QA Automation - Test Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Automation Test Engineer to join our dynamic team and support the build of digital services, applications, and systems for the buyer; writing and testing code to create and amend applications and infrastructure with automated and manual testing being used to make sure it works, is high quality and is bug free.

The successful candidate should have SC clearance and available immediately.

Requirements

• Strong experience in UI testing.
• Strong experience in API testing using RestAssured, RestSharp, Postman/Newman and Bruno.
• Work alongside other testers both within your team and the wider community to solve problems and enable consistent solutions and strategies.
• Build automation test solutions that help to assure the quality of our products, contribute towards their design, and look for ways to improve the value automation adds.
• Ensure that usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are Embedded in the development of services.
• Take a risk based, context driven approach to agile testing assessing and understanding the risks to drive decisions.
• Be supporting Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines to run a full range of tests against our products and assure our builds.
• Maintain traceability of testing, risks, defects, and report progress to appropriate stakeholders.
• Be willing to challenge assumptions and current processes to help us improve our quality and our products.
• Demonstrable skills in a modern programming language and software engineering practices and aptitude to learn more.
• Experience building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated tests against UI's and API's including contributing to improving frameworks and automation suites.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Java, Java Script & Type script etc.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to understand application features and create robust test plans.
• Execute automated tests and analyze results to identify issues and ensure software quality.
• Develop and maintain test frameworks and tools to support automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to improve test coverage and code quality.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and work with developers to resolve them.
• Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices in software testing and automation.
• Proven experience as Automation test engineer with strong Scripting in Java, Java script, Python & Type Scripting languages.
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Karate, Selenium, Serenity, Cucumber BDD, JUnit, TestNG, or similar.
• Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. shift left principles and tools like Jenkins, Git, or similar.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Adaptable team player who understands agile ways of working and shift left principles eg CI/CD.
• Knowledge of non-functional testing eg Performance, Security and Accessibility.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Certification in software testing or related fields.