Automation Test Specialist
Posted Today by CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
£472 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford, Shropshire
Summary: The Automation Test Specialist role involves designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and pipelines for analytics solutions on the SAS Viya 4 platform within an IT consultancy focused on a UK government programme. The position requires collaboration with Agile teams and stakeholders to ensure test coverage aligns with business requirements. A proactive approach and SC security clearance are essential for this role. The position is hybrid, requiring two days per week in the office in Telford.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, retrospectives, demos, and reporting.
- Utilise strong stakeholder management and communication skills to collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, and Business Analysts.
- Ensure appropriate automation tooling is implemented to meet business and technical needs.
- Design and implement automation test strategies and plans for SAS Viya 4 applications.
- Develop and maintain test scripts using automation frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in test automation for data-driven or analytics platforms.
- Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, PyTest, JUnit.
- Experience testing UI-based applications, ideally SAS Visual Analytics or similar BI tools.
- Proven experience with integration testing of data pipelines and services.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests using tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
Salary (Rate): £472/day
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Job Title: Automation Test Specialist (Minerva VAT TxR)
Rate: £472 per day inside ir35
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford/hybrid (2 days per week in the office)
SC security clearance is required for this role
We are seeking a proactive Test Automation Specialist to join an IT consultancy and digital transformation organisation working on a long-standing UK government programme. You'll focus on designing, developing and maintaining automated test frameworks and pipelines to support analytics solutions on the SAS Viya 4 platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working as part of an Agile team participate in ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, retrospectives, demos and reporting.
- Utilise strong Stakeholder Management and communication skills to collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, and Business Analysts to ensure test coverage aligns with business requirements and technical specifications
- Ensure that appropriate automation tooling is implemented and utilised to meet business and technical needs.
- Design and implement automation test strategies and plans for SAS Viya 4 applications, for UI based Visual Analytics (VA) and Intelligent Decisioning (ID), as well as for integration testing of data pipelines.
- Develop and maintain test scripts using appropriate automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, PyTest, JUnit) and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Strong experience in test automation for data-driven or analytics platforms.
- Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, PyTest, JUnit (or equivalent).
- Experience testing UI-based applications (ideally SAS Visual Analytics or similar BI tools).
- Proven experience with integration testing of data pipelines and services.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests using tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, contributing to ceremonies and sprint delivery.
Technical Environment (Desirable):
- Experience with SAS Viya 4 (or SAS Viya 3.x) platforms.
- Knowledge of SAS Visual Analytics (VA) and Intelligent Decisioning (ID).
- Understanding of containerised platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes.
- Experience with Git-based version control and branching strategies.
If you are interested in this role, please feel free to submit your CV