Lead Tester - Life & Pensions

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Kent
Salary
50000.00 - 55000.00 GBP Annual + Benefits
Posted
28 Sep 2020
Closes
26 Oct 2020
Sectors
IT, Testing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Lead Tester - Life & Pensions

My client within financial services based in Bromley, Kent are recruiting for for a Lead Tester with knowledge / experience of life & pensions.

This role is to lead a team of 6 testers as well as be hands on automation testing with knowledge / experience of life & pensions.

As a Lead Tester you will be involved in the full software development lifecycle as well as manage the testing team.

As a Lead Tester you will recieve the following benefits:

24 days holiday allowance
Competitive pension
Life cover
Critical Illness Cover
Perk-box membership (discounts and freebies)
Wellness allowanceLead Tester Responsibilities:

Managing a test team over several different clients
Hosting standups with the test team
Carrying out functional testing, integration testing and performance testing
Test case execution and Test case management using JIRA Agile
Raising, documenting and tracking test bugs in JIRA
Communicating and working close with Project Managers
Assessing good test/regression coverage and spot areas of weakness
Work with the clients and maintain a good relationship with them.
Ad hoc projects as requiredLead Tester Essential Skills:

Business Knowledge:

Good understanding of Life and Pensions (New Business, Underwriting, Contract Servicing, Claims)
Good understanding of the Software Development Lifecyle processTest Knowledge:

Documentation and testing quality metrics
Prepare test plans and user stories, documentation
Test execution best practices
Regression testing methodologies
Defect triage and defect re-test
Performance testingTechnical Skills:

Using MS SQL to write basic queries
Selenium IDE experience (Ideal)
Any Automation experience or API testing
Proficient use of MS ExcelServices advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.
We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview

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