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Test Manager London, England

BT Group

Full Time London, England 55208 - 61622 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Test Manager

Job Req ID: 16200

Posting Date: 15-May-2023

Function: Engineering

Location: 1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive with great benefits

Why this job matters

In this job, the role of the test manager is to lead and guide the testing team efficiently. You will be responsible for leading the test methodology and the individuals responsible for quality assurance of BT/EE tech co solutions. You’ll provide technical leadership and strategic direction for all QA engineers within Web, App and Marketplace platfrom APIs, resolving the test project issues and ensuring effective test process improvement feedback.

You’ll be critical in ensuring that test architecture and test plans are up to date relative to changes in the Digital landscape. You’ll confidently lead and share knowledge with a team of engineers. You’ll be involved in planning and monitoring the execution of automation tests in CI/CD environment. You’ll define the automation first approach within development sprints, identify issues with the manual activities whilst using your own initiative to find the right solution for any faults found in dev, test and production.

This job is available in following locations : London, Birmingham & Leeds

What you’ll be doing

Define the test automation driven QA approach and methodology for BT/EE marketplace platform solutions
Steer the direction of the automation test framework
Work directly with Technical Architects and define automation approach
Analyse competitive products and technologies with appropriate suggestions to influence product / technology direction
Collaborate with test and development engineers on application & testing architecture, to ensure that the approaches and technologies applied to the current implementation are sound and fit for purpose
Coordinate the tasks within sprints and looking at ways to automate manual activities within software delivery process
Design / architect and implement regular robust full build / deploy / test automation process across our digital platforms along with sub system integrations
Coordinate test automation activities within projects, including planning and delivering the test phases on time and within budget while meeting all quality objectives
Understanding of programming principles and best practice (e.g. DRY, SOLID for creating re-usable code, best practice etc)
Own the end to end code quality and code performance KPI’s
Proactive monitoring of Production estate code

Skills

Building up and leading the Testing Team to the success of project
Defining the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery
Deploying and managing resources for testing
Applying the appropriate test measurements and metrics in the product and the Testing Team
Automation testing experience (Minimum 5 years)
Worked with Service Virtualisation of Enterprise level API driven front and backend systems
Expertise in testing methodologies, test techniques and agile QA practices
Good communication skills of test status across engineering team and stakeholders
Knowledge of Java, JavaScript, React, NodeJS, Spock, GEB, Selenium and mobile technologies
Expertise with automated testing tools (such as WebDrive.io, Applitools, Cypress.io, TestCafe, Selenium, Karma, Saucelabs / Browserstack)
Background in DevOps tooling for execution of automation tests such as Jenkins, GIT, PAAS, Monitoring / Log aggregation
Experience of integrating test scripts into Continuous Integration Pipelines
Working knowledge of JIRA / Confluence
Understanding of complex Headless / Serverless front end and API testing requirements

Experience

Experience architecting and building test automation frameworks
Experience with cloud technology such as AWS, Azure etc.
Experience with BDD or TDD
Experience working with offshore and onshore teams
Test Management experience across major IT projects & programmes
Overall testing strategies and implementation experience

Benefits

Competitive salary
25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
10% on target bonus
Life Assurance
Pension scheme
Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
BT TV, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

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