Test Lead

About Cluster Reply:
Cluster Reply is the Reply Group company specialised in delivering Integration solutions on the Microsoft BizTalk platform and Cloud Solutions using the Microsoft Azure platform. Cluster Reply’s experience spreads across a wide variety of customers in multiple industry verticals such as Healthcare, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Real Estate, Telecommunications etc. Our vision is to continue providing thought leadership in the Microsoft Azure, BizTalk, Power and Data/AI spaces.
Cluster Reply is a global award winning Microsoft Gold certified partner with over 20 years’ experience delivering application development, integration and cloud infrastructure solutions using Microsoft technology. www.cluster.reply.com

Role overview:
As part of a Cluster Reply Consulting team, the successful candidate will be working as part of a project delivery team providing Test leadership during the full development lifecycle and support to the customer test team during UAT and Go-Live. The candidate will also be accountable for the Test practice within Cluster which would include responsibilities for Best Practices, Templates, Estimation Tools etc.

Responsibilities: *To articulate Test Strategies and Test Roadmaps for strategic client programmes
*To deliver test plan, test data test, cases/scripts and test results / reports
*To troubleshoot, debug code and carry out root cause analysis
*To work with clients to design test scenarios and automation framework / solutions
*To use reasoning and thinking through problems, to define and lead the testing of development of desired solutions, converting Business requirements into test scenarios solutions
*To deliver test tasks, test projects in a controlled and commercially successful manner
*To provide testing in both Waterfall and Agile based environments.
About the candidate: *2.1 degree or better in a technical/computing subject
*Experience with System Integration testing Azure Integration Services / SOAP / Web service or C# / Selenium, Nunit, RestSharp and Specflow based Test Automation frameworks. As well as Azure DevOps for Test Management
*Strong facilitation skills. Able to converse with senior team members (test manager, project manager), business analysts and client’s team(s)
*Scripting and programming languages knowledge, ideally PowerShell/C#
*Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
*Comfortable working on key development projects both on-premises and cloud-based.
*Demonstrable thirst for technology and a desire to help the Cluster Reply Senior Leadership team (SLT) grow the business
Reply is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to embracing diversity in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, identity, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status or parental status or any other characteristic protected by the Law.

Reply is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, please let us know of any Reasonable Adjustments you may need.