Test Automation Engineer - 12 month FTC

Summary: The Test Automation Engineer will play a pivotal role in a high-profile Government body, focusing on automation testing within a busy Test Team. This position involves leading testing initiatives, developing automated test scripts, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. The role requires collaboration with Agile Development Teams to enhance testing strategies and processes. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in Brighton, requiring 1-2 days a week on-site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and peer-review the work of other test team members.
• Conduct investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
• Contribute to the test strategy team and advise on automation testing with recommendations for improvement.
• Develop the product and development teams' approach to testing, including frameworks for test-driven development.
• Design and develop automated test scripts focusing on SQL-based data validation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Be 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.

Key Skills:

• 5+ years of automation and manual testing experience of web-based applications.
• Knowledge and experience with Playwright and ReqnRoll / Specflow.
• Proficient in C#.Net and SQL Server.
• Experience in crafting automation tests and demonstrating test frameworks and pipelines.
• Familiarity with RESTful services, Message Queues, and Relational Databases.
• Proficient in SQL scripting and writing sophisticated queries.
• Experience with a range of testing methodologies and techniques, including agile.
• Ability to write test procedures, plans, and report development/implementation.

Salary (Rate): £65,000

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT