Test Automation Engineer - 12 month FTC

DATA+; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Test Automation Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role involves leading a dynamic test team to enhance testing strategies and frameworks, ensuring high-quality automated testing processes. You will collaborate closely with Agile development teams and have the opportunity to work on critical projects that support public services. If you are passionate about automation testing and thrive in a collaborative environment, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact while enjoying excellent employee benefits.

Benefits

Excellent Pension

Employee Benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in automation and manual testing of web applications.
• Strong knowledge in C#.Net and SQL Server with automation test crafting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the test team and peer-review work, focusing on process improvements.
• Develop automated test scripts and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Playwright

ReqnRoll / Specflow

Selenium

TDD

SQL Server

C#.Net

Automated Testing

Job description

Join to apply for the Test Automation Engineer - 12 month FTC role at DATA+.

This range is provided by DATA+. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Location: Hybrid / Brighton (1-2 days a week in Brighton)

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 (plus bonus, Excellent Pension and Employee Benefits)

12 month Fixed Term Contract

Skills: Playwright or ReqnRoll / Specflow, Selenium, TDD, SQL Server, C#.Net, Automated Testing

Join a busy and successful Test Team, working alongside Agile Dev Teams to deliver on a range of important projects. Our Client is a high profile Government body that provides essential services to protect peoples savings in the UK. If you are an experienced Automation Tester who can prioritize and is a natural problem solver with a 'can-do' approach, please get in touch!

Responsibilities

• Lead and peer-review the work of other test team members. Lead on investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
• Input into the test strategy team and advise on automation testing with recommendations for improvement.
• From scratch, develop the product and development teams' approach to testing — e.g., a framework for test-driven development.
• Design and develop automated test scripts with a focus on SQL-based data validation, ensuring the accuracy of data flows and transformation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Be the person on-point and overall responsible for the automation testing delivery within the Platform team.
• Demonstrate knowledge of emerging tools and techniques.
• Effectively work across different tools and software languages.

Essential

• 5+ years automation and manual testing experience of web-based applications.
• Playwright and ReqnRoll / Specflow knowledge and experience.
• Experienced in C#.Net and SQL Server.
• Experience crafting automation tests and demonstrating test frameworks and pipelines, collaborating on RESTful services, Message Queues, Relational Databases.
• Experience of SQL scripting and proven capability of writing sophisticated queries to analyze problems and interrogate data pipelines.
• Experience with a range of testing methodologies and techniques including agile, with the ability to write test procedures, plans, and reports.

Additional details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Contract
• Job function: Quality Assurance
• Industries: Public Policy Offices