Automation/ QA Engineer

QA Lead - Limerick

Responsibilities

  • Primary responsibility will be to lead a QA team, and gather information from business stakeholders to verify and prioritise a set of business requirements to Expleo 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 Expleo 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

Qualifications

  • A degree-level qualification in a Computer Science discipline
  • ISTQB certification
  • Non-functional testing Experience within telecommunications or finance industries advantageous.

Skills

  • Demonstrable experience in a Test lead position as well as 3 years’ experience testing across a variety of environments and industries.
  • 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

Experience

  • Cards & Payments & Acquiring experience

Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ours peers through good times and set backs
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
  • Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
  • Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo