Noel Fleming
Test Engineering Manager @Instem
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WORK HISTORY
Test Engineering Manager @Instem
Liverpool, GB
A direct line manager to six team members and responsibility for management and implementation of automation, performance and security testing across the company working with stakeholders from all levels.· Supporting recruitment in all stages.· Support team members in scrum teams, ensuring they had the right tools, skills and support.· Conducting one to one sessions, biannual reviews and working with team members to support their development and wellbeing.· Hosted knowledge sharing sessions and team building events for our teams.· Volunteered to be a Vision and Values champion for the whole company, including hosting vision and values sessions for new recruits.SECURITY TESTING· Designed and embedded the security testing procedure alongside our information security management team.· Managed engagement with external third party to scope, execute and finalise results following tests.· Built a successful business case for the executive team to recruit a permanent security tester.· Increased testing engagement across four years from one test in 2020 to ten tests in 2024.· The process prevented critical and high issues being released to production.PERFORMANCE TESTING· Built a successful business case to build this test function as an internal team.· Conducted a tool analysis, followed by the implementation of JMeter.· Collaborated with teams to develop and expand our knowledge on performance requirements.· Designing and executing tests to ensure the products were performant.· Reported project results to all levels of the company including the executive team.AUTOMATION TESTING· Working with 3 automation testers to implement and maintain automation suites.· Supported development of an automation testing framework using Selenium, Specflow and Page Object Model (POM).· Collaborated with our validation department to produce documented evidence of the automation testing results.· Supported upskilling of scrum teams to use automation.
EDUCATION
Edge Hill University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing Systems and Software
SKILLS
ABOUT NOEL FLEMING
An experienced Test Manager with a strong track record in managing, scaling and improving software testing processes and collaboration to deliver quality solutions to customers. Experience of introducing and embedding new test functions including automation, non-functional performance and security testing, working across multiple product lines within geographically dispersed teams. As a test manager actively worked to grow and retain the test team members, including being active in the recruitment process alongside conducting collaboration events to engage the team.
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