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  • Posted: May 7, 2021
    Deadline: May 14, 2021
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    Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects.
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    Lead SDET-Channels & Core IT

    Department Description

    We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the DIT Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

    Brief Description

    Reporting to the Quality Engineering Lead the position holder will be responsible for standardizing the quality engineering practices across all quality engineering chapters in channels & core IT domains.

    Detailed Description

    • Responsible for defining and driving the software quality strategy and roadmap in functional/non-functional and automation within all quality chapters under channels & core IT
    • Responsible for providing direction to the QE engineers and chapters to ensure the activities of the team are aligned with all stakeholders
    • Responsible for setting up quality gates and criteria for all testing activities within channels and core IT and ensuring adherence to these gates
    • Responsible for performing and providing guidance and mentoring on Blackbox & white box testing using best in class procedures and technologies
    • Responsible for updating and maintaining the test regression suites for Core IT systems, ensuring over 80% automation to reduce testing man hours and reducing testing times

    QUALIFICATIONS

    Job Requirements

    • Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Development or related subject.
    • Must have ISTQB Certification (Test Manager certification, Advanced test automation certification or performance testing certification)
    • 5 years + experience in software testing in a busy IT environment
    • Strong understanding of the software Testing Life cycle
    • Experience in managing large test teams
    • Ability to effectively manage competing resources and priorities
    • Experience and vast knowledge in Test Driven Development approaches
    • Must have experience in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins/Drone/Travis/GitlabCi
    • Experienced in at least one mainstream programming language (Java, Python, JavaScript) with a bias towards Java
    • Strong risk identification and mitigation planning skills
    • Experience in Micro services and containerization platforms
    • Experience in Test automation tools and techniques such as Selenium, TestNG, cucumber, Appium etc.
    • Experience in performance engineering and tools such as JMeter, Locust.io, HP Load runner

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Safaricom Kenya on safaricom.taleo.net to apply

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