Jobs at Expleo Group

Overview

To deliver one or more software development, IT Infrastructure or IT Implementation projects. To meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality. The ideal Project Manager must have solid Retail and Agile project management experience. The Project Manager is responsible for the timely delivery of high-quality technical solutions that drive key business strategies. The PM leads cross functional IT teams through all phases of the product development process, from discovery, through development, to product launch. The team consists of internal staff as well as various external service providers. The PM uses his/her toolbox of Agile practices, Project Management processes, and facilitation skills to predictably produce high-quality software releases.

The PM must be able to provide advice, guidance and leadership in the development of a mobile app and an e-commerce web site. He/She must be able to co-ordinate internal and external stakeholders and will be part of a larger project management team.

Responsibilities

• Matures current Agile environment
• Leads other project managers.
• Manages diverse stakeholders including internal & external local & international stakeholders.
• Advocates PMO processes.
• Leads the project team through all phases of the Software Development process.
• Facilitates all Scrum ceremonies seeking to create a regular “Sprint Rhythm”.
• Identifies and drives implementation of continuous improvements within the project team.
• Proactively identifies and helps to resolve issues that impact achievement of team sprint commitments.
• Regularly reports overall project status to management and key stakeholders, escalating major issues as necessary.
• Maintains a project repository of historical and current project information.
• Facilitates team meetings and other day-to-day activities as required by the team.
• Ensures the team is fully functional, cooperating, and productive.
• Shields team from external interferences and removes obstacles.
• Administers and manages business relationships with the project’s external consultants and third
• parties ensuring they meet their project obligations.
• Suggests and implements improvements to project management, software development and other organizational processes.
• With the Product Owner and Development Manager, provides the project team a concise vision
• and creates a positive team environment.
• Co-ordinates business analysis, development, testing and go-live activities

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Business, with at least 5+ years' experience in information systems.
• Scrum Master certification highly advantageous.
• 4-5 years experience in Agile project Management having successfully delivered medium-large scale projects.
• 4-5 years experience in Agile project Management having successfully delivered medium-large scale projects.
• Strong experience with working as a PMO Project Manager
• Manages projects in accordance with PMO processes. Advocates PMO processes in project execution.
• Strong IT Technical acuManages projects in accordance with PMO processes. Advocates PMO processes in project execution.men particularly in mobile app development and testing.
• Proven record of excellent performance and successful project delivery
• Proficiency with project management tools used by the enterprise
• Strong interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying
• degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior
• management, clients, peers and team members
• Knowledge of and competency in project management processes including planning tasks, resource
• allocation, risk management, time management, financial management, HR management, quality
• management, monitoring and reporting, documenting and record keeping
• Experience in the Retail industry
• Familiar with managing diverse remote teams
• Experienced working in a matrix organization
• Experience

Management:

• Good people skills. Experience of introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encourages mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering
• learning interventions.
• Renowned as an effective coach and sounding board.
• Good self management. Takes on high commitments and works to achieve results. Keeps momentum going over time despite setbacks, showing resilience in the face of challenges and
• looking for ways to beat previous standards.
• Experience in managing upwards with multiple people, gaining their trust quickly.

Budget:

• Ability to manage own expenses and adhere to the expense policy.
• No specific budget assigned.

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Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are looking for Software Quality Engineers to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg.

We are looking for someone who works independently taking full responsibility for a certain area. Works on quality engineering projects using available frameworks and tools and establishing plans for projects with on-time and on-budget project goals. Primary role in Quality Engineering in the areas of analysis and design, implementation and system integration, and execution, in line with agreed plans and strategies.

Responsibilities

Delivery

Stakeholder Management

Process Management

• To provide tactical guidance on the technology roadmap to the QA team/s
• The guidance should encapsulate the design, best practices and coding standards for the Quality Assurance solutions
• The Architect would also be considered to be the SME on Quality Assurance tools and Frameworks and the fit for purpose for the relevant artefacts
• Furthermore he/she would be able to provide the recommendation on the structure of the QA solutions and the various QA code references that should be referenced in the solutions based on technology stack of the solution being Quality Assured
• Actively participate in the planning, estimation and sizing of products, features, stories to be delivered
• Delivery of a well-structure and standard designed, quality assurance solutions within the timelines agreed with the delivery team
• Report and manage the resolution of issues timeously to avoid unplanned expenses which could result in late delivery and stability issues once operational
• Create and assist with the personal development plan for the Software Test Engineer
• Contribute to the retrospective reviews to introduce efficiencies which will ensure quicker delivery with high quality to our clients
• Work closely with Test Leads, Senior Managers, Developers, Architects, Product Owner and other Stakeholders to meet the expectations of clients
• Build and foster deep relationship with Peers, Subject Matter Experts, Developers, Product Owner and other Stakeholders though honest communication which align to the Company Values
• Contribute to the systematic breakdown of the business need into manageable feature(s), stories and epics that can be delivered
• Participate in the backlog grooming
• Participate in the sprint planning, test estimation and success criteria per story
• Discuss the low level design and functional requirements with various stakeholders to understand the approach to test automation
• Collaborate with the Core Technical Team to continuously improve the test harness, automation frameworks and overall platform
• Promote the automation framework and tool adopted by the QA team/s
• Perform adhoc peer review of the automated test assets being maintained by the QA team/s to ensure conformance of the process and governance
• Collaborate with the environment DevOps engineer to investigate and correct bugs and inefficiencies
• Develop the automation scripts using the automation framework for execution
• Implement the test automation with the objective that it has adequate coverage within the sprint and can be re-used for regression testing
• Ensure the solution meet the architectural and development standards that are re-usable and scalable
• Confirm that the automation test suite implemented is appropriately catalogued and aligns with the governance
• Responsible for testing of the system or component testing under load
• Responsible for testing of the system or component high-availability and recoverability
• Log defects using the pre-defined defect management tool and ensure the relevant information is captured accurately that will assist with the root cause analysis
• Manage the product risk and communicate to the Test Lead the details and any possible mitigation factors
• Collaborate with the stakeholder to ensure the resolution of a defect and the root cause analysis is performed and recorded
• Report status of testing to the Quality Assurance squad daily
• Participate in all retrospective reviews
• Participate in the showcase to external stakeholders
• Understand and manage own demand based on expected timelines articulated by the line-management and project expectations
• Seek ongoing improvements in technical capabilities
• Mentor the Software Test Engineers within the team to improve their technical capabilities

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or a BCom in Information Systems or an industry aligned Certification in software development.
• Bootcamp training in Agile and DevOps
• ISEB/ISTQB Advanced certification
• Web, API and Mobile Automation
• Exposure to Non-Functional Testing (i.e., Performance Testing

Skills

• RestAssured - API framework
• APIs / Web Services
• Java - candidates must very proficient
• BDD
• Selenium for the 10% of UI automation
• Branching strategies - Git=

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years' development experience
• Minimum 3 years' test automation experience
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in Agile delivery and exposure to Test Driven Development, Behaviour Driven Development in a continuous delivery model
• Minimum of 1 year experience in NFT
• Ability to understand and interrupt logical solution architecture
• Proficient in object-orientated Programming (OOP)
• Proficient in development languages; C#, Java
• Proficient in Mobile Application development and mobile and testing
• Proficient in the use of Soap and RESTFUL services
• Proficient in the use of testing tools and frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, Jira)
• Experience in service virtualisation
• Exposure to data virtualisation and use of hyper-converged infrastructure
• Experience in performance and load testing

What do I need before I apply

Advantageous:

• Knowledge of Jenkins CI/CD (DevOps)
• SOAP
• Swagger