Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job description

Core Duties and Responsibilities

Successful candidate will be responsible for managing the following activities and providing oversight and transparency across the release process.

• Contribute to the test automation strategy and framework.
• Provide input into defining the appropriate test approach and strategies in collaboration with the Scrum Teams to ensure effective test preparation and execution is produced for both manual and automated testing.
• Determine the adequate level of test coverage in collaboration with the Scrum Team.
• Define the entry and exit criteria to the appropriate test phases and make recommendations.
• Understand the functional and technical requirements of the various products supported to prioritise the roll out of test automation.
• Understand requirements, design specifications and convert them into test scripts.
• Provide the creation and execution of test scripts both manual and automated.
• Analyse test results to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Conduct test reviews throughout the development lifecycle, to identify any artefacts that are not fit for purpose.
• Create and maintain automation test libraries.
• Responsible for logging and tracking defects, and will work closely with developers, project managers, and product owner to ensure quality testing is taking place in a timely manner.
• Provide effective communication to all stakeholders to support the delivery of the product increments according to the definition of done.
• Maintain a high degree of knowledge on current technologies, tools, and software test methodologies.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across UK, Europe and India delivery teams.
• Adherence to all Regulatory, Security and Compliance requirements.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience skills and behaviours:

• Proven QA automation experience, in particular
  • experience in system-level testing using Java, Selenium, Maven, and Jenkins
  • experience in REST usage and testing (Rest Assured, Postman)
• Strong understanding of automation frameworks and workflows, in particular
  • designing tests based on mock-ups, specifications and acceptance criteria
  • experience in version control systems (GIT)
  • experience in continuous testing in Jenkins and/or Azure DevOps
• Basic SQL scripting skills
• Experience with agile methodologies across multiple teams.
• Experience in use of defect management tools, in particular Jira
• Experience of cross browser/device, responsive and accessibility testing.
• Experience in the financial sector preferred but not essential.
• Experience in training onshore and offshore resources would be an advantage.
• Ability to communicate about IT and technology in plain-English and in non-technical terms to colleagues and Clients.
• Must be flexible, independent and self-motivated.
• Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure.

Required Skills

• Automation of functional testing
• Automation using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, TestNG
• Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA IDE
• Maven, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
• API Testing REST using Rest-Assured or Postman
• MySQL knowledge
• Agile methodologies

Desirable Skills

• Non-functional testing

• Performance Testing using tools like JMeter, LoadRunner

• Knowledge and experience of
  • Tests parallelization using Selenium Grid
  • Containers like Docker
  • Containers-orchestration system like Kubernetes