JOB DESCRIPTION

We’ve always been an organisation with purpose; to use the power of communications to make a better world. You can trace this back to our beginning as pioneers of the world’s first telecommunications company. At our heart we’re a technology company with research and innovation in our bones and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - those are the values we live by whilst also creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.

Accountabilities

•    Communicating with offshore/onshore testers, scrum masters, developers & product owners to ensure risk has been mitigated in the delivery of a project.
•    Preparing maintaining and executing test plans.
•    Work closely with the Test Manager to improve the teams processes and oversee progress being made.
•    Good knowledge of the key values and principles of Agile, including purpose of ceremonies, Agile estimating and planning.
•    Taking a lead role within a squads day to day activities.
•    Have a good understanding of automated testing tools and CI/CD pipelines.
•    Identify data required for test execution.
•    Remain focussed on continuous improvement of testing process. Be actively involved in the fine-tuning to optimise QA results.
•    Multitasking and prioritising multiple diverse projects.
•    Performing regression testing. 
•    Performing post release testing in live a enviroment.
•    Using tools such as Postman, Sauce Labs, Perfecto, Jenkins, Jira.
•    Assist management in the planning & preparation of upcoming Projects.
•    Provide feedback on PoCs done to improve the testing process.
•    Knowledge on Accesbility Testing tools for Mobile Apps
•    Knowledge on Python, Google Dialogflow CX, API Testing, Shell commands, SQL

Skills

•    Relevant work experience in a testing role.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•    Keeping calm under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
•    Proven ability to manage multiple divers projects simultaneously.
•    The ability to pick up new technical skills quickly. 
•    Problem solving. Thinking of solutions to issues that may occur during the release cycle.
•    Pro-active self starter.
•    Confidence to ask questions and be inquisitive.