AddressTest Lead - Investment
PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE REQUIRES YOU TO BE BASED IN AUSTRALIA AND HAVE FULL WORKING RIGHTS
Rate: $1000-1100 + super
Duration: 6 months initially (with extensions)
Start: ASAP
Location: Sydney
Role(s):
Our client is looking for a Test Lead to assist them with the delivery of a number of investment initiatives/projects. This is a long-term piece of work that has only kicked off recently - this client offers a flexible working environment as well as cutting edge work within the investment space.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to create testing strategies based on requirement and project roadmap
- Provide estimates and assist in the preparation of sprint plans.
- Manage test team, resource planning and forecasting
- Provide leadership and technical expertise within Test Automation and Quality Assurance
- Ensuring that the development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of the QA strategy as defined.
- Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation
- Review existing test scenarios and ensure gaps are identified and updated.
- Develop test data to support the execution of test scenarios.
- Execution of test scenarios; ensure the testing execution process is in alignment to the quality conditions.
- Test management of SIT and UAT
- Prepare and formalize testing process and procedures around JIRA
- Provide regular test status reports to the project team where required
- Raising defects and issues including logging, tracking, retesting, and updating of all defects/issues in a timely manner.
- Conduct defect triages with the wider project team members/Business/Vendors etc
- Prepare Test Status Reports, with industry standard Quality Matrices.
- Formulate a knowledge base for training and cross-skilling purposes.
- Provide end user support as required.
Your experience
- Overall 10+ years' experience with 4+ years as a Test Lead.
- Hands on management experience
- Industry experience within Investments
- Must have a previous business knowledge and testing experience on Investment Management or Investment domain.
- Have a good understanding of asset classes (Fixed Income, Equity, and Derivatives).
- Working knowledge of test automation frameworks and its implementation
- Experience carrying out Test Planning, stakeholder management
- Knowledge of testing principles, methods, tools and technologies, including plans, scenarios, strategies and related procedures
- Experience designing and developing Test Plans and Test Cases with minimal Requirements and Design documents
- Experience in an Agile software development and testing environment
- Knowledge of testing principles, methods, tools and technologies, including plans, scenarios, strategies and related procedures
- ISTQB certified Advance Technical Test Analyst or similar is preferred
- Proven track record of a positive "Can Do" attitude is required.
- Understanding and demonstrated application of risk-based approaches to quality management, assurance and testing
Please submit your CV asap and I will get back to you with more details if suitable.
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