Description:
For one of our globally leading tech clients we are urgently looking for an experienced Test Manager as a Contractor in Dublin, Ireland
Its paying well and my client can interview asap!
Required Skills:
- Degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Information Technology / Business or related qualification.
- Senior Test Manager experience
- Test Management for a multi-year complex programme and track record of sticking to deadlines.
- Managing testing in a Financial Services regulatory environment, in particular experience of testing in Back-up and Recovery.
- Managing stakeholders in a distributed work environment.
- Managing infrastructure Testing, including hardware and software applications.
- Creating Programme Test Strategy and Test Plan documentation including working within a Test Framework or aligning to Central test function, policies, procedures and tooling.
- Non-functional testing, including Installation, Performance, Resilience, Scalability, Back-up and Recovery, Interoperability, Alert & monitoring.
- Working with 3rd party vendors to plan, co-ordinate and execute testing.
- Dell and IBM back-up & recovery technologies a distinct advantage.
- Mainframe Safeguarded Copy and/or Syncpoint technologies a distinct advantage.
- Testing of Backup and Recovery Runbooks a distinct advantage.
- Jira for defect management.
- Confluence for requirements management.
- Implementing Test Automation, and experience with Ansible.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a keen ability to work with all parties with a view of getting the job done in a co-operative fashion.
- Excellent reporting and presentation skills with the ability to provide clear metrics and report on test progress and defect position
- Ability to identify blocking issues, manage and escalate to right level where required.
- Ability to report and track Test related RAID.
- Proactive, self-motivated with a positive “can-do” attitude, creative with excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive techniques.
- Strong problem-solving
- Ability to lead, develop and maintain respectful and trusting relationship.
- ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager Certification and / or Project Management Certification or equivalent is an advantage