Test Manager – SC Cleared
Whitehall Resources require a Test Manager with active SC clearance to work with a key client on a 6-month initial contract.
*Inside IR35.
*Fully remote working.
*Active SC clearance required.
This is a leading technology-focussed transformation programme. It will deliver digital capability improvements for both our external customers and users of transactional services, as well as our internal business users. Involving:
* Providing modern digital systems using an established Microsoft development platform
* Providing new capabilities to enable improvements to business processes
* Providing generic software components that can be used across all regulation
* Improving how we regulate through better quality data
* Reducing the financial burden our current systems cost to maintain
Project specific
* Build the test plan for Controller and Transporters
* Prepare to execute the UAT testing to follow plan
* Work with stakeholder and teams to draft test scenarios
* Support users with UAT
* Ensure sufficient Testers avail from business to support testing
* Work with teams to relay outcomes from testing and understand fix timescales and retest approach
* Develop the approach for end to end testing for Controllers and Transporters
* Test Manager SFIA Level 5
* Communicating between the technical and nontechnical
* Apply appropriate communication techniques to improve clarity between technical and nontechnical stakeholders
* Manage stakeholder expectations and support difficult discussions relating to risk, complexity or constraints
* Represent the testing function to wider stakeholder groups when required
* Designing and executing tests
* Set up suitable test environments
* Guide the selection and application of appropriate test types and techniques to mitigate risk early
* Design, build, maintain and execute tests aligned with requirements and user needs
* Contribute to the development and improvement of standards for designing and executing tests
* Strong understanding of GDS standards around testing including accessibility, security and operating a reliable service
* Managing, reporting and resolving defects
* Improve processes for test and defect management
* Support assessment of complex defects across teams or work areas
* Use defect patterns and trends to support recommendations for tactical and strategic improvement
* Test analysis
* Work with stakeholders to determine valuable functional and non-functional quality characteristics
* Identify when an approach should change based on effort and risk
* Apply multiple analysis techniques to identify risk within complex information
* Test and quality planning
* Create and manage testing plans, approaches and strategies
* Support consistent adoption of defined testing strategies
* Promote early involvement of testing to improve overall quality
* Ensure robust defect management processes are in place and understood by key stakeholders
All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.
Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.