Test Lead Newbury, England
Job description
Test Lead
Location: Newbury + Hybrid
Working hours: Full time
Hybrid
At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection we can achieve great things. Our blended working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. Our “Office in a Box” home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.
Role Summary
Lead and manage the test and assurance activity relating to the implementation of new mobile network technologies. Working according to the defined Test Strategy and Plan, define automated and manual test cases/scripts in line with the High-Level Design and Business Requirements Specification, ensuring traceability to these documents.
You will be experienced in functional end-to-end testing of complex systems at various Test stages (FAT, SAT, UAT), and equally happy to be hands-on as to be assuring the delivery of vendor testing.
Business Area Descriptions
Corporate: Join us at the heart of Vodafone UK in Corporate, one of the central support functions that underpin our business and keep us moving forward. We provide centralised support, expertise and guidance across our UK and Group operations, continuing to build on our success and trailblazing the way to our next stage of digital growth.
What you'll do
- Defining and documenting Test Plans, Test Specifications, Automated Test Scripts and Test Reports.
- Documenting Requirements Traceability Matrices
- Coordinating the execution of internal testing, including hands-on execution of both manual and automated tests.
- Liaising with suppliers to assure the delivery of their testing, including regular progress updates, test artefact reviews and defect reviews
- Management of internally and externally raised defects.
- Configure and manage automated test suites.
- Generate and maintain test data, ensuring coverage of all required scenarios.
- Execute tests according to the project schedule.
- Liaise with project stakeholders to agree test schedule, scope and deliverables
- Generate test execution metrics to feed into project reporting
- Report defects encountered during test execution.
- Utilise automated tools for system integration and acceptance testing.
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Who you are
Essential knowledge, qualifications and experience:
- Security Cleared to SC level
- Strong experience of testing throughout all stages of the software development lifecycle, with emphasis on System Integration Testing and System Acceptance Testing
- Strong experience in creating test scripts, scenarios and data
- Proficient in interrogating SQL databases
- Experience of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) testing
- Experience of defect tracking tools (JIRA, MANTIS etc.)
- Experience of testing UNIX based systems
- Experience of test automation frameworks (Selenium Web Driver, Appium etc.) including both application and script configuration
- Experience of testing in multi-vendor environments
- Experience of working in a telecommunications environment
- ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
- Working with Agile and Waterfall delivery processes.
Desired knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of relevant UK legislation including IPA, DPA & GDPR
- Familiarity with ETSI standards
- Familiarity with the Vodafone Project Delivery Lifecycle
- Experience of REST API testing
- Python scripting
- Agile certified
- Testing in a cloud environment such as AWS
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance.
