Automation Test Engineer
- Recruiter
- Artis Recruitment
- Location
- Somerset
- Salary
- 50000.00 - 55000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 11 Sep 2021
- Closes
- 22 Sep 2021
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Automation Test Engineer required by global organisation based out of their Bristol office with remote working. The Automation Test Engineer will support the automation of testing of the information systems for functions across multiple divisions.
You will work with our clients customers and technical experts and will be expected to develop automated test scenarios, test cases, test plans and test scripts and also, execute these tests in support of the verification and validation of solutions.
Responsibilities
- Requirement Analysis and creation of requirement traceability matrix to ensure proper test coverage.
- Write Test plan and perform the estimation for various projects
- Writing test scenarios and test cases, logging defects and test reports.
- Defining and maintaining the automation tests for applications.
- Liaising with programme teams to understand the changes to write test cases with appropriate test coverage.
- Perform automated and manual test execution.
- Knowledge of Defect Management lifecycle.
- Report risks and issues to the test lead and the test manager.
- Able to work in a fast paced environment handling multiple projects within stringent timelines.
- Ability to lead defect triage calls to discuss progress updates, daily tasks, issues, defects and resolution.
Education & Experience
Essential:
- Hands-on experience in automation testing.
- Excellent Analytic skills and good knowledge of testing processes
- Experience of functional and non-functional testing (estimation, test case development, test planning, test execution, defect lifecycle management, test reporting etc.).
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Experience to work with 3rd parties to conduct end to end testing.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of security testing and ability to understand security concepts
- Knowledge of performance testing
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent, or relevant military experience
- Testing certification from the BCS (e.g. ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Intermediate Level) or other equivalent institute
- Experience of building Automation Frameworks from scratch is desirable
- Experience of Agile methodology including practices such as Scrum or Kanban is an added benefit.
Experience of the following tools/technologies (desirable):
- HP Quality Centre or ALM
- Selenium Web Driver/Specflow
- ReadyAPI/SOAPUI Automation (Data Driven)
- JMeter/Load Runner
- JIRA
- GIT/BitBucket
- JSON/XML
- SQL & SQL Server
- Jenkins
- CI/CD pipeline
- TDD/BDD
This fantastic role comes with a starting salary to GBP55,000 p/a and is accompanied with a benefits package which includes a 7% performance related bonus, a contributary pension (They will double what you put in to a max 5% (So 15% total), 26-27 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays, Sick Pay, Private Medical Cover (BUPA), Life Insurance (6x Salary) and they will refund relevant tuition to name but a few.