Senior QA Automation Engineer - TDD, API & CI​/CD

Requirements

• Due to the nature of the work/client, you must have or be eligible to gain SC Clearance
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• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working in Agile delivery teams using TDD with Java and be able to work autonomously
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• Experience of PACT frameworks that enable Consumer Driven Contract testing is desirable
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• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in Automation Testing process
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• Exposure to command line and scripting languages for at least one OS (Windows or Linux)
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• Good coding skills (SOLID, DI, Design Patterns, etc.)
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• Able to unit test the framework built
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• A seasoned QA Automation Engineer
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• Experience and knowledge of API testing and the use of Postman
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• Cypress
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• Docker for running the Cypress container
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• Working with Gitlab for storage of all developed test automation
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• TDD Using Junit
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• Sonar Qube
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• Jenkins
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• Splunk
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• Gatling
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• Serenity
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• Cucumber
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• Selenium
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• Wiremock
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• Hamcrest
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• AWS Cloudwatch
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• Jira and Confluence
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• (Desirable) Mocks and stubs
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• (Desirable) Advanced Devops knowledge
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• (Desirable) Deep Agile Development knowledge
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• (Desirable) Ability to lead projects and design test strategy

• Our client is leader in providing cutting-edge Technology and they are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join their Tech team with some experience in BDD, Automation Testing, Agile (Scrum) and scripting
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• Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story
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• Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of a product delivery at the unit and component layer
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• Performing exploratory testing at all levels
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• Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live
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• Automating tests where required
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• Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs
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• Ensure the team define tests to validate NFR’s at the appropriate level
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• Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery
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• Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format this is consumable by those who have asked for them
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• Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle
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• Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting to the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage
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• Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment
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• Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery
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• Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team
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• Provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to