Purpose:
To provide 7IM Agile Squad(s) with an automation-first approach to delivering incremental change. Provide day-to-day support to meet the 7IM Test Chapter objectives. Provide informed test guidance, support and delivery to the business, development and support functions throughout the lifecycle of our software solutions, with an ‘shift-left’ approach. Helping to support the overall delivery of the test automation agenda as 7IM drives towards a Quality Engineering culture.
Responsibilities:
• Ability to build and enhance Test Automation frameworks.
• Continuous learning while keeping apprised of industry advancements, particularly in the use of AI.
• Analysis of requirements (functional / non-functional) to enable you to confidently suggest types of testing that could / should be conducted on a piece of work, including the approach(es) that could / should be taken.
• Create data generation / manipulation / mining queries to support test prep and execution.
• Communication of the impact of not conducting certain types of testing should be effective, such that stakeholders understand and acknowledge any assumed risk.
• Be proactive in terms of suggesting improvements to test principles, techniques, and tools to other 7IM Test Chapter members.
• Create opportunities to increase efficiency, consistency, and value of testing; once created these opportunities should be driven forward in the most autonomous way possible.
• Support Test Leads in the roll out of new approaches and processes.
• Driving a BDD and/or TDD culture among peers, within the software development lifecycle.
• Coaching members of the wider Test Chapter who have automation ambition.