Technical Team Leader at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• To provide expert advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvements 
• Responsible for leading and developing a team of technical resources that provide operational project and technical support

Hello future Technical Team Lead (Automation),

• Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.
• As part of our Core Banking Team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are you someone who can:

Responsibilities:

Automation Leadership:

• Provide end-to-end, integrated technical solutions using a stack of technologies, including mobile (Android/iOS) and web (client-side and server-side).
• Follow CQA defined Automation standards and enforce this on support areas
• Collaborate with support areas (QA Manager, Test Manager and TT/SDIT) to meet project requirements, adhere to guidelines, and produce progress reports to QA Manager and other stakeholders in respective support areas.
• Work closely with support area stakeholders (Development, Infra/DevOps and the Architect Team).

Test Automation:

• Support Testing team by removing any technical blockers to Automation related issues.
• Manage Technical Deliverables for Testing in Support Areas.
• Manage the creation and maintenance of automation suites using available Interaction Points from CQA.
• Conduct sprint Forums with support areas to pick up issues quicker in the sprints.
• Manage/Promote the usage of CI pipelines for all Automation scripts
• Help facilitate the usage of GTS TESTAUTO through the following
• Scalability to help testing efforts.
• Reusability to promote reusable components and modules.
• Efficiency to streamline test cycles by automating repetitive task from all available platforms
• Collaborate with QA/Test Manager on strategies and GAPs identified for projects in respective portfolios.
• Performance Testing Support.
• Bitbucket code reviews.

Automation Portfolio Management:

• Manage and own automation portfolio solutions from creation to enablement.
• Lead a team of Technical Testers and Software Developers focused on specific solution areas.

Process Improvement:

• Analyse existing operations and schedule training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and developments.
• Identify GAPs not covered by CQA Framework to later implement/develop from CQA to enable consumers.

CQA Testing Framework Development and Enhancement:

• Promote cost effective solutions to development
• Accelerated testing to streamline effectiveness of test Automation
• Increased coverage beyond manual testing for respective areas.
• Development for Central QA initiatives
• Split between portfolio work and CQA initiatives

Team Motivation and Transparency:

• Motivate staff and create an environment where they can ask questions and voice concerns.
• Be transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.
• Create an environment that allows SDIT/TT to bring up initiatives based on trends.

Skills:

• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong leadership and organizational abilities.
• Bridge Technical gap between Technical Team and Testing team
• Willingness to build professional relationships with stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Business knowledge domain information
• Effective problem solving skills

Desired Experience:

The ideal candidate should have experience in the following areas:

• JAVA
• Springboot
• AWS
• Database Management Systems
• API, Web Testing
• Legacy Application testing
• Monitoring Tools (Plunk, Grafana)
• CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins/Bamboo)
• Micro Focus ALM Octane usage
• Git and Bitbucket knowledge
• Data Driven Framework knowledge
• Knowledge of OCEP Services
• Data Preparation and understanding
• Agile Methodology