Specialist QA Engineer (Automation Tester)

Job purpose: 

Design automation testing plans and develop automation test scripts for multiple technical products/services (pre, during & post-deployment) in both Run & Change contexts and align to chosen application testing frameworks & guidelines. Testing may apply to all or a combination of the following front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability, and regression testing of solutions. This entails full responsibility for ensuring products are protected through quantifiable test coverage & metrics.

Minimum requirements: 

• B-Degree or equivalent technical qualification or equivalent working experience
• 3 5 years of Automation experience
• Experience within the Banking Sector
• Experience with MQ, SOAP, REST, RPC, or another client-server API testing (essential)
• Experience in Git or other source code management systems (essential)
• Experience with performance engineering and load testing is a huge plus
• Prior programming work experience
• Experience & expertise (Basic) in coding languages such as Java, C# and some experience- in
• software engineering/development
• Well-versed in web services paradigms such as REST and protocols such as HTTP.
• Experience working on web applications and/or web-based technologies.
• Proficient in multiple test approaches for application testing including functional, cross-browser
• compatibility, mobile, web service, integration testing, etc.
• Proficient in UNIX/Linux environments and shell scripting. Proficient in basic SQL operations such as
• joins and views.
• Experience in TFS, JIRA, and Confluence is a plus.
• Comfortable in AGILE development environments and cross-functional team structures.
• Experience with end-to-end SDLC, testing methodologies, and test phases, including unit,
• assembly, system, integration, and regression testing.
• Strong work ethic and integrity.
• Strong analytical abilities, troubleshooting skills, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated logical and analytical thinking ability and aptitude and displayed problem-solving solid skills.
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Duties and responsibilities: 

• Proactively contribute & participate in the full solution development lifecycle as a member of a squad / multiple squads as a QA automation specialist engineer
• Actively participate in daily Scrum and project planning meetings.
• Participate and analyze test automation requirements during the requirements analysis phase of technical product & service development, maintenance & optimization (across tribes & squads) using design specifications and technical documentation (e.g. Business Briefs, User Stories, Architecture & Integration documentation)
• Prepare QA & Automation testing documentation (planning, design, execution, and sustainability)
• Develop automation test plans
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using various technologies (automated scripts, test harnesses, SQL scripts, etc.)
• Perform various types of automation testing (regression, integration, black box, scalability)
• Evaluate automated test cases and analyse & report results
• Facilitate test plan/case reviews within squads
• Work with product engineers to evaluate software/solution quality & provide recommendations for improvement/enhancement
• Contribute to the design and selection of testing frameworks for business applications
• Deliver all automation & technical testing deliverables on time
• Provide the required project/scrum-related information/feedback on deliverables (e.g. progress, tracking, quality, etc.)
• Conduct performance monitoring on applications/components of applications for which youve designed and executed test scripts/plans
• Produce quality and testing outcome metrics and reports
• DevOps
• Follow engineering best practices and continuously improve on engineering knowledge to successfully shift our QA capability forward
• Leverage coding language understanding & expertise to deploy testing requirements for specific products/services
• Understand the full technical solution that is being tested show interest and capability to run the technical solution & the ability to test the viability of the code being developed
• A shift from testing features to supporting & being accountable for full product delivery