Head of Software Automation & Testing

An award-winning tier 1 lender in Kenya is looking for a talented and innovative Head of Software Automation & Testing to join their team. This company has operated in East Africa for numerous years. Their focus on the SME sector and commitment to enhancing convenience for customers through innovative digital solutions has driven their enormous growth in recent years.

A bit about the role:

You will be working in partnership with the Head of Software Engineering, the Chief Architect and the CIO. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and executing a strategy to automate all aspects of the software delivery lifecycle.

Requirements

Your daily adventures include:

Test driven development, test automation, unit, integration, and performance testing

IDE preparation; maintenance and synchronization of all non-production environments

Preparation of test data including masking and environment insertion/extraction

Designing and developing test automation plans and scripts for CI/CD and regression testing

Maintaining libraries of automated test scripts and continuously evolving them

Developing test automation principles and guidelines

Collating and monitoring the defect management process

Researching issues in software through testing

Collaborating with QA Analysts and developers to develop solutions

What it takes to succeed:

Experience with modern data technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Snowflake), relational database systems (MySQL) and ability to work with large databases including open source (MongoDB, MariaDB, Athena etc)

Experience of DevOps (inc DevSecOps) methodologies and CI/CD toolsets

Proficient in a range of programming languages

Cultivate a culture of testing and automation throughout the IT organization

Experience of public and hybrid cloud environments, container deployments, open-source technologies