Quality Assurance Lead (QA Lead)

 

Recruiter:

PBT Group

Job Ref:

2130520339

Date posted:

Friday, September 17, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable


SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

PBT Group has an opportunity for a QA Lead.

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Duties:

  • Participate in the sprint planning, test estimation and success criteria per story/epic.
  • Participate in the Squad backlog grooming.
  • Facilitate the daily stand-up and manage the issues raised by the Software Quality Engineers and remove any blockers.
  • Encourage the Software Quality Engineers to collaborate across team to ensure efficient implementation of Product and ensure automation governance is adhered to by all Software Quality Engineers.
  • Facilitate the handover of test deliverables for all phases of testing.
  • Review and ensure all test artefacts are stored centrally.
  • Encourage continuous learning and questioning of the business and technology.
  • Allow for and encourage significant investment in the end-to-end test design.
  • Review and prioritise all issues raised by the Software Quality Engineers.
  • Work with the EQA Chapter Lead on the metrics and reporting to communicate testing status.
  • Ensure the test deliverables produced aligned to the test approach.
  • Communicate the Product risk to the EQA Chapter Lead and highlight any mitigating factors.
  • Ensure the defect management process is adhered to by the Software Quality Engineers and where necessary chair the defect triage sessions.
  • Participate in the retrospective reviews and seek efficiencies which will ensure quicker delivery with high quality to our client(s).
  • Produce a closeout report and monitor product health in production for 2 weeks to ensure any issues are referenced in the report for completeness.
  • Elicit business and Subject Matter Expert participation and input where necessary.
  • Encourage Peer reviews of the test artefacts (manual and automated test cases).

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Experience:

  • API automation is key focus (Karate / Rest Assured / SOAP UI etc)
  • Front end (Selenium/Appium)
  • NFT: JMeter
  • Core programming is usually done in Java rather than C# in IntelliJ, with Maven / BitBucket / Git.

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Qualifications/ Certification:

  • A degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Business Administration / Commerce or equivalent

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