Automation Test Analyst

The Vacancy

We are looking for an Automation Test Analyst to join the Software Development team. You will be providing mature agile development services for multiple customers and internal stakeholders, across a range of key software products across the business. As we evolve our products, we’re committed to using the best languages and frameworks to solve problems we face so you should feel comfortable learning and leveraging new technologies. This is a hands-on testing position to help our journey to modernise and improve how we build, test, deploy, maintain, and monitor our core platforms. Using your knowledge of testing methods and strategies to guide colleagues, you will collaborate with software testers and developers across the engineering team, ensuring we use adequate and effective tests. We want you to become the trusted adviser to co-workers on how they should be testing.

Key Responsibilities

1. Participate in multi-disciplinary, Agile teams working together to create digital solutions.
2. Introducing and maintaining test tools and frameworks relevant to the business needs and skills of the Quality Assurance Team.
3. Design and write automation scripts.
4. Ensuring the Quality Assurance Team are following best testing practices.
5. Use appropriate metrics to validate and report on software quality.
6. Advocating quality throughout the development process and make recommendations for improvements.
7. Pro-actively seeking to make continuous improvements to automation, test coverage and execution.
8. Suggest ways to improve yourself, the team, and the department through ways of working, processes, or the adoption of new technologies.

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full Time

Base location: Basingstoke or Gateshead

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

1. Excellent communication skills
2. Experience with Playwright, TestCafe or Cypress.io with TypeScript/JavaScript
3. Solid understanding of CI/CD tools, DevOps and GIT
4. Experience with defining and implementing best testing practices
5. Strong understanding of agile methods of software delivery and the principles and practices of BDD & TDD
6. Experience testing .NET C# services: REST APIs and message-based systems. Familiar with Postman/Swagger
7. Experience of shift-left testing strategies
8. Knowledge of different test layers such as unit, integration, and integrated tests
9. Experience with non-functional testing techniques and approaches
10. Experience with Angular and React testing frameworks is desirable
11. Knowledge of performance testing is desirable.

Benefits

1. Eligible for the Company’s Annual incentive scheme
2. Hybrid working opportunities
3. 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
4. Contributory pension scheme (company pays 1.5x the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 9%)
5. Life assurance - 4x your annual salary
6. Private health insurance – No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependent cover
7. Cycle to Work Scheme
8. Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
9. Enhanced family friendly policies.

Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and therefore interviews may be held prior to the closing date for this vacancy.

This position is located in the UK. To be eligible for consideration, you must be authorised to work in the UK without sponsorship.

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We want to work with people like you from all backgrounds and experiences, to help us gain a diverse workforce with a broad outlook and sharp expertise. We are looking for people unafraid to go that extra mile, bringing with them unique characteristics and abilities.

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