Non - Functional Testing Lead at Safaricom Kenya

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below

Brief Posting Description

Reporting to Senior Manager – Quality Assurance, the position holder will build and manage a non-functional testing team and lead the development and implementation of strategy and frameworks in Software non-functional testing and ensure solutions delivered to the customers meet the required standards for quality.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop software quality strategy and frameworks in non-functional testing and lead in execution
• Accountable for building and leading the full non-functional testing team
• Drive digital transformation in functional testing to achieve higher levels of competency and efficiency
• Collaborate closely with business and project management teams in creating schedules and manage the non-functional testing teams
• Provide direction for the non-functional testing team, ensuring that activities of the team are aligned with other stakeholders
• Accountable for managing CAPEX and OPEX budgets for testing environments for all systems and non-functional testing tools
• Responsible for implementation and management of fully functional test environments ensuring stability of all test environments
• End to end Accountability for disaster recovery testing and ensuring working Business Continuity Planning is in place for all solutions and guarantee stability of systems
• Responsible for planning, monitoring and implementing controls in non fuctional testing activities
• Define suitable metrics for measuring nonfunctional test progress and evaluation of the quality of the testing process and products
• Lead programs to measure, analyze, monitor, manage, and optimize performance and scalability of our current applications and systems.
• Responsible for reviewing, reporting and making data driven decisions around performance issues or bottlenecks.
• Evaluate, review and if appropriate, implement recommendations for improvements to existing Test Life Cycle procedures in regards to non-functional testing and documentation