End to End Test Manager - UNIX, Oracle, Java

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End to End Test Manager - UNIX, Oracle, Java

We have an opportunity for an End to End Test Manager to join Experis on a permanent basis. You will be working as part of our Employed Consultant team, on a major public sector account. This is a chance to be part of an award winning organisation whose key priority is investing in its people.

The successful candidate will be working across a wide variety of projects and services and will involve managing all test phases on one or more release based projects/programmes.

Tasks

* Implementation and co-ordination of the End-to-End Assurance and Test Strategy in the systems development life cycle

* Provision of technical direction and governance (for Assurance and Testing),

* Liaison with the client test authority to ensure consistent interpretation of our mutual test strategies

* Product delivery implementation activities, managing deliverables, project budgets, planning and forecasting, involved in recruitment and rotation plans,

* Providing test direction for the area

* Analysing new work and changes to existing projects to estimate the effort needed and to determine people and test environment requirements

* Producing the project test strategy and/or test approach

* Creating detailed test schedules, including identifying the dependencies on other areas

* Ensuring all subordinate test documentation is produced by the appropriate individual and reviewed

* Planning and managing all test stages for the project including co-ordination with external teams and attending project checkpoint meetings

* Authorising the completion of test stages and arranging sign-off with the client and other key stakeholders

* Coaching and mentoring more inexperienced TM/TLs

Responsibilities

* Ability to manage and assure across the whole testing lifecycle (CT, CIT, ST, SIT plus nonfunctional and operational)

* Ability to understand and document the Project/Programme Test Strategy ensuring compliance to the customer strategy/principles

* Have strong stakeholder management skills

* Potentially have to work client side

* Ability to work with 3rd parties and ensure integration

* Financial accountability

* Commercially savvy

* Understand our business and the business of our customers

* Strong team player

* To understand the main customer drivers for change at each release and the live priorities for the release.

* To understand the drivers and interfaces under test

* Participate/lead test workshops as appropriate

* Demonstrate identification and mitigation of Risk Based Testing(RBT)

* Technical input into project Test Strategies/Plan

* Undertake static testing of project artefacts

* Perform technical test reviews of Test artefacts

* Provide guidance on appropriate test techniques applicable to that project

* Creation of Test Design/Script

* Automation scripting identified where applicable

* Create/validate test data and manage test data within test environments

* Execution of manual/automated tests

* Assuring actual results against expected results

* Raise, track and manage defects including contribution to the Problem Review Forums (PRF).

* Recording Test Evidence.

Essential skills, abilities and behaviours

* Experienced in the use of Unix command language

* Experience in Windows, Oracle, Java, JSON, XML,XSL, TOAD, Maestro, Maestro, Webmethods, Weblogic,Hive, HDFS

* A good knowledge of SQL

* An ability to quickly read and understand relevant sections of test basis document.

* Must be driven to achieve demanding targets, and be prepared to work out of hours on occasion to meet the project deadlines.

* ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing Foundation Certified or equivalent

* Time/Work management

* Escalate progress/issues/concerns to the Domain lead/Test Manager in a timely manner so that mitigation could be put in place to achieve the project deadlines.

* Experience in Risk Based Testing

Technologies

* UNIX

* Windows

* Oracle

* SQL

* Java

* XML

* WebLogic