Placement Role: Test Lead, FRT
Location: Dublin 2
Start: Immediate, 12 months Contract role
Background
Overview
At national level, We have responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger land transport services, including subsidised bus and rail and light rail services. The Authority also licenses public bus passenger services delivered by private operators and has responsibility for the regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry (taxis, hackneys and limousines). Other areas of responsibility include the State's rural transport programme, integrated information systems for public transport customers, management of the Integrated Ticketing Scheme for Ireland (the Leap Card system), and regulation of vehicle clamping.
Within the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) the Authority carries additional responsibilities including:
· Strategic planning of transport;
· Development of an integrated, accessible public transport network;
· Promoting cycling and walking;
· Provision of public transport infrastructure generally including light rail, metro and heavy rail; and
· Effective management of traffic and transport demand.
The GDA includes the local authority areas of Dublin City, Fingal, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, South Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow.
Currently the Authority is involved in the implementation of a number of major projects and programmes, including the BusConnects programme, Metrolink, the DART+ Programme as well as a cycling infrastructure programme and various other projects and programmes in the sustainable transport area. In addition, the Authority is currently planning networks of public transport services in several towns throughout the State, and regularly reviews the effectiveness of urban networks in cities outside of the GDA at achieving transport and climate related objectives.
To support the implementation of the Financial Reconciliations (SaaS) solution, we are seeking a suitably qualified individual to lead the planning, management and execution of all testing activities.
Brief Description of the Role
The Test Lead areas of responsibility will include but not be limited to the following:
Duties and Responsibilities:
Developing and managing key test deliverables like Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Completion reports, etc;
Responsible for planning, executing, controlling and reporting on all test activities on the FRT implementation project;
Previous experience in testing of reconciliation solutions. Participates in trainings and collaborates with business and vendor teams to build knowledge of the reconciliation processes and tool and leverages this to effectively plan and manage test activities;
Plan and manage functional and non- functional test phases like System Testing, Integration testing, End to End Testing, performance, compatibility, OAT, etc;
Plan and manage business testing phases like UAT. Also coordinate testing tasks for POC and Pilot run;
Creation and execution of test cases. Leading testing team and review of team's deliverables to ensure compliance with client's templates and standards;
Define Test data and Test environment requirements. Coordinate release management for test environments;
Collaborates with Vendor to manage upgrades and automation of regression suite to support the upgrades and regression testing;
Status reporting and advising on risk management strategies/mitigation for testing risks. Ensure testing is completed on time and within budget.Collaborate with project team to effectively manage dependencies, risks and issues affecting testing;
Coaching and supporting the business teams on testing tools and processes. Manage client and vendor's testing team;
Responsible for Defect management for all test phases - collaborate with vendor and business teams to effectively manage defects;
Lead, guide and monitor the preparation and execution of the test scripts. Monitors, measures, controls and reports on the test progress, the product quality status and the test results including defect metrics;
Prepares summary reports on test status and proactively addresses any emerging issues during test execution, go-live, hyper-care and handover;
Review of vendor test's deliverables like Test Plan, Test cases, environment strategy, Test Data strategy, Test Completion reports, etc;
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Vendor Test teams;
Collaborate with client and vendor test teams on security and penetration testing.
Essential and Desirable Criteria:
5+ years' experience as a Test Lead;
Experience in planning, co-ordinating, leading test phases, processes, tasks and procedures;
Experience in effectively driving test communications with the business / vendors and other stakeholders in a project;
Experience in developing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and other test deliverables for cloud based/SaaS implementations;
Experience of testing SaaS applications and in defining test environment and test data requirements;
Experience of testing financial systems or sales reconciliations across merchants, acquirers and banks (essential);
Experience in functional and non-functional testing for similar implementations;
Experience in managing test deliverables, tasks, etc. in Azure Dev ops. Experience in configuring Azure Dev Ops Dashboards for status reporting;
Experience in communicating with non-technical colleagues and external stakeholders;
Experience of working in a team as well as an individual;
Demonstrates ability to effectively manage work under pressure and maintain deadlines;
Experience of automated testing tools (desirable);
Good analytical skills;
Good decision making ability and strong attention to detail.
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