Test Lead (London Markets - Speciality Insurance) / £650pd / 6 Month contract / Remote - London
*A strong background in testing within the London Markets is essential for this role*
A market leading London Markets / Speciality insurance company are looking for a Test Lead on a contract basis. The right candidate will have a strong background in testing for London Markets / Speciality Insurance companies.
Skills and Experience
- A minimum of 5 year's experience as a Senior Test Lead with a comprehensive understanding of the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) including both bespoke software development, vendor package (or a combination of both) and associated integration's
- Recent London Market / Speciality insurance testing experience
- Good knowledge of on-premise, SaaS and Cloud hosted environments and associated CI/CD deployment methods
- In depth knowledge and experience of all stages of testing, including Unit Testing, Systems Integration Testing (SIT), Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT),
- Knowledge of underwriting business functions, supporting business operations and previous exposure to, or experience within, the Lloyds insurance market and insurance underwriting and/or broking systems
- Proven experience test planning and execution with internal teams, vendors and/or third party development teams, either on-shore or off-shore and demonstrable experience of delivering test plans and associated traceability matrices to support complex initiatives and able to mentor and support business end user testing (UAT).
- Strong analysis, consultation, communication and presentation skills and ability to influence the direction and thinking of senior stakeholders and capture complex requirements in a prioritised backlog and ability to understand strategic needs whilst focusing on the customer
- Knowledge of SQL Server Management Studio, exposure to automated test tools & test development skills
- Knowledge of Agile practitioner capabilities and experience working in Agile teams is preferable