2 Contract, Tech / Digital / IT jobs in Henley-on-thames, Oxfordshire

Role: Test Architect Location: Reading Town UK Rate: GBP 70k per/annum (FTC) Key Responsibilities

• Creates, maintains and obtains stakeholder approval of the test strategy. Executes approved strategy and associated test plans within agreed timelines and to budget.
• Champions appropriate standards, ensuring continual developments of end-to-end process for all quality areas to include software development life cycle, QA work product deliverables, product templates and escalation processes.
• Drives automation effort for project/program
• Liaises with performance COE and security team as required on projects to ensure all non-functional test aspects of project are covered
• Leads, mentors and coaches a group of less experienced resources ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to perform their roles
• Provides authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution.
• Manages stakeholder's expectations with regards to the testing timelines and deliverables
• Manage offshore testing efforts ensuring efficient and cost-effective testing is performed
• Ensure adherence processes and provide support to internal and external ISO 9001 audits
• Engage with customers to define and manage UAT efforts
• Provide estimates and any required test documentation for bids
• Be the SME for assigned portfolio(s) of work
Knowledge & Skills
• Demonstrate effective communication processes meeting demands of program/project.
• Able to be the lead testing on complex projects (size or scope).
• Working experience of CI and associated tools such as Azure DevOps
• Good understanding of Cloud technologies
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong time management skills
• Lead/promote/initiate the development of our people assets.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of at least one solution portfolio.
• Resolve very complex problems in QA/architecture.
• Architect, design, and configure multiple streams of work.
• Contribute to the establishment standards and technology direction.
• Mentor team leaders on a broad variety of technical and project management issues.
• Implement solutions that reflect strategic, long-term direction and planning with a complete understanding of interdependencies.
• Represent technical meetings relating to assigned roles and when working at customer sites.
• Expert knowledge of and ability to apply advanced software development principles, theories, programming languages, concepts, and techniques.
• Manage budgets.
• Expert understanding of system integration and hardware.
• Superior understanding methodologies and practices.
• Complete understanding of technology and competitive positioning of technology - driven business solutions, preferably applications/solutions.
• Development and project tools, such as version control, debugging.
• Use of appropriate tools for change control, risks and issues log and project planning.
• Must have familiarity/working knowledge of Microfocus toolset including Octane.
• Should be able to demonstrate good knowledge and understanding of testing market.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 useful.
• Must be able to demonstrate broad range of sector experience.
• Specific experience of airline industry would be of benefit.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of object-oriented development approaches.
• ISTQB Principles.
• Principles of Agile.
  
  Demonstrate effective communication processes meeting demands of program/project.
• Able to be the lead testing on complex projects (size or scope).
• Working experience of CI and associated tools such as Azure DevOps
• Good understanding of Cloud technologies
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Strong time management skills
• Lead/promote/initiate the development of our people assets.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of at least one solution portfolio.
• Resolve very complex problems in QA/architecture.
• Architect, design, and configure multiple streams of work.
• Contribute to the establishment standards and technology direction.
• Mentor team leaders on a broad variety of technical and project management issues.
• Implement solutions that reflect strategic, long-term direction and planning with a complete understanding of interdependencies.
• Represent technical meetings relating to assigned roles and when working at customer sites.
• Expert knowledge of and ability to apply advanced software development principles, theories, programming languages, concepts, and techniques.
• Manage budgets.
• Expert understanding of system integration and hardware.
• Superior understanding methodologies and practices.
• Complete understanding of technology and competitive positioning of technology - driven business solutions, preferably applications/solutions.
• Development and project tools, such as version control, debugging.
• Use of appropriate tools for change control, risks and issues log and project planning.
• Must have familiarity/working knowledge of Microfocus toolset including Octane.
• Should be able to demonstrate good knowledge and understanding of testing market.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 useful.
• Must be able to demonstrate broad range of sector experience.
• Specific experience of airline industry would be of benefit.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of object-oriented development approaches.
• ISTQB Principles.
• Principles of Agile.