Tribe Test Engineer

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

We are looking for a Tribe Test Engineer responsible for defining the Agile Test strategy and Test Policy of the Cash & Banking Tribe. The role involves owning the Tribe Quality Assurance activities (across all EPICs) and supporting the Squads in their Testing activities in accordance with the company SDLC!

The role

• Coordinate Epic/Feature Test and Releases activities from test to production in collaboration with the TRE (Test Release Engineer), the ETROs (EPIC Test & Release Owner) and all the Delivery Squads
• Drive the Testing Reengineering (Test approaches e.g. TDD, leverage CI/CD, increase Automation, promote usage of virtualisation, …)
• Continuously validate Features delivery in line with the defined Agile test strategy
• Produce Global Test & Launch Strategy for large program
• Validate HLTLS produced by ETRO (Acceptance criteria, realistic Test plans, review Risk Based Approach, challenge workload estimates, …)
• Ensure company SDLC is followed, IT controls are well understood and applied
• Accountable for Agile release & testing strategy (functional and non-functional)
• Collaborate with other Tribe TTE, PO (Product Owners) and EDO (Epic Delivery Owners) to manage dependencies
• Coordinate independent testing across Squads and extend to E2E testing where relevant
• Collaborates in defining the environment strategy with the Test Release Engineer and ETRO
• Support and provide guidance to squads in their testing activities and resources
• Defines test automation roadmap and test data governance
• Actively contribute to problem-solving with a Continuous Integration mindset
• Perform risk assessments and provide clear reporting on release readiness
• Support the TRE in Release events and post-event follow-up
• Ensure a Testing documentation is maintained for reusability and Audit purpose (e.g. Traceability Matrix)
• Report on quality status and risks to Tribe leadership
• Actively contribute to GBS Testing Community of Practice to leverage new practices aiming at cost reduction, quality increase, testing coverage and support the Testing Transformation
• Animate the Cash & Banking Tribe Testing Community to share best practices, collect areas of improvement, raise synergy, reach our Target Operating Model, encourage continuous improvement of test practices
• Promote changes from the Testing CoE (Center of Excellence)
• Provide support & coaching to the testers in the Tribe
• Prepare & Elaborate QP Test plan
• Accountable for the testing sourcing strategy and the testing skill evolution
• Collaborate with external partners to increase / decrease Testing manpower (onsite and offshore sourcing)

Competencies

• Experience in Testing Management & Transformation in an IT area
• Agile methodology mastery
• Agile software development
• Communication & Organizational skills
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and changes
• Stress-resistant and constructive whatever the context
• Able to align with existing standards and contribute to transformation
• Knowledge ServiceNow and Euroclear is an asset
• A true teammate who demonstrates good social skills
• Solution and customer focused
• Proficient in English

Technical skills

• Proficiency in various testing techniques, including functional, non-functional, regression, usability, performance, and security testing.
• Experience with tools like ALM, TFS Azure DevOps, Cucumber, Selenium, Micro Focus UFT, Test Data Management and Service Virtualization.
• Knowledge of SDLC methodologies and software development processes (Waterfall, SAFE, Agile, Kanban).
• Ability to perform structured and risk-based testing
• Understanding of functional application and infrastructure architecture.
• Familiar with large multi-platform-based IT environments, such as Mainframe, Open system, Packages, on prem, cloud.

Soft skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders
• Ability to analyse issues, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions
• Willingness to work closely with other team members, operations engineers, end-users and other tribe test engineers
• Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and environments
• Ability to lead a community of practice (CoP) and mentor junior test engineers.
• Experience in managing a team is an asset.

Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in software testing is required
• Experience in planning, executing, and managing test activities across multiple squads
• Proven track record of implementing continuous improvement processes to enhance test quality and effectiveness

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