WHAT TO EXPECT

To provide efficient and effective testing support using test automation tools, frameworks and strategies.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

The role holder will be responsible for:

• To develop progress and execute automated tests across the platform range as they evolve in line with client requirements, market trends and operational requirements
• Create and maintain a traceability matrix between business requirements and tests cases
• Working with the Product Owner and team to understand and refine Acceptance Criteria, Test Plans and Test Scripts for forthcoming changes
• Act as the main liaison between operations and delivery teams in relation to the operational performance of the platform
• Design, build and deploy automated tests that monitor and assure the performance of the core platforms
• Collaborate with engineers and product owners to ensure that tests are created at the appropriate tier in the agile testing pyramid
• Managing and progressing test faults as they are allocated
• Carefully dividing your time between developing tests and successfully performing tests
• Providing assistance with the administration of the test processes and procedures
• A structured approach to change and fault management and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Participate in the group Test Practice as a key stakeholder in improving our test automation across all teams

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

The job holder will be an exceptional candidate, with a proven track record in a similar role.  In particular they are required to have:

Essential

• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Demonstrable ability to assess and prioritise test automation along with an understanding of the Return on Investment of the work
• Experience testing APIs, Postman, Insomnia using simple, maintainable tests
• Writing automated tests using  NUnit or similar framework
• Experience of automated testing in a loosely coupled software environment consisting of multiple components
• Experience of automated testing of a queue based software system
• Good understanding of exploratory testing
• Experience of working in an agile environment and understanding of agile methodologies such as TDD, BDD, Scrum, Kanban
• Experience with defect tracking management tools such as JIRA/TFS/Bugzilla
• Strong SQL skills
• Operational Requirements testing experience (resilience, performance or security)
• Can read and write C# to a competent level

Desirable

• Working as part of a multi-function team in a DevOps environment
• Cloud testing experience (VSTS, Azure, AWS)
• Experience testing SMS, IP messaging or other transactional messaging in a high throughput environment
• Website and web applications testing experience
• Use of version control tools such as GIT
• Understanding of Business Driven Development principles
• Implementing and supporting a test automation framework
• Experience of CI tools such as Jenkins