Lead Quality Engineer focusing on test automation and CI/CD for Azure data platforms. Driving quality assurance improvements in a fast - paced, Agile environment within data engineering.
About the role
- Technical QA Service Analyst in RDG’s Quality Assurance Practice, responsible for system knowledge documentation and testing. Collaborating with teams and managing QA deliverables for projects.
Responsibilities
- Build and Maintain knowledge of the core functioning of assigned system(s) to serve as support point for projects and BAU/services.
- Document core functions, requirements and acceptance criteria related to the system(s) assigned to you.
- Develop and maintain a core understanding of all core QA tools so that you can manage and maintain their interoperability.
- Review, baseline and re-baseline requirement traceability matrix related to system coverage.
- Keep your technical skills up to date so you can accurately draft clear, testable requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Always review and assist with signing off requirement acceptance for Quasar.
- Develop and maintain process and mind maps that help better understand the system functions and features.
- Build and manage integrations to provide a complete, up-to-date view of system IP.
- Support Quasar team through QA deliverables as and when required.
- Work with Quasar, architecture, CCI, project team and suppliers as needed to develop and maintain system IP.
- Always perform retrospective reviews of system requirements post the updates of projects/BAU/Adhoc/Service upgrades and ensure that the latest version of system requirements are available to team.
- Learn how to maintain and develop mappings with ConnectALL and monitor test case mapping with requirements to ensure that coverage is always accurate.
- Support management to help develop a good data model for future and comprehensive data analytics
- Produce and maintain clear requirement traceability across the lifecycle of the system/project for all aspects of Acceptance and E2E Testing.
- Support QA Manager in delivering QA across releases and changes.
- Test Estimation to ensure that the effort for testing on projects is correctly captured and tracked.
- Development and maintenance of Customer Acceptance Test objectives matrices through the project and successful baselining as part of project closure.
- Definition of Acceptance Test criteria and working with Business Stakeholders to sign off user test requirements and test acceptance criteria.
- Day to day management of the activities of self/team and QA activities of suppliers (wherever needed).
- Creating and delivering all key QA deliverables – Test plans, strategies, scope, requirement traceability, test objective matrices, test cases, test reports (including defect management)
- Keen understanding of system analysis.
- Ability to work independently to achieve project deliverables.
- Maintain and build functional and non-functional testing for relevant systems using approved automation tools as per QA framework and practises.
- Have a good understanding of automation and its application.
- Good working knowledge of automation tools - Selenium Open Source, Robot Framework, Python, ReadyAPI, Saucelabs, LoadRunner etc.
- Automate regression and functional tests to help improve time to market for QA services.
- Manage the automation scripts and codes bases using tools like GitHub and GitLab.
- Support testing processes especially around automation in a CI/CD and/or DevOps Model.
- Help document knowledge of all automation and technical testing for the team.
- Help train and share knowledge with team members on all subjects that you work on.
- Good understanding and adopting of static assurance across all testing stages.
- Be proactive and escalate any delays in testing to project manager, test manager and/or Head of QA in a timely manner.
- Develop and maintain a good testing knowledge of the relevant systems (online and/or backend), scope and objectives and input into the Service Desk Knowledge base.
- Engage with vendors/suppliers and work collaboratively to ensure that quality of releases and products.
- Ensure supplier test delivery is in line with RDG policy and standards and develop a Test Assurance Framework for third party software delivery.
- Be proficient in Risk based approach to testing and deliverables.
- Work with the test manager and project team to manage expectations and ensure adherence to timelines.
- Review and maintain quality of test knowledge and scripts in the team.
- Good team player and good collaboration skills especially with other teams within the organisation to ensure the organisation deliver to the railway community.
- Report on daily status of testing to test manager and if required to the stakeholders, vendors, and project management.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with project stakeholders, including key business users.
- Work positively and communicate professionally across the team to make an effective contribution to team tasks and team spirit.
- Contribute to the building of automation framework within the organisation.
- Be flexible with day-to-day remit and work as required by the Quality Assurance team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related Engineering discipline
- Certification in Test Management and Testing from ISTQB/ISEB or related institution. Advanced Test Manager from ISTQB and/or equivalent.
Benefits
- 75% off rail travel for personal and family use, plus international rail discounts.
- 30 Days annual leave (plus buy/sell options and additional leave for key life events)
- Season ticket loan for commuting costs.
- Enhanced family leave – 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and shared parental leave.
- Pension scheme – up to 11.58% employer contribution.
- Private medical insurance (Vitality PPP) including mental health and specialist care.
- Discounted gym membership and access to wellbeing programmes.
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