Test Planning & Execution

• Produce and manage level test plans, estimating effort and resource requirements for assigned projects.
  
• Monitor changes to scope during the development cycle and re-evaluate plans and resources accordingly to mitigate risks to key milestones.
  
• Build test scripts from various sources including functional specifications, technical specifications, and collaborative sessions with developers and designers.
  
• Execute automated and manual tests, validating results and working with the development team to capture and reuse automated Unit Test Cases, Test Stubs, and Drivers.
  
• Manage the UAT process by supporting business users to establish key scenarios that maximize the benefit of UAT, ensuring full acceptance and integration of the software solution
  

Automation & Performance Engineering

• Select and develop appropriate test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Appium), applying data-driven and risk-driven techniques to maintain automated test suites.
  
• Work with the Development team to create and maintain automated nightly build verification (“smoke”) tests and identify system components suitable for automation.
  
• Facilitate in-house performance testing ensuring all key infrastructure and data requirements are met using the best tools for the job (e.g., Jmeter).
  
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure key infrastructure (environments, interfaces, and access) is set up to enable all required testing activities.
  

Results Tracking, Quality Governance & Reporting

• Ensure mutual understanding and technical consensus on specifications between business stakeholders, Software Engineers, and Quality Assurance Engineers.
  
• Perform manual static testing by reviewing requirements, specifications, and user documentation to assure the quality of products and tests to be developed.
  
• Monitor defects raised by the team, challenge their prioritization, and support them through to resolution.
  
• Create and maintain manual test repositories and regression test packs, ensuring constant optimization to improve test estimates.
  
• Maintain accurate version control and configuration management of all test objects and environments used.
  
• Provide accurate task duration estimates and dependencies to leadership, assisting in the preparation of overall test plans, budgets, and schedules.
  

Process Improvement & Collaboration

• Manage local processes and procedures within the test team and across the SDLC to drive efficiency and a high first-time pass rate.
  
• Partner with the DevOps team to integrate quality checks into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Actively participate in innovation to explore new technologies and their application to the enterprise space.