Lead QA Delivery owner

Damco Solutions ,
Birmingham, West Midlands

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Company Description Damco Solutions Limited is a specialist software solutions and services & a business process outsourcing services company. Damco has extensive experience in building business critical applications and support. Damco has offices in UK, USA, Netherlands & offshore software development centers in India. Job Description Title/Job: Lead QA Delivery owner, Location: Croydon/Birmingham, UK Position: Contract Tools: SOAP UI GIT Jenkins Jira Confluence ServiceNow Puppet Maestro Senior QAT Analyst & QAT Analyst Role To be accountable for the management, planning, design and execution of functional test activities, including system, integration and user acceptance testing, across a range of projects and programmes being delivered in both Agile and waterfall approaches, working collaboratively with TDCS, other in-house teams and external suppliers. Specifically (but not limited) to: Ensure requirements are clearly articulated and fit-for-purpose. Develop and implement cost-effective test strategies and implement appropriate risk based testing approaches at a programmer and/or project level. Develop and implement phase level (e.g. system test, integration test, user acceptance test) test plans, detailing (for example) the scope of testing, pre-requisites / dependencies, required test environment(s), timescales, roles and responsibilities, entry/exit criteria. Manage the design, preparation and execution of test scenarios, as well as detailed test cases / test scripts Ownership and co-ordination of End to End testing to test interactions between systems. Provide timely and appropriate progress reports at an agreed frequency to clearly articulate progress, to key stakeholders. Implement and manage the Defect Management tools and processes, including facilitating Defect Review Boards to ensure that defects are reviewed and prioritised with appropriate stakeholders. Provide advice and guidance on best practice, including reporting and tooling, as appropriate. Responsibilities: Title/Job: Lead QA Delivery owner, Location: Croydon/Birmingham, UK Position: Contract Tools: SOAP UI GIT Jenkins Jira Confluence ServiceNow Puppet Maestro Senior QAT Analyst & QAT Analyst Role To be accountable for the management, planning, design and execution of functional test activities, including system, integration and user acceptance testing, across a range of projects and programmes being delivered in both Agile and waterfall approaches, working collaboratively with TDCS, other in-house teams and external suppliers. Specifically (but not limited) to: Ensure requirements are clearly articulated and fit-for-purpose. Develop and implement cost-effective test strategies and implement appropriate risk based testing approaches at a programmer and/or project level. Develop and implement phase level (e.g. system test, integration test, user acceptance test) test plans, detailing (for example) the scope of testing, pre-requisites / dependencies, required test environment(s), timescales, roles and responsibilities, entry/exit criteria. Manage the design, preparation and execution of test scenarios, as well as detailed test cases / test scripts Ownership and co-ordination of End to End testing to test interactions between systems. Provide timely and appropriate progress reports at an agreed frequency to clearly articulate progress, to key stakeholders. Implement and manage the Defect Management tools and processes, including facilitating Defect Review Boards to ensure that defects are reviewed and prioritised with appropriate stakeholders. Provide advice and guidance on best practice, including reporting and tooling, as appropriate.