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Lead QA Engineer

Closing date for applications: 04/06/2019
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Data engineer
Summary of the work
 Lead QA Engineer required to provide technical leadership, mentorship and delivery capability to an emerging team in an award-winning transformation programme.
Latest start date
 01/07/2019
Expected contract length
 12 months initial, with an optional 12 months extension
Location
 Scotland
Organisation the work is for
 Disclosure Scotland
Maximum day rate
 Please specify required day rate
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
 Role is outside of IR35, there is no incumbant in place - testing market with this requirement for day rate
Who the specialist will work with
 The existing team is comprised mostly of supplier, contract and Civil Service resources. The specialist will be expected to be embedded into current delivery teams and will be expected to lead a small team.
What the specialist will work on
 Specifically, we seek an exceptional Lead QA Engineer with a good balance of technical understanding and strong leadership skills who have proven experience in supporting the development, deployment and support of services built on a track record of stability, availability and quality.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 1 Pacific Quay, Glasgow - attendance on-site is required for at least four days a week, with one day of optional working from home.
Working arrangements
 The specialist is expected to be on-site for at least four days a week with one day optional working from home. • Lead on building assurance capability • Work as part of a small team of QA specialists ensuring test plans are understood, integrated, delivered and automated where possible • Coordinate and manage test schedules • Build and maintain testing artefacts, looking ahead for future opportunities or blockers, • Identify operational improvements and work to ensure a stable service that can be enhanced • Anticipate and mitigate against project challenges or risks • Coach team members
Security clearance
 SC level clearance is required for this position. Disclosure Scotland will sponsor the SC application process where the specialist does not already have SC level clearance.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
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EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 5
Cultural fit criteria
 Work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes Take responsibility for their work Share knowledge and experience with other team members Can work with clients with low technical expertise
Assessment methods
 Work history Interview
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 55% Cultural fit 20% Price 25%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Technology knowledge - good experience of four or more of Best Practice test approaches
  • Test Automation in CI/CD pipelines
  • Selenium/WebDriver test automation
  • Load testing tooling
  • Performance testing tooling
  • BDD test tooling (Gherkin/Cucumber)
  • Making and guiding decisions
  • Capable of making and guiding effective decisions, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached
  • Able to make decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase
  • Take ownership of problems and proactively resolves technical problems, ensuring that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements
  • Bridging the gap between the technical and non-technical
  • Translate technical concepts between infrastructure, delivery management and service management so they are understood by all
  • Able to speak on behalf of technical and service management teams and facilitate the relationships with indirect stakeholders
  • Able to share knowledge and mentor (potentially non-technical) colleagues
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Governance
  • Understands technical governance and is able to participate in or deliver the assurance of a service
  • Understands government requirements of governance, auditability and accountability
  • Technology knowledge - good experience of one or more of Infrastructure testing tooling
  • JMeter
  • Gatling
  • Load Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • Automating OAT (for Web applications and RESTful APIs)
  • Automating Acceptance Testing (for Web applications)
  • Automating Regression Testing (for Web applications)
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 04/06/2019

Lead QA Engineer

Closing date for applications: 04/06/2019


Specialist role:

Data engineer

Location:

Scotland

Organisation:

Disclosure Scotland

Maximum day rate:

Please specify required day rate
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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