We Want You

• 5 years of QA testing experience with at least 2 years of managerial experience
• Proven track record of working in multi-disciplined project and/or test management
• In-depth understanding of software quality assurance concepts and procedures.
• Excellent understanding of software development processes, change management and process improvement.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with an ability to influence and persuade those not in your reporting structure
• Proven organisational skills with experience of managing a local team of 5+ and an external test center.
• Experience operating as a people manager, guiding direct reports in their career development
• Strong time management skills to enable you to prioritise, delegate and multi-task across competing demands
• Commercial awareness to be able to view situations from a business perspective
• Ability to evaluate and communicate potential risks and plan mitigations
• A data-driven mindset with ability to identify and track important metrics and use to influence process and decision making both with internal and external teams.

You will be responsible for tracking and reporting the progress of the project during development with a focus on data-driven analysis, and to continually assess the product’s quality and identify any areas of risk. Should risks be identified, you will be expected to quantify these and communicate to stakeholders then work with development and QA management to produce suitable mitigation plans.

As the owner of the project budget, you will track expenditure and report forecasted costs in a regular cadence to QA and Development management. A key part of this will be managing the resource plan for the project, ensuring it is appropriate for project status and risk level.

As a Project Manager, you will be a key member of both the local studio and the worldwide QA organisations and will contribute to strategic improvement processes. You will be expected to champion any novel or beneficial practices your team is employing and to be continually assessing your team’s processes for opportunities. You will need to be open to new approaches and changes in strategic direction, and be able to roll these out effectively using transparent communication and open feedback to ensure success.

You will be a leader within the local studio, motivating and challenging your team to succeed. You will also be a mentor to your direct reports, guiding individual team members through their career development via regular and constructive feedback, and listening and acting on their concerns where appropriate.

• 2+ years experience with RedHat Linux 6 or greater System Administration
• Enterprise Technologies (NFS, LDAP, LINUX clustering, performance tuning, mail, syslog, security)
• Package management, scripting with Linux shell scripts and standard Linux utilities for automation of administrative tasks.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP internetworking - DNS, VPN, FTP, SSH, HTTP, SMTP, firewalls (iptables).
• Have excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills with little supervision (network, hardware, OS, performance related problems).
• Ability to successfully handle the completion of multiple concurrent assignments under pressure and interface with vendors or related support mechanisms for escalation/resolution purposes.
• Experience with CISCO and Dell enterprise class servers and Netapp storage appliance a plus.
• Experience supporting Database environments on an operating system level a plus (e.g MySQL and Oracle)
• Ability to work required days and hours and participate on an on-call rotation (24X7).

• Perform hardware and software installations, upgrades, and maintenance, patch administration, kernel modification/upgrades, file system management, performance and security analysis, and network configuration/tuning.
• Cluster configuration and maintenance; shell scripting, performance tuning, hardening and support in high availability on and off-site environments.
• Coordinate and perform preventive system maintenance; Set up day-to-day maintenance of production systems. Perform resource monitoring, performance tuning, and scaling of infrastructure as needed.
• Work with development initiatives to proactively prepare server builds and input on design/implementation considerations.
• Work with application developers on the Solaris platform for installation and maintenance in both development and production environments.
• Document RedHat Linux configurations and procedures, participate in environment planning meetings, and communicate environment requirements to management.

• Capable of extracting information and resources from team members, and from online resources to further enhance and provide support of services to team members and the Company. Must be well rounded and current in system administration and networking.