Testing Specialist (SNS01750)
Job Description
General description
- Primarily, prepares and executes technical work related to the testing of applications, typically under the supervision of a Team Leader, also preparing the related testing reports.
- Interacts with the application/project teams, following the procedures of the Contracting Authorities, during the preparation for the execution of the testing campaigns (e.g. demos of the applications, analysis of the test scenarios, preparation of test cases), their execution, and after their execution.
Nature of the tasks
- Use project management tools.
- Advise, via the applicable standard reporting, the responsible statutory staff and/or the Project Manager/Project Owner, according to the instructions received, about the test results.
- Set up and develop test techniques.
- Create automated test suites.
- Assess and propose improvements of the test processes, methodology and tools.
- Lead and coordinate the testing of products delivered by other teams, to help ensure that they conform to the Contracting Authority’s requirements and methodology.
- Maintain quality plans, provide regular and accurate updates and reports.
- Provide advice as requested when detecting deviations from the tolerances foreseen.
- Proactively identify possible issues/risks.
- Prepare line of test for automated testing where possible.
Technical expertise
- Good technical knowledge in testing.
- Skills in test design techniques, in testing tools on the market and in minimum one test methodology.
- Certification according to ISTQB, or equivalent certification or experience.
- Knowledge of service management, project management or IT management best practices (e.g. Agile, DevSecOps, Prince2, PMI, PM2, RUP, PMM4EP, ENGAGE, ITIL or equivalent), and experience of working in organisations and activities applying one or more of them.
- Optionally, experience with mobile devices and OS compatibility testing.
- Knowledge of change control procedure of tests, including revisions of test cases.
Professional experience
- Experience in IT and in testing/evaluation and tools/methods.
- Experience working in complex application environments.
Language skills
- English
- French
Other specific expertise
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Proven capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in team working.
- Ability to work in an accurate, objective but supportive and service-oriented way.
- Capability to be sensitive and positively critical.
- Very good oral and written communication, in particular for quality and testing result reports.
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