibility for a certain test area,
assisting senior team members. Maintains the status of the project and directs
and monitors the work of junior team members. Provides guidance to enable
others.
Responsibilities:
* Co-ordinates work on multiple phases of a project and/or projects of moderate scope or possibly in more complex assignments.Is involved in hands-on testing activities.
* Supports and works with QA Analysts.
* Works on quality assurance projects using available test frameworks and tools and establishes plans for projects with on-time and on-budget project goals.
* Responsible for a certain test area and conditions as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
* Ensures compliance with testing best practices and standards.
* Scopes and creates quality assurance plans, data, procedures, and scripts.
* Scopes out and creates test coverage, designing specifications and defining conditions for given requirements.
* Maintains the integrity of the test environment.
* Interprets, reviews and reports test activities and results in accordance with project plans.
* Identifies test issues, reporting risks and defining regression tests for current and future projects and logs these as best practices and learning points.
* Understands business end-to-end processes and participates in production verification and validation.
* Contributes to management reporting including appropriate test metrics on planning, defects and execution.
* Deputises for Lead as required.
Qualifications:
Essential:
*
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems,or other related
field, or equivalent work experience
* ISTQB Foundation
Desirable:
* Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance
Skills:
General:
* Professional attitude, has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor.
* Good client-facing skills, experience in developing partnerships with the team and client and collaborating with others to exceed client expectations.
* Good problem solving skills, has experience in proposing different options and solutions for approaching and resolving issues.
* Adaptable and responds positively to changing business issues, sees change as an opportunity to improve performance.
* Excellent communication skills, adapts style accordingly and demonstrates an understanding of the audience's perspective. Uses discretion when dealing with sensitive information.

Technical:
* Intermediate theoretical knowledge in quality assurance methodologies. Has awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments.
* Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of testing tools and frameworks required to deliver.
* Good understanding of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning.
* Experience in co-ordinating and monitoring the work of others in their responsible area.

Management:
* Good people skills, with experience in supporting others in raising their performance and working out their development goals.
* Experience in supporting team success and motivating others to keep morale and performance high.
* Good self management. Can set and work to quantified goals and standards. Delivers by being aware of and considering the commercial impacts.
* Must be flexible, independent and self motivated