Test Automation Specialist

Test Automation Specialist

Posted 4 days ago by Infoplus Technologies UK Limited

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Negotiable
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Hybrid
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Test Automation Engineer role in Cardiff, UK, is a contract position focused on developing and maintaining test automation frameworks. The engineer will collaborate with the development team to enhance testing strategies and practices while integrating automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline. The position requires a strong background in building complex test automation frameworks and a commitment to continuous improvement in testing methodologies. This role is classified as inside IR35 and offers a hybrid working arrangement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Defining tools and frameworks to develop and maintain test automation.
  • Identification of test automation opportunities.
  • Work closely with the development team to define strategy and best practices.
  • Looking for opportunities to “Shift left” testing and test automation.
  • Providing clear and accurate documentation for the tests and test automation.
  • Contributing towards the continuous improvement of testing and test automation practices.
  • Integrating automated tests with the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Sharing Best Practice and owning the testing process in all cadence ceremonies.
  • Keeping skills up to date by following advancements in testing and test automation.

Key Skills:

  • At least 5 to 8 years of experience in building complex test automation frameworks from scratch using JavaScript or TypeScript.
  • Must have UI automation experience.
  • Hands-on experience using Selenium WebDriver with JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Involved in automation frameworks building.
  • Good to have experience with Percy and BrowserStack.
  • Good to have API automation experience/component integration testing experience with Postman or similar tools.
  • Experience in Azure DevOps for integrating automated testing into a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins or GitLab runner.
  • Proficient in Playwright (JavaScript) and Node.js languages (JavaScript/TypeScript).
  • Version control operations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
  • Strong experience in BDD with Cucumber or similar framework.
  • Basic Object-Oriented Programming knowledge.
  • Experience of working in an agile environment and the role of QA in agile ceremonies.
  • Knowledge of Jira, Zephyr for Test Management.
  • Proficient testing experience.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Cardiff

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role/Job title: Test Automation Engineer

Work Location: Cardiff, UK

Role type: Contracting InsideIR35

Mode of working: Hybrid

Duration of assignment: 6 months and can extend

The Role: Test Automation Engineer

Your responsibilities:

  • Defining tools and frameworks to develop and maintain test automation.
  • Identification of test automation opportunities.
  • Work closely with the development team to define strategy and best practices.
  • Looking for opportunities to “Shift left” testing and test automation.
  • Providing clear and accurate documentation for the tests and test automation.
  • Contributing towards the continuous improvement of testing and test automation practices.
  • Integrating automated tests with the CI/CD pipeline
  • Sharing Best Practice and owning the testing process is in all cadence ceremonies.
  • You will also be expected to keep your skills up to date by following advancements in testing and test automation.

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

  • At least 5 to 8 years of experience in building complex test automation framework from scratch using JavaScript or TypeScript.
  • Must have UI automation experience.
  • Hands-on using Selenium WebDriver with Java Script/TypeScript.
  • Involved in Automation frameworks building.
  • Good to have experience with Percy and browser stack.
  • Good to have API Automation experience/component integration testing experience with Postman or similar tools.
  • Experience in Azure DevOps to integrating automated testing into a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins or GitLab runner.
  • Playwright (JavaScript) Node Js languages (JavaScript/Typescript)
  • Version control operations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
  • Strong experience in BDD with Cucumber or similar framework
  • Basic Object-Oriented Programming knowledge
  • Experience of working in an agile environment and the role of QA in agile ceremonies
  • Knowledge on Jira, Zephyr for Test Management
  • Proficient Testing experience
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