Test Lead

Description

Test Lead

At Leidos, everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our mission and our values guide the way we do business. The foundation of our culture is our Values, Beliefs, and Expectations by which we select, recognize, and reward employees.

Inspired to make a difference, we are committed to solving the world’s toughest problems.

Passionate about customer success, we are determined to understand and respond to our customers’ needs as if they were our own.

Role Description:
We are looking for a Test Lead to support the development, transition, and in-service running (including capability upgrades) of an IT application and infrastructure solution providing support to a critical operational end user.

The selected candidate will be responsible for leading the test team to ensure successful delivery of the test function, designing, creating, and executing Automated and Manual Functional, Non-functional, and System Integration tests. They will demonstrate effective application of Test Management expertise and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders. The role will provide technical exposure variance across both project activities and Operational (Business as Usual) support activities. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate leadership qualities and have both automation and manual testing experience, ideally from a Systems Integration background.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading the end-to-end Integration, Test, and Acceptance activities for projects, including the production and maintenance of plans and associated acceptance artefacts;
• Leading on all test management and acceptance procedures, adhering to relevant standards;
• Designing and implementing modern, scalable test plans and scripts using a range of new and emerging technologies including automation;
• Preparing test specifications (manual and automated) and conducting test execution and reporting activities;
• Highlighting Test and Acceptance related risks, opportunities, assumptions, issues, and dependencies;
• Managing the integration & test environments, including test systems, test data, and external services required;
• Collaborating with third-party stakeholders to ensure business requirements coverage in acceptance scripts;
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on all aspects of test assurance, including with Software Developers and Data Engineers to obtain a deep understanding of the code base and test coverage at the unit level;
• Deriving Test Cases for product features from ambiguous business requirements or design documentation;
• Deriving complex data to support Test Case execution;
• Documenting requirements acceptance (RVTM), representing the team on Test and Acceptance related matters appropriate with the Test and Acceptance Plan(s);
• Responsible for coaching, mentoring, and line managing testers and test engineers within the team;
• Planning and estimating tasks and assigning them to team members.

Key Skills

• Understanding of cloud-based ERP systems (Oracle Cloud, Azure, AWS);
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling;
• Knowledge and experience of the Testing Lifecycle and the different types of testing including Automated and Manual Functional, Non-Functional and Integration Testing, front-end dashboard, data visualization tools, and back-end database testing;
• Demonstrable Systems Integration experience including Automated and Manual Integration of third-party systems or components;
• Demonstrable experience of working with a variety of stakeholders to agree on testing objectives;
• Possession of strong investigative skills - ability to investigate problems and opportunities in processes and recommend solutions;
• Strong oral and written communication skills – ability to communicate with technical and non-technical team members;
• Enthusiastic, proactive, troubleshooting attitude with a willingness to learn new technologies.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Working with complex integration programmes with complex data requirements;
• Experience using Agile Software Development methodologies;
• Experience using the Atlassian toolkit or equivalent tools;
• Experience using Test Case and Requirements repository tools;
• Knowledge of cloud-based ERP systems (Oracle Cloud, Azure, AWS).

This position is a full-time, permanent role and applicants must have (or be able to acquire) BPSS clearance. Ad-hoc travel may be required to various customer and Leidos sites.

What we do for you:
At Leidos, we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team, and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops, and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme;
• Private Medical Insurance;
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays);
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays, and a cycle to work scheme);
• Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:
Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering, and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services. Our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security, and solutions. Using your skills in technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office, or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired, and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations, and career development plans that enhance your future.