Quality Assurance Engineer

Harvey Nash; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a QA Engineer for a 12-month contract based in Edinburgh with remote working options. The role demands functional and automation Quality Assurance expertise, including the ability to develop QA strategies. Candidates should have extensive knowledge of testing tools like JIRA and automated testing tools like Selenium. Experience with various programming languages and public sector experience is preferred. Apply now for this exciting opportunity.

Qualifications

• Must have functional and automation Quality Assurance expertise.
• Ability to create and deliver QA strategies/solutions.
• Public sector experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide QA expertise for functional and automation testing.
• Create and deliver QA strategies to meet project requirements.

Skills

Experience with testing/QA tools

Automating web-based systems

Knowledge of automated testing tools

Automated Test Reporting via Cucumber

Version control and release software

Automation within Agile framework

Various programming languages

Understanding of software architectures

Knowledge of testing methodologies

Experience with MS Dynamics

Tools

JIRA

ALM

Azure DevOps

Selenium

Cypress

GIT

Job description

Harvey Nash is now inviting candidates to apply for the 12-month contract role of QA Engineer.

• Edinburgh/Remote working
• Outside of IR35
• Public sector experience is preferred

The candidate will be required to provide functional and automation Quality Assurance (QA) expertise. Candidates applying must have the ability to create and deliver functional and automation QA strategies/solutions to meet project requirements.

If you have a mix of the listed below experience, please submit your CV for consideration.

• Extensive knowledge of using testing/QA tools i.e. JIRA, ALM, Azure, Dev Ops, Zepher etc.
• Ability to automate front web-based end to end systems, interfaces, cross browser/device, mobile apps and other applications.
• Comprehensive knowledge of automated testing tools i.e. Selenium, Webdriver I/O, Cypress
• Automated Test Reporting via Cucumber
• Familiarity with version control and release software i.e GIT, Subversion, Azure DevOps, Jenkins or team city
• Proven track record of automation within an Agile framework i.e. DevOps, CI/CD or FDD
• Aptitude to working with various languages and frameworks including C++, C#, Java, Javascript, .NET, SQL, VBA/VBScript, shell scripting.
• Understanding of software architectures - SOA, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, Client Server and experience of validating Cloud and Azure based solutions.
• Understanding testing & QA methodologies i.e. Agile (BDD, TDD, ATDD), Kanban, Waterfall and V-Model
• Previous experience of MS Dynamics, MS Power Apps and the Power Platform