Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

  • Sector: ConSol UK Software Development
  • Contact: Abdul Siddiqui
  • Contact Email: abdul.siddiqui@consolpartners.com
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Location: London
  • Salary: Up to £60000.00 per annum
  • Expiry Date: 15 August 2022
  • Job Ref: BBBH401917_1659967721

Title: QA Automation Engineer

Location: Stratford, London or Trafford, Manchester or Sidcup, Kent

Duration: Permanent

Job Type: Hybrid

As a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer you will use Automated Testing tools and processes to ensure that software products and solutions have automated test packs and scripts in place, so that they can be frequently and easily tested and re-tested to ensure that they are fit for purpose and meet functional and non-functional requirements.

The role will report into a Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer and will work alongside a small team of other Quality

Assurance Automation Engineers.

The job holder will be responsible for the following primary aspects:

  • Works with squad and team members to identify opportunities to introduce automated testing platforms and principles. Leads the design development, and establishment of these and ensures they are maintained in line with future product and platform changes.
  • Acts as the Testing & Quality Assurance lead in the squad or project team to which they are allocated. Works with squad and project team members to identify test and QA requirements and develops test strategies and plans, covering functional, integration, and (where appropriate) user acceptance testing.
  • Is responsible for execution of the tests, works with team members and carries out hands on testing themselves.
  • Monitors testing progress, errors, fixes, and re-testing.
  • Reporting & MI. Provides clear up to date and timely reporting and feedback to Squads and Project Managers to enable them to prioritise remaining work etc.
  • Works closely with Software and Devops Engineers to continually evolve the use of modern software development and deployment methodologies, including scripting, automated tested, etc.

The job holder will be involved in:

  • Working with QA Manager and squad and project team members to drive forward the overall QA and Testing vision, including the use of automated testing, and scripted deployment.
  • Working with DevOps Engineers and the wider IT team to ensure that test scripts can be run automatically to capture incidents before they have a business impact.
  • Proactively coaching software engineers in test automation practices and technologies.
  • Working with business stakeholders to understand business use-cases of technology and systems to

Skills and Experience:

  • Knowledge and experience of best practice in both manual and automated testing
  • Significant experience of testing differing types of applications and scenarios, e.g. web, desktop and mobile applications.
  • Broad experience of automation tools such as Selenium, Specflow using C#
  • ISTQB Foundation certificate (or equivalent)
  • Experience of working in a cross-functional delivery squad or scrum team working with Product Owners, Scrum Master etc.