Testcoördinator , energy market, ISTQB certified (Freelance)

📋 Tasks and responsibilities

To be able to respond to the elevated demand of changes by the energy market and to
ensure the smooth delivery of high quality products in Production, our client would like to hire a testCo team. The team will be created by consultants with a Time & Material contract, all from one contracting party i.e. 2 TestCoordinators.
•The testco’s will report to the Test manager of our client
•Support projects and major releases by coordinating the market integration tests
with DGO Suppliers:
oResponsible for facilitating the test processes and for communicating them to the involved test teams (internal & external)
oResponsible for ensuring that test related agreements are followed and adhered to oResponsible for communication between the test teams and other teams (analists, vendor, PCA, …)
oResponsible for generating the weekly and final test reports based on ALM QC & Topdesk for management and stakeholdersoManage defect and ticket handling as part of the project in resp. ALM QC and Topdesk
oActively participate in developing a mature test organisation
oBridging between agile & non-agile way of working (focus on quality)
oE2E Test coordination of the entire life cycle of the product/project incl.handover to ServiceoOrganize and define agenda of internal & external test related meetings with testers, testco’s and stakeholders
oSteer internal vendor for defect analysis and bug fixing; organize the needed follow up
meetings
oEmployable for different projects or tracks in parallel
oThe test logging tool used is OT ALM QC. Knowledge about reporting and querying in the tool is a must.oDefect procedure in OT ALM QC has to be followed and quality control has to be
done.oExperience with agile testing is a must; we expect from the contractor to foresee the necessary trainings to enhance and support this knowledge/experience where needed
oThe team members should be able to have a critical view on the product and learn how to challenge the quality of a delivered product especially for integration with the main branch.
This will require a thorough learning path in growing and perpetuating the knowledge of the different applications.
oThe team members should be able to work independently
oThe team members should be able to work with both waterfall & agile test approaches
oAs we continuously want to improve our work, it is expected from the team to give advise on techniques and approaches to optimize test strategy across the entire life cycle of a product.
oThe team will organize frequent feedback to the test manager on the way of working,
organization, issues, etc…. As such these actions will be input for the benefits of the Team organization and test approaches.oDefect treatment/analysis has to be according to thepriority
oOrganize alignment meetings with written preparation and meeting
conclusions:
oWith the team members & TestCo’s – Daily – Stand UpoWith the impacted
vendor (weekly/Daily) – Defect follow up/SCRUM meetingsoWith the impacted DGO/Market party (Testing/Domain WG)oDelivery status reporting:
oWeekly and monthly to the Test mgr, Project lead and management

📝Your profile

• Aantoonbare ervaring als Testcoördinator
• Aantoonbare ervaring in het schrijven van test strategieën en het opmaken van test scenario's
• Aantoonbare ervaring met formele testmethoden en technieken
• Candidate has following Certificate(s): ISTQB Foundation or higher
• Demonstrated good knowledge of Dutch
• Demonstrated knowledge about te usage of ALM QC
• Demonstrated knowledge about the Belgian Energy Sector
• Proven experience as a testcoördinator or test manager
• Proven experience in coaching and steering a (test) team
• Proven experience in writing test scenario’s
• Proven experience in writing test strategies
• Taalvereiste: Nederlandstalig of Franstalig op Europees CEFR-niveau C1
• Aantoonbare ervaring als tester in een Agile/Scrum project
• Aantoonbare ervaring met Agile/SCRUM werking, liefst binnen een testing context
• At least one candidate has knowledge and/or experience within test automation
• Candidate has following certificate: ISTQB Test analist Advanced level
• Proven experience in QA methodologies & approaches
• Proven experience in stakeholder management within an ecosystem
• Proven experience with configuration and management of reports, test cycles, defect handling and requirements in ALM QC
• Proven experience with ticket logging & management in an ITSM tool

💼 Offer

You will be part of a growing Belgian SME where initiative and personal development are encouraged. We will provide you with an enjoyable work environment with fun colleagues. We will work out a career plan with you, with attention and a budget for extra education/certification. You can count on an attractive salary, supplemented with extra-legal benefits, including a company car.
(Freelance is also possible)