Test Lead

Devonshire Hayes Recruitment Specialists Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Test Lead for a hybrid role. This position requires substantial experience in test automation and leadership in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience and expertise in various testing tools and methodologies. The salary is competitive, with potential increases based on qualifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of strong test automation experience.
• Substantial experience using relevant technology stack.
• Proven track record in leading web-based applications testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead test teams in a hybrid Agile/SCRUM environment.
• Integrate automated test cases with CI/CD frameworks.
• Conduct functional and non-functional testing.

Skills

Selenium

C# Programming

Agile Testing

Test Automation

SQL

Risk Management

Education

ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing accreditation or equivalent

Tools

Azure DevOps

HP ALM

Jira

Visual Studio 2019 or higher

BrowserStack

Job description

Are you an experienced Test Lead looking for a new position? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

This role will be hybrid with 2 days a week on site at the London Office.

The Salary for this role is 72K however this could be increased for the right candidate.

The below experience is required:

• Substantial experience using the following technology suite (Selenium, Specflow, Nunit, Extent-Reporting, Page Object Model).
• C# Programming language
• ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing accredited or equivalent.
• Strong test lead experience
• Test leadership and execution of functional and non-functional testing in an Agile (SCRUM) environment.
• Experience with full test process from a lead position
• Strong test automation experience (10 years minimum)
• Experience of using test management tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, HP ALM, Jira)
• Visual Studio 2019 or higher
• SQL
• Experience of MS Office, MS Project and Visio.
• SDLC methodology.
• Testing in an Agile (SCRUM) environment.

• Integrating automated test cases with CI/CD frameworks and tools (Azure DevOps).
• Good knowledge of risk management, defect management, task planning and measuring and reporting performance against key metrics.

• Browser Compatibility test tools e.g., BrowserStack (desirable
• Experience of xml and service orientated protocols (desirable).
• ETL testing experience (Desirable)
• Demonstrate experience of Leading Test Teams in an Agile/Spring Environment.
• Substantial experience of writing detailed, structured test scripts using best practice design principles.
• Full software development lifecycle experience using structured and agile approaches.
• Excellent understanding of testing methodology and analytical skills to ensure full understanding of potential defects.
• Proven track record in leading web-based applications testing, including mobile devices and Database Testing.
• Test automation framework and tools delivery.
• Demonstrable experience of testing across technology platforms such as:
  • Customer Relationship Management (e.g., Siebel, Dymanics)
  • Enterprise Document Management Systems (e.g., OpenText)
  • Web Portals / Online Application Forms, and integration
  • Data Integration (desirable)