Lead QA Specialist
1 week ago
Aubay is seeking an experienced Lead Software Quality Assurance Specialist with a strong background in testing and a passion for quality assurance. In this role, you will take ownership of end-to-end (E2E) automation testing strategies, driving quality and ensuring robust testing processes across multiple projects and streams. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, developers, business analysts, designers, and testers, to translate requirements into effective test frameworks. This role requires excellent communication skills, a proactive approach, and a strong ability to strategise and implement scalable test frameworks.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 10-12 years of experience in software testing, with a strong background in both manual and automated testing methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools, particularly Playwright and Selenium with C#/Python.
- Expertise in Azure DevOps, including test management, requirements traceability, test planning, and defect management.
- Proven ability to develop and execute end-to-end automation testing strategies at both theoretical and practical levels.
- Strong leadership and coaching abilities, with experience guiding teams in testing best practices and strategy development.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working in an Agile environment and managing cross-functional teams.
- Proactive and organised, capable of working in an uncertain environment and managing risks effectively to ensure quality deliverables.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Experience with additional automation tools or testing methodologies that can enhance the testing capability.
- Proven ability to drive process improvements and optimise testing frameworks across multiple projects and streams.
Role Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute end-to-end automation testing strategies, ensuring alignment with project objectives and organisational standards.
- Advise on and implement automated testing solutions, focusing on creating clean, scalable frameworks that can be applied generically across multiple projects and streams.
- Lead the setup and management of test management tools within Azure DevOps, covering requirements traceability, test planning, test labs, and defect management.
- Coordinate with product managers, developers, business analysts, designers, and testers to understand requirements and translate them into robust test frameworks.
- Troubleshoot issues related to test frameworks, providing hands-on guidance and support where necessary.
- Engage in hands-on testing as required, ensuring comprehensive coverage across various types of testing, including Unit, Smoke/Sanity, Functional, System, SIT, Integration, Regression, and UAT.
- Ensure compliance with standard tools and frameworks, delivering quality assurance in line with organisational standards.
- Coach and mentor team members to build a strong understanding of test strategies and best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Plan and strategise testing activities for complex systems, including scope definition, release/sprint planning, and resource management.
- Design and execute detailed functional test cases for complex requirements, ensuring alignment with business needs and quality standards.
- Automate tests throughout the entire lifecycle of the product and data flows, from ingestion through to the presentation layer.
- Maintain high-level familiarity with testing strategies, providing expert advice on Functional, Regression, Interface testing, and UAT support.
- Proactively identify risks, flagging issues on time and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure quality deliverables within project timelines.
- Demonstrate strong communication, coordination skills, and stakeholder management, working effectively across diverse teams and geographies.
- Champion Agile methodologies, promoting Agile ways of working and ensuring alignment with project goals and organisational practices.just
About Aubay UK – Ahead of Innovation
Aubay UK is a recognised InSourcing Partner for client-side deployment delivered across London. Our team, based in Canary Wharf, specialises in hiring IT professionals within London’s Energy and FinTech sectors, helping our clients to expand their operations with top-tier talent who are experts in their fields. We work exclusively with clients who are globally recognized as Energy Super Majors/Financial Services and innovative FinTech players.
Aubay UK is the most recently started branch of Aubay Group . Aubay Group is an international Digital Services Company, listed on a Euronext Stock Exchange, who have been operating for 25 years in the European market and working alongside some of the biggest names in the Banking, Finance, Insurance, Energy, IT/Digital, Manufacturing, Transport and Telecoms sectors. With over 7,800 employees across 7 countries and 16 offices in England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Aubay Group generated revenues of €534 million in 2023.
What Aubay UK Offers
At Aubay UK, people are at the heart of our business. We offer a competitive remuneration package which includes a range of benefits. You will receive continuous support from our dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialists, who will support your career development and success during your assignment with our client. Other benefits include:
- 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme
- Work-from-home opportunities
- Access to Udemy training platform and conferences
- Discount on winter sports holidays at
- Opportunity to work directly for the client at the end of the assignment
Our Client
Our client is one of the Super Major global energy companies with around 84,000 employees across 70+ countries who are working to power progress through cleaner energy solutions.
Specialities: Upstream/Downstream, Biofuels, Integrated Gas, New Energies, Chemicals, Energy and Trading.
You will have the opportunity to work in a challenging but rewarding environment that is fast-paced and changing fundamentally and work towards transforming the business of a Super Major energy company to meet the ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 whilst delivering a world-class business case that has a robust societal license to operate. In your role, you will be expected to enact change and deliver value globally across business lines and geographies.
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This role requires you to be based in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Aubay UK is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs .
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