Job title | Application Specialist | Grade | IC |
Stream | P&C | Function | IDS |
Location | Oman | Budget control | *OPEX and/or CAPEX and/or Revenue amount as relevant* |
Reporting to | Team Lead Corporate Applications | Direct reports | 0 |
Job purpose Support and coordinate all Corporate Applications testing activities, under delegated authority from N-4 Corporate Applications, acting as technical liaison overseeing and translating Corporate Applications business requirements into both technical and functional tests. Conduct and coordinate Corporate Applications testing and defect management in order to ensure development meet business user objectivities and quality standards. The position will act in accordance with the Group’s Mission, Vision, Values & Strategies, as well as, policies, guidelines and international standards, supported by an IT Technology platform, HSE standards, Omani’s government & other legal justification’s, and best international practices in consonance with national objectives |
Main tasks and responsibilities - Establishment of quality management for software development
- Development of test strategies and structures and their further development
- Performing software tests and their documentation
- Manage and coordinate day-to-day Corporate Applications technical related testing activities.
- Coordinate setup of test environments and test data management;
- Evaluate business requirements and system interfaces and translate into both technical and non-technical tests.
- Understand the business future state and existing Corporate Applications capabilities and interfaces along with any interfacing systems and the planned enhancements being made to both;
- Architect, design, write and execute technical test cases and test plans to support the quality assurance activities throughout the applications software lifecycle.
- Design and conduct unit and integration testing before launch
- Facilitate test script development and execution
- Conduct quality assessments to ensure the development meet or exceed quality standards and objectives
- Lead the Corporate Applications technical testing review provide prioritization and severity assessments of the defect to development teams.
- Cooperation with software developers and the business functions
- Support the Technical defect management process with development team and ensure all technical defect repair
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Key interactions Internal: IDS, People & Culture External: 3rd party Contractors, Vendors & Suppliers |
Notable Working Conditions. Office environment, intensive computer screen use, sporadic visits to operation site. |
Education requirements | Minimum Qualifications for this position is a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Economics or Computer Engineering (or related disciplines) or equivalent experience. |
Language | Excellent knowledge of written, read, and spoken English (required) |
Background and experience | Competencies and skills |
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in similar role, in a large oil industry industrial organisation.
- Great understanding of software design and programming principles
- Knowledge in application development methodologies and integration techniques
- knowledge of programming languages like Swift, Java, HTML5, C# or C++.
- Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming design principle
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Knowledge of Microsoft products (SharePoint, Windows Server, SQL Server)
- Experience in using virtualized systems to create reusable test environments
| - Analytical skills
- Planning skills
- Forward thinking
- Strong communication, presentation & leadership skills
- Good operative project and change management skills Prioritization skills and experience
- Understanding of networking, database, SAP and/or web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, JSP, ASP, ABAP, .NET, MQ, Oracle and SQL Queries during test execution
- Usage of non-SAP products and technologies in the areas of Portal, Data warehousing, ETL, Mobility, Integration middleware
- Strong understanding of O&G ERP business process
- Business Results Orientation Usage of non-SAP products and technologies in the areas of Portal, Data warehousing, ETL, Mobility, Integration middleware
- Strong understanding of O&G ERP business process
- Business Results Orientation
- Know-how in agile methods for software development, test planning and execution.
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