QA Engineering Specialist

BT Group Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

The QA Engineering Specialist independently executes a range of critical testing activities for a portfolio of products and services, driving best practice standards for test quality, resource planning and issue resolution, in alignment to business strategy and requirements.

Why this job matters

The QA Engineering Specialist will lead and execute product quality strategies for BT\’s service offerings and products, designing test strategies for business-critical initiatives and development.

What You’ll Be Doing

1. Leads and executes product quality strategies for BT\’s service offerings and products, designing test strategies for business-critical initiatives and development.
2. Executes a range of testing activities inclusive of test case creation, diagnostics and test data strategy for a portfolio, and is accountable for first/second level diagnostics enabling test delivery to time, cost, quality across multiple workstreams.
3. Drives assessments of the portfolio\’s success against test plans and the development of processes and approaches to ensure quality standards of products and services, ensuring testing procedures are compliant with any required industry specific standards.

• Contributes to establishing priorities for the portfolio, including directing service-in-take, expectations on delivery timing and interdependencies, determining resource requirements and monitoring the supplier test delivery outcomes.
• Leads the full lifecycle integration testing to support complex projects to define and drive the deliverables required.
• Leverages service virtualisation, using simulated services instead of actual production services to test systems while still in the pipeline, wherever a 3rd party service is unavailable.
• Contributes to the design and development of test automation solutions that validate the functionality of applications.
• Delivers complex analysis to understand the impacts and causes of defects and issues, driving the team of QA analysts to investigate, identify and define advanced solutions.
• Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in QA engineering best practices and industry standards.
• Mentors other QA engineers, helping to improve the team\’s abilities by acting as a technical resource.

The Skills You’ll Need

• Release Testing.
• Manual/Automation Testing.
• Test Automation Frameworks.
• System Integration Testing.
• Agile Testing.
• Test Planning.
• Functional/Non-Functional Testing.
• Programming/Scripting.
• Version Control.
• Test Case Design/Writing.
• Software Testing.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation & Orchestration.
• User Acceptance Testing.
• Test Management.
• Decision Making.
• Growth Mindset.
• Inclusive Leadership.

Our leadership standards

• Leading inclusively and Safely: I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
• Owning outcomes: I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
• Delivering for the customer: I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
• Commercially savvy: I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
• Growth mindset: I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
• Building for the future: I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

With over 175 years of heritage, BT is now the flagship business brand of BT Group. We’ve brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1 -2 million business customers internationally.

We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact. We connect for good by championing digital inclusion and equipping people, businesses, and communities with digital skills to thrive.

As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON\’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We\’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you\’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn\’t align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway – you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.