Test Automation Engineer

VPN Global; Altrincham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

VPN Global Testing Services Ltd. is seeking an enthusiastic Automation Test Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automated tests, ensuring quality through CI/CD pipelines.

You will design scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing and integrate them into CI/CD to enable continuous testing throughout development cycles. Collaborate with developers and QA teams to ensure test coverage, report defects, and optimize test design.

Qualifications

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for functional, regression and performance testing.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Identify, report and track defects with development teams to ensure quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous testing during development cycles.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to ensure test coverage and alignment with application requirements.
• Identify, report, and track defects discovered during test execution and work with the development team to resolve them.
• Maintain and refactor test scripts to ensure scalability, efficiency, and compatibility with application changes.
• Optimize test execution times by eliminating redundancies and improving test design.
• Generate and analyse automated test reports, providing insights into test results and software quality.
• Perform load and performance testing to validate the system’s scalability and reliability under stress.
• Stay updated with new testing tools and techniques, constantly improving the automation framework.

Skills

Cloud native environments

Automation testing concepts

CI/CD understanding

Team collaboration

Test reporting

Education

ISTQB Certification

AWS Certifications (Associate)

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Cypress

Jenkins

GitLab CI

TestNG

JUnit

Cucumber

Git

Jira

Job description

VPN Global Testing Services Ltd. have been established as a Software Development and Information Technology Services Company with main goal to provide quality IT services to clients globally. We deliver technology-driven business solutions that meet the strategic objectives of our clients. We develop, implement, maintain and support the IT applications by providing smart and intelligent solutions, high quality and low-cost service.

We believe that IT should actually help you to run your business more effectively and efficiently. We understand that the IT requirements of your business may vary as your company grows and changes, which is why we are committed to delivering cost effective Solutions. We are looking for a Enthusiastic Automation Test Engineer for our growing team.

As the Test Automation Engineer you will be responsible for the: designing, developing, and maintenance of automated tests, making sure the quality of software through the use of CI/CD pipelines.

Key areas of responsibilities:

• Design and develop automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous testing during development cycles.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to ensure test coverage and alignment with application requirements.
• Identify, report, and track defects discovered during test execution and work with the development team to resolve them.
• Maintain and refactor test scripts to ensure scalability, efficiency, and compatibility with application changes.
• Optimize test execution times by eliminating redundancies and improving test design.
• Generate and analyse automated test reports, providing insights into test results and software quality.
• Perform load and performance testing to validate the system’s scalability and reliability under stress.
• Stay updated with new testing tools and techniques, constantly improving the automation framework.

Key skills we are looking for:

• Understanding of Software Engineering principles, ideally within a cloud native environment
• Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, or Cypress for functional and UI testing.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD processes and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) for seamless test integration.
• Understanding of testing frameworks like TestNG, JUnit, or Cucumber for efficient test execution and reporting.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and bug tracking tools (e.g., Jira) for collaboration and issue management
• Certifications (beneficial to have): - ISTQB Certified Tester - AWS certifications, eg. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Qualification:

• Certification : - Certifications (beneficial to have): - ISTQB Certified Tester