QA Performance Testing

The role will report to the Head of Cyber Engineering Enablement and will be responsible for leading the establishment and development of Cybers Professional Testing Practise with the objective of driving improvements across all facets of testing across Cyber The role will involve working closely with a wide range of stakeholders including Cybersecurity project teams Control Owners and the business

Key Responsibilities

Establish and lead Cybers Professional Testing Practice with the objective of driving improvements across all facets of testing across Cyber and provide mentoring and monotiring of testing services This will also include a roadmap for adoption across Cyber with the appropriate funding and resource planning required to support the work

Define and deliver the Testing Strategy and standards across Cyber including the frameworks processes methodologies and tooling that should be used and adopted by the Cyber teams This will also include driving the adoption of automated test practices across Cyber and assisting teams in determining the correct level of performance and stress testing to be performed

Lead testing related process management documentation and continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring that the teams within Cyber adopt the initiatives

Manage a team of QA engineers delivering testing consultancy to teams across Cyber and working with Cyber project teams to achieve and maintain Control compliance

Identify and raise key issues and risks associated with testing This includes defining mitigating actions and providing active oversight for the issue or defect tracking through its resolution

Ensure appropriate training is provided for the Testing Practice members and QA professionals within the Cyber teams and monitor the adoption and usage of tools within the existing environments

Provide standards and guidance for testing evidence suitable for audit review in our Regulated business environment and ensure that teams are following these guideline's

Establish a Cyber QA community of practice and create relationships with similar communities in other Business lines to ensure adoption of best practice within Cyber

Mandatory Skills

3 years' experience working as a QA Lead within an agile Software Development team with relevant industry certification and experience of both automated and manual testing

3 years of experience in designing automated and manual testing for Web application and REST API associated with 3rd parties

Direct experience in developing processes for and conducting performance testing

Experience of defining and driving the adoption of automated and manual testing best practice

Demonstrable experience leading technical teams colleagues and defining and delivering strategic objectives

Experience of managing stakeholders and developing relationship with other teams

Competency in Microsoft Excel Visio and PowerPoint in order to conduct data analysis and present raw data in a simplified manner displaying trend analysis and highlighting outliers exceptions

Familiar with Agile software development and DevSecOps delivery processes burndown metrics backlog tracking velocity task definition retrospectives and defect management and supporting tools eg JIRA Confluence GIT etc

Good verbal and written communication skills in English including experience of managing workshops and writing best practice documentation

Able to work in a fast-paced team focused environment with a proven track record of delivering and completing assigned tasks as an individual and as team

Willingness to continuously learn and share learnings with others