Test Lead

Overview

Test Lead

The candidate will be highly professional, self-motivated, have excellent communication and problem solving skills, and have the ability to effectively manage stakeholders. You will be part of a high performance team and will have the opportunity to excel and grow your career delivering quality at a fast pace.

Responsibilities         

Primary responsibility will be to gather information from business stakeholders to define, prioritise and document a set of business requirements to company standard and quality

Prepare, execute and document test cases based on Business & Functional Requirements to ensure thorough testing of requirements in a fast paced environment

Work with clients to analyse existing or new processes and systems in order to provide high quality advice and deliverables

Work attentively with the company testing services (functional, automated and performance) to deliver a seamless overall quality service

Capable of working closely with the clients’ Technical Architects and Developers and be able to ‘translate’ the business requirements to functional requirements for these teams

Ensure that the scope of a design iteration doesn't vary unless authorised by the Business Stakeholders

Reporting issues to management where these could have an impact on a major deadline

Experience working in a team-orientated, collaborative environment, mentoring less experienced analysts and motivating others to provide innovative solutions for team improvement

Review test cases written by peers to ensure that all requirements are covered in test case documentation

Re-testing bugs to confirm that they have been corrected

Review, mentor and assign tasks to junior QA staff

Any other duties, which may be assigned by the Project Lead / Quality Manager

Bring a quality focus to product releases

Have a customer mind-set and eye for detail with applications under test

Although this is a role based in Dublin you must be willing and able to travel to client sites if required

Desired Skills & Experience  

Scoping and creating functional and non-functional test plans and test data, maintaining the integrity of the test environment

Test estimation and test planning experience essential

Quality focused with attention to detail

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Ability to schedule tasks to manage time and project priorities

Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team

Ability to influence Stakeholders

Proven ability to challenge conventional thought and offer unique perspectives and ideas

Proven ability to deliver high profile activities to tight timescales

Proven success in both fostering and contributing to a team-oriented environment

Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines, with a drive and commitment to delivery

Excellent analytical problem determination and solving skills

Excellent time management and the ability to work to tight deadlines

Experience working with geographically dispersed teams

Strong relationship management

Qualifications

A degree-level qualification in a Computer Science discipline

ISTQB certification

Non-functional testing Experience within telecommunications or finance industries advantageous

Benefits:

The opportunity to work independently on tasks for challenging, international projects within a successful team and with a high degree of personal freedom in your role

Challenging tasks that you and the team bring to a successful conclusion

A constant stream of new challenges within a consultancy firm renowned for its forward-looking methods and technologies

A dedicated career path designed to challenge you and further your knowledge in specialist consulting

Extensive training to develop the essential skills you will need to develop your career

Benefits, such as a pension, private healthcare, mobile phone, laptop, family days and regular social events