Job Type: Full time

Location: Southern England

 

Opportunities are available for an experienced Team Lead with good performance testing skills to work for one of the leading UK Software testing consultancies. If you are a Performance Test Consultant / Team Lead with a solid background in performance testing using Load Runner coupled with strong Team Leadership experience and are seeking a fresh, hands on challenge then this role will be perfect for you.

 

The Role:

This is a key onsite contact role which is focused on delivering the required services to the client and leading a team of performance Test Consultants from the front, able to help shape the performance testing strategy. You’re someone who is can balance the needs of the client, StarBase and our consultants, whilst achieving consistent results.

 

Reasons to Join StarBase:

• Career Progression: A further progression potential to Senior Consultant and beyond
• Professional Development: We have a strong culture of training and development and the successful candidate will receive further development in both consulting skills and technical development on existing and new tools
• Challenging Projects: As specialists we focus on the challenging work, projects where others fail and we work predominantly in the finance sector
• Be a part of Growing Company: StarBase is 20 years old and has grown consistently. We have ambitious and exciting plans to grow further so it’s definitely the right time to join us and be part of our success

 

Essential Skills:

• Leading teams of test consultants on projects
• Building strong business relationships with the client and working with them to understand their requirements over the short, medium and long-term. Helping to shape these requirements.
• Liaising with the clients stakeholders, business users, test teams and other external subcontractors
• Building relationships with Developers, Architects, Test Managers and support teams to co-ordinate testing and resolve of problems and manage test environments.
• Hands on delivery of performance testing services using a number of tools including LoadRunner
• Writing/reviewing test strategies and plans
• Pre-planning with Test Managers any requirements for changes in resource requirements and overtime
• Providing estimates for resourcing, overtime, and future requirements
• Reviewing testing activities to ensure they fall within the estimates
• Driving forward process and service improvements
• Weekly status reporting to client and SB management team
• Administration related to managing the service delivery team - approving overtime, holiday requests, staff rotation
• Take part in the monthly Service Review Meetings.

 

About the Company:

StarBase is the UK’s leading independent testing consultancy, trusted by major Blue Chips to mitigate IT systems risk since 1992. Over the last 20 years, we have worked on business critical challenges across a broad range of industry sectors. We often work with our clients over multiple projects and many years. We count over 100 companies as past and present clients, including:

 

Deutsche Bank – Aviva – KPMG – Accenture – NHS – Citigroup - Sainsbury’s

 

Our clients say our strengths are in our people, processes and partnerships. These are upheld by our skills, experience and project management expertise, so if you want to be part of a winning team with a world-class reputation, come and join us!

Job keywords/tags:  Team Lead , Client Management , Performance Test , Load Test , HP LoadRunner , HP Performance Center