QA Automation Specialist

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* Your title Your subtitle -->Our mission is to break down the barriers of today to release the potential of tomorrow. Join us today and release yours.There are two things that we want to share with anyone considering joining us.Firstly, we ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you re welcome at BT, we really mean it.Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing smart working at BT. Smart working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you ll have the chance to discuss smart working and how it might work for the job you are applying for.About this roleThe Specialists owns, delivers and is accountable for all aspects of Innovations in testing within their scope, which is typically fixed and well defined. They manage the day to day test activities, optimising quality, coverage, velocity and enhancement of tests in the context of the unit test strategy. Driving the power of innovations in areas such as Aritificial Intelligence, RPA, & Machine learning to provide transformative outcome for Corporate Units QA & TestSpecialist is responsible for managing the effective test intelligence aspects of the Test Strategy. This will involve direct management of the Partners. This role is a pivotal role between Test and delivery teams, and this person shall have thorough product knowledge and good stakeholder engagement. The role holder will also manage test transformation for the test intelligence area, and needs to conversant with test industry trends, industry knowledge, and always assessing the effectiveness of the QA & Testing and looking for continual improvement on how deliver high quality testing.The role holder should leverage the experience of the relevant BT wide professional communities to discharge these responsibilities, thus ensuring knowledge sharing extends beyond the functional boundary of the role. The role holder may also play a key part in the BT wide professional communities. The purpose of the role is to improve the quality of testing being undertaken related to their specialism, by applying their knowledge of the specialism to the activities performed by the test organisationYoull have the following responsibilitiesCoordinates a diverse team and creates the initial test schedule to deliver all aspects of testing to time, budget and quality targets, holding accountability for producing outlines of solutions and defining depth of testing required.Monitors day to day activities to ensure all objectives are achieved, reviewing reports and statistics to unblock any issues.Provides technical expertise within their area and shares knowledge with team to scope and deliver testing requirements.The role is accountable for all test process related activities throughout the lifecycle for their domain, including test estimation across their defined area.The role is responsible for management of test planning and execution, to achieve business milestones, and in particular to support bug fix and retest cycles inside delivery cycles.Accountable for the coaching & mentoring of test professionals, including line management of BT direct reports, Matrix BT Teams and Third party supplier teams.The role is responsible for driving continuous improvement of their own team and the organisation health of their team.Manage deliverables within the test budget allocated to them with the agreed measures and KPI s, including resource management and work prioritisationMaintains optimum test execution rates by expert scheduling of tests. Liaises with customers, vendors, project and programme management alike and reliably delivers results to meet expectations.Youll have the following skills & experienceSkills required for the jobStakeholder Management: Interacts with customers and senior internal stakeholders including project and programme managers to gather insight and feedback to inform testing requirements and approach.Commercial & Risk Awareness: Able to undertake ongoing analysis of test progress against plan to identify risks to and issues with successful test completion; addresses those risks and issues as appropriate seeking guidance within the test unit when requiredProblem Solving: Ability to solve complex defect triage / diagnostic problems which may require detailed input from several teams including 3rd parties. Solve day to day problems to keep test team on track including environment, blocking defect Triage if extensive delay. Solve complex environment issues including contention, config managementChange Management: Managing change within own discrete team and sharing experience and approach with others. Adapting plans and test approach to accommodate changing business requirements in direct areaTech Savvy: Partners with the business and other organisations to develop understanding of new technologies and their use.Be Agile: Uses collaborative or agile test and learn approaches, contributing to projects and programmes as a subject matter expert or content ownerUse Data Analytics: Uses complex data analysis to show underlying principles, process or system improvements.Experience you would be expected to haveVery high degree of business and commercial knowledge required.Professional Graduate degreeExtensive Professional Test experienceMastery in test automation frameworks and tools.Mastery in non functional tools.Preferred ISTQB/CSTE Equivalent CertificationsExperience in progressive reduction of defects entering production, and RFT delivery for their area of scope.Testing Concepts: Understands non-functional testing including: performance, resilience, usability, security penetration. Experienced in implementing a number of these. Aware of the tools that available to support these kinds of testing. Understands end-to-end and multi-system testing issues and techniquesAbout BTBT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.Were now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And were on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.So, if youre interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours You can read more here about what its like to work at BTHow to ApplyIts easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Dont worry if you need to make changes - youll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application,

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