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Job Opportunity: Senior Test Engineer:Job description:Job location: Bath About the function Reporting to the Head of IT Portfolio Management, this function will be responsible for establishing and leading a new Quality Assurance and Testing (QAT) practice. The Senior Test Engineer will define QAT policies, strategies, utilize test automation where appropriate to implement best practices and drive excellence in software and service testing. Working with the IT Portfolio Team, the Senior Test Engineer will support the delivery of projects within the IT Projects portfolio, through the implementation of appropriate test and quality assurance frameworks and processes that integrate with the Project Management Framework and ITIL processes. The function will work with colleagues and key stakeholders across the organisation to define and implement consistent approaches to business acceptance testing ensure the quality assurance of technology related projects and services. You will collaborate with technical delivery teams across the department to ?shift testing left', educating, empowering and enabling delivery teams to embed Quality Assurance and Testing best-practices within their day-to-day work. this function will also represent QAT practice at the regular Change Advisory Board (CAB) to ensure appropriate quality assurance around changes to live IT services. Previous practice of the following: » Establishing and leading a QAT team, ideally in an academic environment. » Building sustainable relationships across key IT and University wide stakeholders. » Supervising or managing and developing an effective team in a complex environment. » Test automation using industry-standard tools (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG). » Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, and best practices. Skills:
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