Architect

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology,

Engineering, Banking and Finance, Business Administration or a related field.

• ISTQB Advanced Level (Test Manager or Test Analyst) is strongly preferred; ISTQB

Foundation Level is required as a minimum.

• A recognised credit or banking qualification (for example a bank credit skills certification,

CFA, ACCA or CA) is advantageous.

• Project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2, or Agile certification such as

CSM or PSM, is advantageous.

Preferred Experience

• 10+ years in software testing and quality assurance, of which at least 6 years in a test lead or

test manager capacity with team management responsibility.

• Demonstrable functional expertise in credit processes and the business processes of MSME, Mid

Corporate and Large Corporate lending, gained in a bank or on banking implementations.

• At least two end-to-end lending, loan origination or credit decisioning implementations taken

from test planning through to Go-Live.

• Proven experience authoring a test strategy and master test plan that passed formal programme

and audit scrutiny.

• Proven hands-on test design and execution experience that has been retained rather than left

behind on promotion.

• Experience testing integrations with external spreading and rating engines, credit bureaux,

national identity services and partner lending platforms.

• Experience of non-functional test oversight, sufficient to direct and challenge a specialist

performance tester.

• Experience planning and leading UAT to a documented business acceptance decision.
• UAE or wider GCC banking experience is strongly preferred, with familiarity with UAE central

bank regulatory expectations.

• Demonstrated experience working in Agile, hybrid and vendor-led delivery models.
• Arabic language ability is advantageous.