Nairobi, Kenya
TRENDING
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reporting to the Head of Quality Engineering, the position holder will oversee and perform Automated testing on all applications from the earliest opportunity and with precision before any application is deployed to production.
Communicating all test issues effectively to the QA manager. Managing the daily workload of a Tester and giving direction on projects. Participate in the test automation tool selection and adoption process; Develop and execute automated test suites using COTS and custom tools; Integrate test suites into the test management system and custom test harnessed. Perform code reviews for junior SDETs.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical:
- Produce & manage level test plans, estimate effort and resource test plans
- Monitor changes to scope during the development cycle and re-evaluate plans and resource accordingly
- Manage expectations of when testing activities will be complete mitigating risks to key milestones
- Liaise with the relevant departments to ensure key infrastructure (environments, interfaces & access) is set-up to enable all required testing activities
- Manage the UAT process by supporting clients to establish key scenarios to test their business processes to maximize benefit of the UAT process ensuring full acceptance and integration of the software solution
- Assign work to QA Engineers and manage successful completion of work to set deadlines
- Manage processes and procedures locally within the test team and with external teams across the SDLC to drive and implement improvements to optimize efficiency and first-time pass rate
- Measure, develop and optimize quality of team outputs and performance.
- Build test scripts from various sources including functional specifications, technical specifications and sessions with developers and designers
- Review requirements, specifications, user documentation, help files, and other project documentation to assure quality of the products and tests to be developed; i.e., perform manual static testing.
- Select and develop appropriate test automation tools, applying the latest techniques in test automation; e.g., data-driven testing.
- Use risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites for various Software Cafeteria products; i.e., perform automated dynamic testing.
- Execute automated tests and validate the results.
- Work with the Development team to capture and reuse automated Unit Test Cases, Test Stubs and Drivers, and other Development test objects.
- Work with the Development team to create and maintain an automated nightly build verification (“smoke”) test.
- Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test objects developed and test environments used.
- To facilitate in-house performance testing ensuring that all key infrastructure, data requirements are met as well as establishing the best tools for the job
- Identify key components of the system that are suitable for automation and implement approach to deliver benefits through automation.
- Experience with Continuous Integration tool (e.g. Jenkins)
QUALIFICATIONS
- ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Related field Experience
- Relevant work experience in development and/or testing role.
- Understanding of agile software development Understanding of web service integration (e.g.: REST and SOAP XML).
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g.: AWS , GCP, Azure)
- Experience with NoSQL such as MongoDB Experience with SQL/ Relational Database (eg:PostgreSQL), automation, CI/CD, DevOps, testing, JavaScript, selenium, Jenkins, Agile software, cloud, NoSQL
- Familiarity with software packaging tools (.exe, .deb, .rpm, Docker)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good development/scripting skills in common languages like JAVA, Kotlin, Python, Ruby etc.
- Database skills, mainly in MySQL
- Good understanding of object-oriented programming, J2EE architecture, .NET, etc.
- Knowledge of automated testing tools like Robot, Selenium, Appium, junit, testNg etc.
- Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple, diverse projects simultaneously
- Experienced in Manual Testing at levels of Unit & System covering Functional tests
- Have strong SQL skills and be able to confidently test batch processes
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Knowledge of security testing and best practices.
- Familiarity with data analytics and reporting tools.
How to Apply
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
ABOUT US
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021.
We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008.
Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.