Test Automation Engineer (Advanced) 2581 TT

About the position

Design and implement a robust test automation framework utilising diverse architectural approaches including Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), Page Object Model (POM), Test-Driven Development (TDD), as well as modular and hybrid architectures



Design and execute testcases of new commercial off the shelf Codebeamer versions, testing of configurations and testing of the client’s specific plugins



Document and report test results



Collaborate with team, system analysis, design, development and testing for their assigned technical products or applications within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model



Interpretation of Testing Results and logging and tracking of Defects on JIRA



Automation of Frontend, Backend and Integration, performance and load testing and security testing using industry standard tools, fit for purpose



Integrate automation testing at various stages of the build and deploy pipeline for development, regression & release cycles. Working with the feature teams to build up disposable test environments



Overall management and maintenance and preparation of test data



Coordination between development and support environments



Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during automated and/or manual testing



Independently analyse, design as well as develop medium, complex testing components required for Automation



Perform continuous quality analysis and provide internal tools to help ensure that quality of the products we ship to customers are of the highest standard



Establish, implement, and evolve the formal QA processes to ensure that the group is using industry accepted standard methodologies



Design and develop the testing infrastructure i.e., testing tools, test frameworks, test reporting mechanisms to test software and services, applying NoOps principles



Integrate the testing infrastructure with the continuous integration and continuous deployment systems to ensure all the tools, services developed are accurately tested and meet the quality goals



Stay knowledgeable of new testing tools and strategies and evaluate the technologies to incorporate into the projects



Ability to work interdependently as well in a team and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality



Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users



Willingness to be part of an interdisciplinary DevOps team and to learn and take on tasks from other areas of the team


Minimum Requirements:

SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:



Qualifications/Experience:



Relevant IT Degree



3 years plus in a test automation role, more than 5 year’s total experience in software development



ISTQB Certification (Advantageous)



 



Essential Skills Requirements:



Testing and Ops Tools: Selenium, Cucumber, XRay, REST-Assured, Soap-UI, Postman GitHub Advanced Security, Burp Suite, Contrast Assess, Grafana k6, Karate, TestNG, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Logstash / Influx DB, Maven, JMeter or Gatling



Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python (Django)



CI/CD: GitHub Version Control, Build and Deployment Pipelines using GitHub Actions



Databases: SQL Language



Tools: Jira, Confluence



Infrastructure: AZURE cloud



Automate front end (Web), back end (API) and integration



Test data management



Performance, security and load testing



Evaluate test scenarios



Execute manual tests



Document test cases



Write/maintain test scripts



Document test results



Report test results



Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter



 



Advantageous Skills Requirements:



DevOps experience:

• Java Programming, Spring Boot


• API development


• Ops Service Management


• IAM

 



Business Analysis:

• Requirements gathering, elicitation, documentation


• Business process modelling, data modelling

 



IT Architecture:

• Cloud Architecture, On-prem/hybrid

 



Cloud/Infrastructure:

• Ansible/Chef, Kubernetes, Terraform, FINOPS

 



Requirements management tools:

• Codebeamer

 

Desired Skills:

• Testing and Ops Tools
• Languages
• CI/CD