Quality Assurance Manager (Information Technology/Software)

Our client, a leading Software, Information and Communication Technologies company, operates internationally (Athens, Brussels, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Nicosia, Hong-Kong, Valetta, etc). Our client is a renowned supplier of IT services to government institutions, multinational corporations, public administrations and multinational companies, research and academic institutes.

Role Overview

Our client currently has a vacancy for a Quality Assurance Manager fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Job type: Full time/Permanent

Location: Brussels

Workplace: Onsite

Please note that we can consider only EU candidates for this position due to security clearance.

Requirements

• University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of 15 years;
• Excellent experience with manual and automation testing;
• Experience in test data preparation;
• At least 3 years of experience with test automation technologies, tools and techniques;
• At least 3 years of experience in working in Agile/Sprint based IT project methodologies;
• At least 1 year of experience with data quality checking when such data is stored in databases and/or data lakes using SQL or similar languages;
• In-depth experience with a tool for web application testing tool, like WebdriverIO, Selenium or Protractor;
• Excellent knowledge of a Test Management and Defect Tracking Tool, like Zephir for JIRA;
• Knowledge of an API testing tool, like SOAPUI;
• Knowledge of data-driven solutions testing (data warehouse, data lakes, data mining, etc.);
• Knowledge of relational database management systems such as MS SQL, Oracle;
• Knowledge of public cloud technologies;
• One of the following certifications is required for the performance of tasks: ISTQB Specialist Level Test Automation Engineer or ISTQB Specialist Level Test Acceptance Testing or ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst;
• Excellent command of the English languages

Responsibilities

• Definition of test plans and test cases and construction of test scenarios and scripts;
• Preparation and maintenance of test data;
• Execution of tests and test reporting;
• Enable the transition to an automated approach;
• Evaluate tools and technology for automation best fit to the project within the DevSecOps approach;
• Create an approach and methodology for building a test automation architecture;
• Design, prepare and monitor automated tests;
• Design and develop (new or modified) test automation solutions that meet the business needs;
• Create automated test reporting and metrics collection;
• Support business stakeholders during acceptance testing.