Anson McCade
Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Job Location
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Initial 6 month contract
Inside IR35 - £550 P/D
Must have Active SC Clearance
Anson McCade are delighted to be working with a leading consultancy as they seek to appoint a QA Automation Engineer to a public sector end client for an initial 6 month contract. Further details can be found below:
- Collaborate with the product team to establish acceptance criteria and define the Definition of Done (DOD) for each user story.
- Partner with developers to define, review, and implement required tests for all product features and functions at the unit and component levels.
- Conduct exploratory testing at multiple levels to ensure product quality.
- Work alongside the product team to define tests throughout the product lifecycle, up to live delivery.
- Automate tests as necessary to improve efficiency and coverage.
- Collaborate with developers to design and test stubs.
- Ensure the team defines appropriate tests to validate Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
- Maintain traceability throughout the product delivery process.
- Ensure the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, providing results in a consumable format for stakeholders.
- Promote the importance of quality across the entire product lifecycle.
- As part of an Agile team, contribute to the design and development of automated tests to ensure comprehensive and effective test coverage.
- Provide test assurance for user stories based on the defined acceptance criteria, working within a test-first environment.
- Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver test activities that meet requirements while supporting effective Agile delivery.
- Participate in estimation activities and identify opportunities to maximize testing benefits within the team.
- Provide assurance during team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure adherence to test best practices, continuous improvement, and relevant standards.
- Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working in Agile teams using Test-Driven Development (TDD) with Java, and the ability to work independently.
- Experience with PACT frameworks for Consumer Driven Contract testing is desirable.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their role in automation testing.
- Familiarity with command-line tools and scripting languages for either Windows or Linux.
- Strong coding skills (SOLID principles, Dependency Injection, Design Patterns, etc.).
Essential Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years relevant experience as a QA Automation Engineer
- Experience and knowledge of API testing and the use of Postman
- Cypress
- Docker for running the Cypress container
- Working with Gitlab for storage of all developed test automation
- TDD Using Junit
- SonarQube
- Jenkins
- Splunk
- Gatling
- Serenity
- Cucumber
- Selenium
- Wiremock
- Hamcrest
- AWS Cloudwatch
- Jira and Confluence
Apply today and one of our consultants will be in touch
Location: London, GB
Posted Date: 10/28/2024
Contact Information
Contact | Human Resources Anson McCade |
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