Automation Lead at GoldenRule Technology (Pty) Ltd

The Role

• A leader in the Banking and Financial space is on the lookout for a Quality Assurance Lead to join their team.
• To Lead the Test Implementation in accordance with the agreed Quality Assurance principles and standards in order to manage the Product risk and inter-dependencies during the Product Life-Cycle. Ensure alignment across Business Analysis, Development, Quality Assurance and Environment to optimise the testing efficiencies across the Product delivery stack. Ensure team effectiveness and healthy team dynamics.

Skills and Experience

• Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Agile certification and training in DevOps would be advantageous

Essential Certifications

• ISTQB foundation or equivalent (ISEB)

Minimum Experience Level

• 2 or more years in a Lead role
• 6-8 years test automation experience
• Java
• Selenium
• API testing (REST Assured/Karate/SOAPUI)
• JMeter
• Type of Exposure
• Experience in an Agile development environment using Scrum / SAFe and/or Extreme / Pair Programming

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Programming (OOP)
• Java Development with J2EE and/or Spring Boot knowledge (Advanced)
• Automation testing using Selenium
• Use of repository systems i.e.: Azure Repos
• Testing of Services using automation tools such as Rest Assured (and SOAPUI)
• BDD and TDD
• Continuous Integration (CI) process with Jenkins or Azure Pipelines
• Agile methodology and working in agile teams
• Use of Maven
• Use of Jira and Confluence
• Exposure to Cloud technology
• Experience in building stubs
• Experience in Service Virtualisation

Behavioural Competencies

• Adaptability
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Influencing
• Quality Orientation
• Planning and Organizing
• High-Impact Communicatio
• Other

Responsibilities Include: 

• Build a deep understanding of the business need in order to contribute to the ongoing value proposition.
• Liaise with Stakeholders across Group Technology to build a network that will align to nWoW.
• Participate in the sprint planning, and success criteria per story/epic.
• Participate in the Squad backlog grooming.
• Facilitate the daily stand-up where necessary and manage the issues raised by the Software Quality & Test Engineers and remove any blockers.
• Encourage the Software Quality & Test Engineers to collaborate across team to ensure efficient implementation of Product and ensure automation governance is adhered to by all.
• Facilitate the handover of QA deliverables for all testing phases.
• Review and ensure all QA artefacts are stored centrally.
• Encourage continuous learning and questioning of the business and technology.
• Allow for and encourage significant investment in the end-to-end QA design.
• Review and prioritise all issues raised by the Software Quality & Test Engineers.
• Work with the Enterprise Quality Assurance Chapter Lead on the metrics and reporting to communicate testing status.
• Ensure the QA deliverables produced aligned to the test approach.
• Encourage the Software Quality & Test Engineers to collaborate across team to ensure efficient implementation of Product and ensure automation governance is adhered to by all.
• Facilitate the handover of QA deliverables for all testing phases.
• Review and ensure all QA artefacts are stored centrally.
• Encourage continuous learning and questioning of the business and technology.
• Allow for and encourage significant investment in the end-to-end QA design.
• Review and prioritise all issues raised by the Software Quality & Test Engineers.
• Work with the Enterprise Quality Assurance Chapter Lead on the metrics and reporting to communicate testing status.
• Ensure the QA deliverables produced aligned to the test approach.
• Communicate the Product risk to the Product Owner, Scrum Master & Chapter Lead and highlight any mitigating factors.
• Ensure the defect management process is adhered to by the Software Quality & Test Engineerss and where necessary chair the defect triage sessions.
• Participate in the retrospective reviews and seek efficiencies which will ensure quicker delivery with high quality to our client(s).
• Produce a closeout report and monitor product health in production for 2 weeks to ensure any issues are referenced in the report for completeness.
• Elicit business and Subject Matter Expert participation and input where necessary.
• Encourage Peer reviews of the QA artefacts.
• Understand and manage own demand based on expected timelines articulated by the line-management and project expectations.
• Collaborate with Peers and industry experts to understand technical advances and its application within the Company’s eco-system.
• Seek ongoing improvements in technical capabilities.