Test Team Lead - (CONTRACT)

Role Purpose

The purpose of the role is to coordinate and perform testing activities of a more complex nature, to ensure the successful implementation of business solutions. The role designs, develops and administers a series of complex tests and evaluations that identify any potential issues with a product before its general release, including defect fixes, functional and non-functional testing, system enhancements, new applications, fixes for incidents and disaster recovery testing (includes changes to systems or business products). The role verifies and validates that the intended solution meets stated requirements and specifications that guided its design and development, and that they work within required standards and frameworks. The role provides technical expertise and support relating to testing and evaluations and takes the technical lead on large and complex projects requiring deep specialised knowledge, working in close collaboration with project, testing and functional teams across the business to deliver client application support and ensure IT operations run smoothly. The role executes operational processes of high complexity and scale.

Role Description

Lead, Coordination and Execution of Test case generation and review (high complexity and scale)

• Work alongside the Test Manager / Senior Test Analyst, and the Application specialist to identify what to test by translating functional and business requirement specifications into testable test plans and test cases.
• Identify and document key test scenarios and cases of high complexity and scale
• Determine test prerequisites, test criteria, and record expected results
• Review final test cases with Test Manager and obtain sign-off.

Test prerequisites compilation

• Identify and obtain required test materials (test data), and the required test environment
• Ensure test environment setup (i.e., test server access and test logins) and prepare test results pack for results recording and sign-off.
• Review final test cases with Test Manager and obtain sign-off.

Test execution and recording

• Follow the written test case/ specification & record test results.
• Compare actual results against expected results.
• Record pass/fail status of each test case.
• Report, record and assign defects identified.
• Retest and update on fixed defects.
• Execute and coordinate regression tests.
• Maintain the test environments by performing end to end system testing, also performance testing in some cases on highly complex projects.
• Ensure all the above is done by the rest of the applicable Testing Team.
• Quality Assure, Guide and Lead the team in these duties.

Lead, Coordinate and Maintenance of high quality and accur