Overview
Testing Manager – 12 Month FTC Jobs in Gauteng, South Africa at Auditor-General of South Africa
Title: Testing Manager – 12 Month FTC
Company: Auditor-General of South Africa
Location: Gauteng, South Africa
Requirement Overview
The purpose of this position is to manage the planning, execution and reporting on all quality assurance provided on information technology (IT) products and services to be transitioned into the AGSA’s production environment for business use. This includes managing the approach, tools, techniques, resourcing and pass criteria applied to ensure IT products and services to business meet all quality expectations.
This position reports to a Senior Manager: Applications Development & Maintenance and is responsible for leading and managing test analysts.
This is a Contract position
Roles & Responsibilities Strategic Functi
• Contribute to providing quality assurance of all IT products and services introduced into the AGSA's operating environment.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of the BU balance score card (BSC) initiatives.
Product Management Quality assurance planning and execution:
• Ensure an appropriate quality assurance strategy is applied to meet the requirements of the specific IT services or product, including:
• That an appropriate quality assurance methodology is applied for the relevant IT product/service that the required resourcing and timing for quality assurance is aligned to the delivery timelines
• that the appropriate tools and techniques are applied in providing quality assurance
• That appropriate quality assurance thresholds and criteria are applied to ensure quality products and services are delivered
Manage the creation and production of:
• Test plans for IT projects
• Test cases and test procedures for all products/services
• Test scripts for various test cases
• Test reports
Ensure that the necessary IT environments for quality assurance are in place, including:
• SIT environments for application and infrastructure projects
• UAT environment for application and infrastructure projects
Manage the following quality assurance processes:
• Installation testing
• Configuration testing
• Integration testing
• Functional and system testing
• Regression testing and retesting
• Stress/Load and Performance testing
Ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of quality assurance by implementing automation of testing where possible
Quality assurance team leadership:
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities to quality assurance team members.• Direct and coordinate activities of testing personnel to ensure quality assurance progresses is on schedule and within budget.
• Reviews / approves work plans of external service providers or consultancy services contracted to execute quality assurance on project
Stakeholder Management
• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly
.• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order to continuously improve on the serv
icedelivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work.
• Establish and maintain relations with recognised professional bodies within own professional sphere.
• Manage service level agreements (SLAs)
People Management
• Support the implementation of the activities outlined in the BU People Plan, transformation/culture pl
ans.• Manage team performance to drive productivity.
• Motivate, coach and mentor staff to ensure maximum productivity and development of the staff to their full potential.
• Participate in initiatives to attract talent.
Other responsibilities
• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments delegated by the senior manager not stipulated in the role profile description as and when required.
Skills, Experience & Education
• This position requires a minimum qualification of a Degree (NQF7) in IT or related qualification, with at least one professional testing certification at Practitioner level.
Added Advantage: ISTQB certification at advanced level
Experience
The incumbent requires at least 5 years’ experience managing IT quality assurance within an IT environment, with at least 3 years at middle management/supervisory level.
Closing Statement
The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. The AGSA is not responsible for the verification of data provided and shall not be liable for any errors, factual, transcription or otherwise, contained in the information posted. Therefore, ensure that your online application and CV is correct, accurate and up to date. To successfully upload documents on the career site, ensure that the document name does not contain any special characters. This appointment is subject to the preferred candidate obtaining the necessary security clearance, reference checking and competency assessment. We embrace and committed in achieving employment equity within the organisation. Auditor General welcomes applications from all persons with disabilities.
12 Months
Contract
NB: Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from the us within four weeks, kindly consider your application successful.
