Senior Automation Test Analyst
Posted 2 weeks ago by Foresters Financial
£65,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
BR2, Bromley Town, Greater London
Summary: The Senior Automation Test Analyst will lead automation testing efforts within a manual QA team, collaborating with Business Analysts and Developers to automate tests for key product workflows. This role involves ensuring software quality through structured testing methods and executing automated test suites for functional, integration, and regression testing. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in Bromley, Kent, with some flexibility for remote work after training. The analyst will also provide guidance on best practices and support the development of automated regression testing tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Guide the team in daily automation testing activities and resolve immediate testing issues.
- Support development and enrichment of automated regression testing tools.
- Analyze existing manual tests to automate them and create comprehensive test suites.
- Work with testers, business analysts, and developers to ensure correct test conditions.
- Identify appropriate and comprehensive test data requirements.
- Execute tests in a timely manner and manage defects effectively.
- Provide high-quality results analysis to the Test Manager and stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Solid experience in Test Automation.
- Demonstrable recent experience using Test Complete.
- Experience with Java.
- Good Microsoft Azure DevOps experience or similar.
- Experience in IT project and programme support services, preferably in Financial Services.
- Experience testing web-based systems.
- Good understanding of databases and database structures.
- Experience in writing SQL queries.
- Understanding of XML use and interrogation.
- Experience working in an agile environment.
Salary (Rate): £65,000 yearly
City: Bromley
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Automation Test Analyst
Location: Bromley, Kent
Salary: up to £65,000
Fixed Term Contract 12 months
As our Senior Automation Test lead on a 12 month Fixed term Contract you will work with the manual QA Test team, Business Analysts & Developers in order to automate tests for Key Product Workflows as part of Functional, Integration, and Regression Testing.
You will be responsible for ensuring software quality by testing, produced using Structured Testing Methods and existing frameworks in order to execute automated test suites to find defects, through Sprint, Integration and Regression testing activities prior to the release.
Your day to day will include:
- Guide the team in daily automation testing activities, be a source of automation best practice knowledge, resolve immediate testing issues and blockers and escalate such things where necessary via the QA & Test Manager
- Support development and enrichment of automated regression testing tools
- Analysis of existing manual tests in order to automate them and create full flowing test suites that have superb error handling and trapping in-built
- Analysis of specifications and user stories working with testers, business analysts, system designers and development to ensure correct test conditions
- Identifying appropriate and comprehensive test data requirements
- Executing tests in a timely manner, raising and managing defects in a way that demonstrates quality of information is paramount
- Providing high quality results analysis to the Test Manager and other stakeholders
Working hours are 40 hours a week Monday to Friday. Start times can vary from 8am to 9.30am. After a successful training period there is flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week.
What we require
- Solid experience in Test Automation.
- Demonstrable recent experience using Test Complete.
- Experience with Java
- Good Microsoft Azure DevOps experience or similar will be a distinct advantage
- Demonstrable experience of IT project and programme support services preferably acquired within Financial Services.
- Experience of testing on web-based systems
- Good understanding of databases, and database structures
- Good experience in writing SQL queries
- Understanding of use and interrogation of XML
- Experience of working in an agile environment.
What we offer you
- Competitive Salary – Up to £65,000 per annum, based on experience and skills
- Generous Leave – 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays to recharge and relax
- Life Assurance – Coverage of 4x your pensionable earnings for peace of mind
- Pension Scheme – Contributory plan to help you invest in your future
- Give Back Day – 1 paid day per year to support a charity of your choice
- Wellbeing Support – Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for confidential help and guidance