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QA Automation Engineer

hackajob

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days ago

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Job summary

Hackajob is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join a dynamic tech team. You'll work on automated testing and ensuring product quality through Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in automation practices and a strong understanding of testing frameworks and tools relevant to continuous delivery.

Qualifications

  • Must have SC clearance and preferably NPPV3.
  • 5+ years relevant experience required.
  • Proficiency in quality assurance practices and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Define acceptance criteria and testing DOD for stories.
  • Automate tests and ensure adequate test coverage.
  • Collaborate with product teams to improve quality metrics.

Skills

API testing
Automation Testing
Agile
TDD
Scripting

Tools

Postman
Cypress
Docker
Gitlab
JUnit
SonarQube
Jenkins
Selenium

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About us:

NTT DATA is a trusted global innovator with over 100,000 employees in more than 50 countries. They maintain the agility and creativity of a start-up, despite being part of the larger NTT Group, which has been evolving since the 1950s in Japan. Their technological advancements include developments in robotics, proprietary operating systems, mobile technology, IoT, and 6G antennae.

Their services span consulting, systems development, and outsourcing, focusing on sectors like telecommunications, media, financial services, manufacturing, and the public sector in the UK.

Job Description:

The team you'll be working with:

The Testing team you will be working with is providing cutting-edge Technology and they are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join their Tech team with some experience in BDD, Automation Testing, Agile (Scrum) and scripting.

Must have SC clearance and NPPV3 is preferable

What you'll be doing:

This role will include but is not limited to:

  • Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story.
  • Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of product delivery at the unit and component layer.
  • Performing exploratory testing at all levels.
  • Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live.
  • Automating tests where required.
  • Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs.
  • Ensure the team define tests to validate NFR’s at the appropriate level.
  • Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery.
  • Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format this is consumable by those who have asked for them.
  • Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage.
  • Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment.
  • Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery.
  • Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefits within the team.
  • Assure team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practices, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to.

What experience you'll bring:

  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working in Agile delivery teams using TDD with Java and be able to work autonomously.
  • Experience with PACT frameworks that enable Consumer Contract testing is desirable.
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in the Automation Testing process.
  • Exposure to command line and scripting languages for at least one OS (Windows or Linux).
  • Able to unit test the framework built.

The following qualifications and experience are required for the QA Automation Engineer position:

  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
  • Expertise in API testing using Postman
  • Proficiency in Cypress and Docker for containerized testing
  • Proven track record of utilizing Gitlab for storing test automation
  • Strong foundation in TDD using Junit
  • Familiarity with SonarQube, Jenkins, Splunk, Gatling, Serenity, Cucumber, Selenium, Wiremock, Hamcrest, AWS Cloudwatch, Jira, and Confluence

Nice to have:

  • Experience with mocks and stubs
  • Advanced knowledge of DevOps and Agile Development
  • Ability to lead projects and design test strategies

Who we are:

We’re a business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and we undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Our advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Our inclusive work environment prioritises mutual respect, accountability, and continuous learning for all our people. This approach fosters collaboration, well-being, growth, and agility, leading to a more diverse, innovative, and competitive organisation. We are also proud to share that we have a range of Inclusion Networks such as: the Women’s Business Network, Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network and the Parent Network.

Seniority level
  • Seniority level
    Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Employment type
    Full-time
Job function
  • Job function
    Engineering and Quality Assurance
  • Industries
    Software Development, Technology, Information and Media, and IT System Custom Software Development

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