Principal Test Engineer

at  Discovery Ltd

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS

• Client Service Orientation
• Result driven
• Change Readiness
• Time Management
• Communication (written, verbal and listening)
• Creativeness
• Innovation
• Interpersonal skills - Ability to build relationships with people from all different backgrounds
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Problem Solver
• Treats others with care, dignity and respect
• Ensure that the business case prevails
• Understand that people are Discovery’s greatest asset
• Builds an environment for optimal performance
• Sets ambitious goals and implement the highest standards

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Education

• Matric
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Certificate

Knowledge

• Knowledge of SDLC and STLC
• Knowledge of Testing Methodologies and Testing Tools
• At least 10 years experiencing as a Test Engineer
• Experience with Test Automation

KEY PURPOSE

Our Test Engineers play a critical role in Vitality’s successful business model by planning and executing tests on products and features to validate that they are fit for purpose.
The Principal test engineer leads and plans testing across large or multiple teams, providing expertise in many technical areas or specialisms with very deep knowledge in a particular technical area. They are responsible for maintaining and designing test automation frameworks for use as templates. They are expert in two specialisms (one of which is automation) and are working towards competency in a third specialism. They are required to influence both internally and externally with third parties based on testing standards and governance.

Build and transfer skills and knowledge Take responsibility for developing personal skills and expertise aligned to role, encourage and coach test engineers to build a competent team.

• An expert in two specialisms (one of which is automation), working towards competency in a third specialism.
• Research and recommends upcoming technologies to fill existing gaps or modernise Vitality’s test framework
• Identifies critical areas of future learning and development required by test engineers to remain current, and oversee the organisation of relevant training for test engineers.
• Coaches and mentors senior test engineers;
• Presents and participates in internal development sessions (lunch & learn / forum / test centre of excellence / test automation community of practice learning circles) as requested by senior test engineers;
• Reviews available external programmes and makes recommendation