Test Automation Engineer

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology business is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join the Test & Validation Management team in Hatfield. This permanent role requires a minimum of 3 years’ experience, a strong background in PowerShell, and the ability to work within an Agile framework. The engineer will be pivotal in developing and maintaining automation solutions for key customers, enhancing business processes and ensuring high-quality code delivery.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Option to buy additional holiday

Health and wellbeing benefits, including a virtual GP service

Exclusive discounts from technology partners (HP, Dell, Apple)

Qualifications

• 3+ years of support and/or development experience required.
• In-depth knowledge of PowerShell and Agile design principles.
• Experience contributing to a DevOps environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop scripted solutions to automate existing processes.
• Review documentation and develop workflow-based automation.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for solutions developed by the team.

Skills

PowerShell

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Problem Solving

Python

Shell Scripting

Tools

Azure Devops

Git

Bitbucket

Job description

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Test Automation Engineer

Location: UK - Hatfield, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham | Job-ID: 214113 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

Life on the team

Role title: Test Automation Engineer
Location: Hatfield, Nottingham or Milton Keynes (on-site full time)
Duration: Permanent

Additional Comments: You should already have, or the ability to undertake Security Clearance

Computacenter is looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer who will join our Test & Validation Management team supporting major customers. The role will be UK based to provide support to secure customers.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3-4 years’ experience, ideally with a track record of developing scripted solutions for IT Operational Teams within PowerShell. You will be a key member of the team, developing and maintaining the automation codebase, responsible for leading the support of tools/automations for key customers, automating existing test scenarios to deliver solutions for both internal and customer systems. You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, work within an agile framework and have strong organisation and problem-solving skills, whilst also having the ability to assess and prioritise tasks without close supervision.

You’ll also get:

A competitive basic salary

• The option to buy additional holiday
• Health and wellbeing benefits including a virtual GP service
• Exclusive discounts from our technology partners (HP, Dell, Apple etc)

If you think this could be you, and you’d enjoy working for a leading global technology business, then apply today!

What you’ll do

• Develop scripted solutions to replace / supplement business processes.
• Review requirement documentation and develop workflow-based automation.
• Act as a SME for number of solutions developed by the team and support/assist end users to leverage complete benefit of the solution.
• Continual delivery of new applications / features to a high quality by consistently reviewing other developers code and communicating / providing feedback when required.
• Stakeholder engagement will be key, and you will establish and maintain good relationships with the stakeholders both internally and in the customer organisation, and the various service delivery teams within Computacenter.
• Champion Automation within the organisation.

What you’ll need

• Install and configure solutions for the new customer and assist internal and external users with support queries.
• Participate with the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications/automations
• Provide suggestions for process and product improvement
• Oversee and ensure the quality code from other developers in the team
• Understand the principles of good software design development and be able to communicate those to the team
• Working to SLAs and deadlines
• Prioritising and managing several tasks at a single time
• Establishing a good working relationship with wider teams and customers alike
• Keeping up to date with advancements in technology
• Document writing / process creation

Key Requirements

• 3+ years of support and / or development experience
• A strong understanding of agile design principles
• Working in Agile/Scrum environments
• In depth knowledge of PowerShell
• Basic understanding of C#, .NET
• Experience of using a source code control system (Azure Devops, Git, Bitbucket)
• Confidence to challenge existing design practices and processes
• Ability to write unit tests and feature tests
• Experience contributing to a DevOps environment (testing, CI, CD, automation)
• Awareness of automation principles and market leading automation software
• Holds current driving licence and able and willing to drive
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Python, Ansible, Shell Scripting
• Knowledge of ITIL, ISO 20000 & ISO 27000

Please note, this role requires SC clearance, so you'll need to meet the SC eligibility criteria to apply.

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, enabling people and their business.