Test Automation Engineer

Job Description

A leading cloud based software company currently requires a Test Automation Engineer to join them on a permanent basis. This can either be in their Reigate or Manchester offices with only 1 day per week expected to be in the office. The Test Automation Engineerrole is designed to fill the gap between a QA Engineer and Software Engineer. The individual who fills this role will have the duty to develop tools and methods for testing in a scripted and automated manner. The focus for a Test Automation Engineer is onautomation of test procedures, but testing should not be limited to Automation, with a capacity for manual testing where necessary.Key Responsibilities

• Creation and maintenance of Automated test frameworks for the products architecture
• Assisting the development of product code via pair development and/or reviews
• Assist the Test Manager to create test run reporting assets to aid the SDLC
• Setting up the infrastructure to run tests and maintain test environments
• Utilise a risk-based approach to development of tools and scripts
• When required, executing some manual test cases
• Contribution to Process Improvements across the Engineering department, not limited to Test Quality
• Creation and roll-out of new or updated Engineering-wide Quality Strategy guidelines and procedures
• Provide support to all levels of the business where required
• Review requirements, specifications, user documentation, help files, and other project documentation to assure quality of the products and tests to be developed; i.e., perform manual static testing.
• Select and develop appropriate test automation tools, applying the latest techniques in test automation; e.g., data-driven testing.
• Use risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites for various Software Cafeteria products; i.e., perform automated dynamic testing.
• Work with the Development team to capture and reuse automated Unit Test Cases, Test Stubs and Drivers, and other Development test objects.
• Participate in the Change Control Board to identify the quality implications of known bugs and the impact of proposed changes to product definition on the testing process.
• Work with the Engineering team to create and maintain an automated nightly build verification ("smoke") test.
• Assist the Test Manager in the creation of test project status reports and metrics (e.g., Test Dashboard).

Requirements

• 2+ years experience working in a Test Automation or equivalent role
• 1+ year hands on experience with API test tools such as Postman to create automation suites
• 1+ year experience with front-end test tools such as Selenium or Cypress
• Proficiency in at least 1 programming language
• Experience working in an Agile team
• Good communication skills
• Propensity to problem solve
• Experience with automated testing techniques and tools
• Familiarity with build pipelines and test integration

• Knowledge of Behaviour Driven Development
• Used cloud-based services preferred AWS as part of the SDLC
• Experience with Security and Performance testing techniques and tools
• Worked with tools such as Loadrunner or jMeter
• Worked with tools such as Zap
• Knowledge of contact centre, marketing tech and SaaS

Benefits£45k-£60k

• 22 days holiday (increasing to 23 after 1 years service, and 24 after 2 years service)
• Private family healthcare
• Auto Enrolment pension savings
• Life Assurance x 4 salary
• Ride2Work Scheme
• Business handset (If required)
• Breakfast club
• Flexible working

Keyskills :
SDLCSeleniumTest AutomationCypressSaaSAPItestengineeragileAWScloudautomationPostmanTest Automation EngineerLoadrunnerfront-endjMeterZapautomation suites