QA & Automation Test Engineer

IT Global Consulting Ltd.; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Global Consulting Limited in Slough is seeking an experienced QA & Automation Test Engineer responsible for testing, maintenance, and ongoing support for the platform and acting as the internal focal point for the enterprise platform.

The role requires self-motivation and a drive to stay at the forefront of QA and automation technologies, with hands-on testing, scripting, and collaboration with software design teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a similar field.
• Previous work experience as an automation test engineer.
• Knowledge of programming languages and databases relevant to test automation.
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the software design team to talk about the different verification protocols
• Find out the weaknesses and target areas of a software application
• Come up with ideas for automated software test procedures
• Check but report and find problem areas
• Designing and installing software databases
• Figure out quality issues and creating test reports

Skills

Java

VBScript

Test automation

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Selenium

JMeter

Postman

SQL

Job description

IT Global Consulting Limited - Seeking an experienced and highly motivated ‘QA & Automation Test Engineer’ who is responsible for the Testing, maintenance, and ongoing support for the platform and acting as the internal focal point for an enterprise platform. The person should be self-motivated and ambitious, with an ongoing desire to maintain their knowledge level at the forefront of the QA & Automation Testprocess and technologies.

Role: QA & Automation Test Engineer

Location: Slough - Berkshire, UK.

Salary: £40,000 to 50,000

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the software design team to talk about the different verification protocols
• Find out the weaknesses and target areas of a software application
• Come up with ideas for automated software test procedures
• Check but report and find problem areas
• Designing and installing software databases
• Figure out quality issues and creating test reports

Test Automation Engineer Requirements

• You should have Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a similar field
• Previous work experience as an automation test engineer
• Knowledge of advanced programming skills like automation systems and databases
• Knowledge of programming script languages such as Java and VBScript.
• Detailed information about application functions,bug fixing, and testing protocols
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Project management skills

Skills, Knowledge, and qualification

Java, Selenium, JMeter, Postman

Nice to have technologies and experience:

• Nginx
• IPv4 Networking
• Software engineering (C/C++/Java/Python/Go/Rust/Node)
• Test automation
• Relational and non-relation data technologies.

The personal traits we are looking for are:

• Passion for technology
• Showing initiative
• Self-learning- Being a team player, ie take ownership of contributing to the overallteam capability and knowledge

Any of the below certifications are advantage:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for J2SE 6.0.
• Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD)
• ITILv3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management