QA Engineer

QA Engineer vacancy hybrid in Chester (Minimum 3 days onsite) - £40,000-£50,000

Automation / Selenium / SQL / Agile

I'm looking for a Test Engineer to join an Agile delivery team within an established organisation. You'll be embedding quality throughout the SDLC and playing a key role in both manual and automated testing as the business continues to modernise its technology.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working closely with IT, Product, Projects and wider business stakeholders, you'll support delivery across SCRUM and KANBAN teams, contributing to both current platforms and future cloud-based solutions.

You'll have real influence over test strategy, automation frameworks, and overall quality practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Test script creation and execution across functional, integration, end-to-end and regression testing

Building and maintaining automation frameworks

Embedding test automation early in solution design and development

Working with stakeholders to ensure full coverage of functional requirements

Producing clear test reports to communicate progress and risk

Defining and documenting automation test strategies per project

Mentoring team members on QA best practice

Actively identifying and communicating risks and issues

Supporting continuous improvement of QA processes and controls

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Hands-on experience writing and executing test cases

Strong working knowledge ofSelenium IDE or similar automation tools

Experience with SQL Server and querying databases

Knowledge of UX and web-based/cloud application testing

Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills

Understanding of client-server applications, system architecture and networking

DESIRABLE (NOT ESSENTIAL)

ISTQB certification

Experience with Azure Dev Ops

Continuous delivery environments

Test-driven development (TDD)

ITIL awareness

Experience with infinancial services environments

Salesforce CRM exposure

Confidence working with senior stakeholders

TO BE CONSIDERED

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