Senior Test Engineer

Senior Test Engineer Location: Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Blackpool or Leeds | 60% Hybrid Salary: Competitive Day Rate | In Scope IR35 Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Test Engineer on behalf of one of our clients. You will define the overall testing strategy, provide technical leadership and guidance to test engineering teams and have oversight of all testing activities. You will ensure that best practices are in place, and drive improvements by sharing knowledge and resources across teams. Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration. Duties and Responsibilities: Set the strategic direction for product teams and the test engineering community. Lead multiple test engineering teams, providing technical leadership and guidance. Lead delivery of testing activities, ensuring that quality, time and cost objectives are met. Act as an escalation point for defects or issues preventing delivery of activities. Define the approach for test infrastructure setup and use outputs to drive technical improvements. Identify appropriate required technical test tools. Monitor performance of the test suite and identify how this can be improved by reducing technical debt. Drive standardisation by sharing reusable libraries and services, experience, and lessons learned with other teams. Drive collaboration by aligning what teams are working on and highlighting the key dependencies, impacts and priorities. Develop appropriate test approaches and reporting mechanisms to be agreed with senior stakeholders. Leads investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes, driving the collection of information and creation of recommendations for improvements. Manages planning of system and / or acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications.  Skills and Qualifications: Informatica Power Centre and Oracle experience as essential. Ability to provide authoritative advice and guidance on test planning and can identify the process improvements and contribute to definition of best practice. Capacity to design and execute a wide range of non-functional testing techniques and communicate non-functional test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Able to identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes. Can adapt and reflect, is resilient and has the ability to see outside of the process. Able to use a blended approach depending on the context. Able to help teams manage and visualise outcomes. Has a deep understanding of the technical concepts required in their role and understands how these fit into the wider technical landscape. Understands the limitations of digital technology. SC Security Clearance is a must. Desirable: Automation testing, SQL & experience in data environment (working on large data sets) desirable. Location: Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Blackpool or Leeds | 60% Hybrid Salary: Competitive Day Rate | In Scope IR35