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Digital and technology solutions specialist - System Test and Assurance Specialist

Digital and technology solutions specialist - System Test and Assurance Specialist

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Level 7 - Professional Occupation

Investigating, identifying and implementing technological strategic solutions.

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Reference: OCC0482K

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Average (median) salary: £50,396 per year

SOC 2020 code: 2133 It business analysts, architects and systems designers

SOC 2020 sub unit groups:

  • 2133/06 IT solutions architects and designers
  • 2131/00 IT project managers
  • 2133/04 IT systems architects
  • 2133/05 IT business analysts
  • 2136/00 IT quality and testing professionals
  • 2139/02 IT consultants

Technical Education Products

ST0482:

Digital and technology solutions specialist (integrated degree) - System Test and Assurance Specialist

(Level 7)

Approved for delivery

Employers involved in creating the standard:

3ManFactory, Accenture, AMS Neve, BBC, Capgemini, CGI, Connect Software, DWP, IBM, J.P.Morgan, Optimity, TCS, Thales

Summary

A Digital & Technology Solutions Specialist maintains digital and technology strategies through technology leadership; investigating, identifying and implementing technological strategic solutions. They direct digital technology provision by studying organisation goals, strategies, and practices and delivering and supporting strategic plans for implementing digital technologies. They are confident, competent and capable individuals able to apply leadership and change management skills to operate in a range of digital and technology related specialist roles.

Employers involved in creating the standard:

3ManFactory, Accenture, AMS Neve, BBC, Capgemini, CGI, Connect Software, DWP, IBM, J.P.Morgan, Optimity, TCS, Thales

Green themes

Financial and Professional Business Services

Typical job titles include:

Analyst programmer
Analytics lead
Big data analyst
Business and enterprise architecture specialist
Business architect
Business change specialist
Data and insight analyst
Data management specialist
Data science specialist
Enterprise architect
IT consultancy specialist
Senior software developer
Software assurance engineer
Software consultant
Software engineering specialist
Software experience lead
Software test specialist
Solution developer
System test analyst
Systems architect

Keywords:

Degree
Digital
Digital And Technology Solution Specialist
Ict
Technology
Technology Solution Specialist

Knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs)

K1: The strategic importance of technology enabled business processes, and how they are designed and managed to determine a firm’s ability to compete effectively;
K2: The principles of business transformation and how organisations integrate different management functions in the context of technological change;
K3: The role of leadership in contemporary technology based organisations;
K4: Own employer’s business objectives and strategy, its position in the market and how own employer adds value to its clients through the services and/or products they provide;
K5: How to justify the value of technology investments and apply benefits management and realisation;
K6: How to monitor technology related market trends and research and collect competitive intelligence;
K7: The personal leadership qualities that are required to establish and maintain an organisations technical reputation.
K8: The role of leaders as change agents and identify contributors to successful implementation;
K9: Technology road-mapping concepts and methods and how to apply them;
K10: The role of learning and talent management in successful business operations
K29: The fundamental software testing and assurance concepts and methods; including goals, challenges and limitations of software testing;
K30: How to create, configure and maintain multi-server test environments;
K31: How to design test cases effectively with various testing strategies including the need for representative test data;
K32: How to select and justify appropriate testing techniques for a software testing situation, taking account of their strengths and weaknesses and the software’s domain, requirements and development maturity;
K33: How to implement standard testing and assurance methodologies and procedures for a range of digital solution platforms including front-and back-office enterprise, mobile apps and web based applications. This includes the tools and techniques that can be used for automated testing, how to apply these and their limitations;
K34: The need to deliver clear test results, defect reports and associated test documentation.

S1: Identify, document, review and design complex IT enabled business processes that define a set of activities that will accomplish specific organisational goals and provides a systematic approach to improving those processes;
S2: Design and develop technology roadmaps, implementation strategies and transformation plans focused on digital technologies to achieve improved productivity, functionality and end user experience in an area of technology specialism;
S3: Deliver workplace transformations through planning and implementing technology based business change programmes including setting objectives, priorities and responsibilities with others in an area of technology specialism;
S4: Negotiate and agree digital and technology specialism delivery budgets with those with decision-making responsibility;
S5: Develop and deliver management level presentations which resonate with senior stakeholders, both business and technical;
S6: Professionally present digital and technology solution specialism plans and solutions in a well-structured business report;
S7: Demonstrate self-direction and originality in solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing digital and technology solutions specialist tasks at a professional level;
S8: Be competent at negotiating and closing techniques in a range of interactions and engagements, both with senior internal and external stakeholders;
S9: Evaluate the significance of human factors to leadership in the effective implementation and management of technology enabled business processes;
S10: Develop own leadership style and professional values that contributes to building high performing teams;
S11: Apply broader technical knowledge combined with an understanding of the business context, and how it is changing, to deliver to the company’s business strategy;
S12: Demonstrate effective technology leadership and change management skills for managing technology driven change and continuous improvement;
S13: Create and implement innovative technological strategies to support the development of new products, processes and services that align with the company’s business strategy, and develop and communicate compelling business proposals to support these.
S32: Test Environment: Specify and configure digital system solution test environments to represent the usage context, against which tests can be execute in line with the organisational test strategy;
S33: Test Planning: Create test plans that specify the digital system solution testing objectives, test deliverables, test schedule, test activity estimates and the required test resources (testers, test software and test hardware) required for digital system solution testing;
S34: Test Cases: Write clear, intuitive test cases that are used to verify that each element of the digital system solution under test performs as specified. Use industry standard test management tools to define test cases and specify test data;
S35: Test Execution: Apply appropriate test techniques to execute tests for reach test case using both manual test methods and automated testing tools as appropriate in a commercial environment;
S36: Test Results: Document, manage and maintain test results and resolutions. Produce defect reports to identify, characterise and prioritise identified defects and aid their resolution. Compile written reports on test activities, outcomes, opportunities and risks, and explain recommendations to stakeholders;
S37: Test Reviews: Define review and refine test methodologies in line with best practice test strategies and practices. Develop strategies for increased exploitation of reusable automated testing approaches.

B1: Inspire and motivate others to deliver excellent technical solutions and outcomes
B2: Establish high levels of performance in digital and technology solutions activities
B3: Be results and outcomes driven to achieve high key performance outcomes for digital and technology solutions objectives
B4: Promote a high level of cooperation between own work group and other groups to establish a technology change led culture
B5: Develop and support others in developing an appropriate balance of leadership and technical skills
B6: Create strong positive relationships with team members to produce high performing technical teams

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