Test Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a automation test engineer About this RoleThe IPO is a modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively. In order to provide up to date services to our customers systems need to be developed, improved and maintained. This position plays a pivotal role in ensuringthe core applications are reviewed and continually improved.You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role you will work within a multi-disciplinary squad using several technologies to build enterprise grade services. You will be expectedto be proactive and take accountability for assigned deliveries. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. Opportunities to contribute to the technical strategy are also available.As a multi-skilled individual, you will have the opportunities to develop and mature skills in a core role but extend this to skills typically aligned to other role types. You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop.Main Duties- Be responsible for the design, coding, testing and documentation for robust, scalable and reusables solutions that deliver exceptional user experience using DevOps best practice- Work closely with software developers to reach a common understanding of the code base and test coverage at unit level- Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver highly user focused and successful digital services ensuring governance standards are adhered to.- Assist in implementing toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability- Build automated tests to support our continuous deployment environment- Identify, incidents, risks and issues in line with ITIL standards- Drive your own training and self-development, keeping skills up to date and learning new skills- Share knowledge and expertise with your wider team, aspire to be a role model within the organisation, champion our culture of learning, development, cross-company collaboration and teamwork- Embrace a continuous improvement ethos.- Keeping an open mind and exploring innovative ways to solve problems, working in a fail-fast fashion to provide required functionality.- Promote and display the IPO and Civil Service ValuesTechnical Skills and ExperienceEssential- Experience in delivering technical solutions- Good understanding of a mainstream automation testing framework such as Serenity- Experience in a mainstream development language- Experience in Web Services, REST- Experience with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile- Understanding of DevOps principlesDesirable- Experience with API Automation tools, such as Java, Serenity, BDD-Cucumber, Spring Boot and Rest-Assured- Experience with API Performance TestingJMeter/Java- Experience with End to End automationSerenity, Selenium-Web driver/Java- Experience with running API Test Manually using tools such as PostMan- Experience with Java and Spring- Experience with Unit Testing- Experience with SQL Server 2012+- Experience with Git or another source control toolInterested , please send me your CV