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Test Automation Engineer - 6 month FTC

Test Automation Engineer - 6 month FTC

Posted 1 week ago by Data Careers Ltd on CVLibrary

Job Description: The Test Automation Engineer role involves leading automation testing efforts within a high-profile Government body, focusing on web-based applications. The position requires collaboration with Agile development teams to enhance testing strategies and frameworks. The successful candidate will design and develop automated test scripts, ensuring data accuracy and integration into CI/CD pipelines. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Brighton, requiring 1-2 days a week on-site.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and peer-review the work of other test team members.
  • Lead on investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
  • Input into the test strategy team and advise on automation testing with recommendations for improvement.
  • Develop the product and development teams' approach to testing, including a framework for test-driven development.
  • Design and develop automated test scripts focusing on SQL-based data validation.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Be responsible for the automation testing delivery within the Platform team.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of emerging tools and techniques.
  • Effectively work across different tools and software languages.

Skills Required:

  • 5+ years automation and manual testing experience of web-based applications.
  • Knowledge and experience with Playwright and ReqnRoll / Specflow.
  • Experienced in C#.Net and SQL Server.
  • Experience crafting automation tests and demonstrating test frameworks and pipelines.
  • Experience with SQL scripting and writing sophisticated queries.
  • Familiarity with a range of testing methodologies and techniques, including agile.
  • Ability to write test procedures, plans, and report development/implementation.

Salary (Rate): £62,000 yearly

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Test Automation Engineer

Location: Hybrid / Brighton (1-2 days a week in Brighton)

Salary: £55,000 - £62,000 (plus bonus, Excellent Pension and Employee Benefits)

6 month Fixed Term Contract

Skills: Playwright or ReqnRoll / Specflow, Selenium, TDD, SQL Server, C#.Net, Automated Testing, Dynamics 365

Join a busy and successful Test Team, working alongside Agile Dev Teams to deliver on a range of important projects. Our Client is a high profile Government body that provides essential services to protect peoples savings in the UK. If you are an experienced Automation Tester who can prioritise and a natural problem solver with a 'can-do' approach please get in touch!

Responsibilities

  • Lead and peer-review the work of other test team members.
  • Lead on investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
  • Input into the test strategy team and advise on automation testing with recommendations for improvement
  • From scratch, develop the product and development teams' approach to testing - e.g. a framework for test driven development
  • Design and develop automated test scripts with a focus on SQL-based data validation, ensuring the accuracy of data flows and transformation.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Be the person on-point and overall responsible for the automation testing delivery within the Platform team.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of emerging tools and techniques.
  • Effectively work across different tools and software languages.

Essential

  • 5+ years automation and manual testing experience of web-based applications.
  • Playwright and ReqnRoll / Specflow knowledge and experience
  • Experienced in C#.Net and SQL Server.
  • Experience crafting automation tests and demonstrating test frameworks and pipelines, collaborating in any of the following: RESTful services, Message Queues, Relational Databases.
  • Experience of SQL scripting and proven capability of writing sophisticated queries to analyse problems, and interrogate data pipelines
  • Experience a range of testing methodologies and techniques including agile, with the ability to write test procedures, plans and report development/implementation.
Rate:

£62,000 Per year

Location:

Brighton, East Sussex

IR35 Status:

Fixed-Term

Remote Status:

Hybrid

Industry:

IT

Seniority Level:

Mid-Level

Job Description: The Test Automation Engineer role involves leading automation testing efforts within a high-profile Government body, focusing on web-based applications. The position requires collaboration with Agile development teams to enhance testing strategies and frameworks. The successful candidate will design and develop automated test scripts, ensuring data accuracy and integration into CI/CD pipelines. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Brighton, requiring 1-2 days a week on-site.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and peer-review the work of other test team members.
  • Lead on investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
  • Input into the test strategy team and advise on automation testing with recommendations for improvement.
  • Develop the product and development teams' approach to testing, including a framework for test-driven development.
  • Design and develop automated test scripts focusing on SQL-based data validation.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Be responsible for the automation testing delivery within the Platform team.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of emerging tools and techniques.
  • Effectively work across different tools and software languages.

Skills Required:

  • 5+ years automation and manual testing experience of web-based applications.
  • Knowledge and experience with Playwright and ReqnRoll / Specflow.
  • Experienced in C#.Net and SQL Server.
  • Experience crafting automation tests and demonstrating test frameworks and pipelines.
  • Experience with SQL scripting and writing sophisticated queries.
  • Familiarity with a range of testing methodologies and techniques, including agile.
  • Ability to write test procedures, plans, and report development/implementation.

Salary (Rate): £62,000 yearly

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Test Automation Engineer

Location: Hybrid / Brighton (1-2 days a week in Brighton)

Salary: £55,000 - £62,000 (plus bonus, Excellent Pension and Employee Benefits)

6 month Fixed Term Contract

Skills: Playwright or ReqnRoll / Specflow, Selenium, TDD, SQL Server, C#.Net, Automated Testing, Dynamics 365

Join a busy and successful Test Team, working alongside Agile Dev Teams to deliver on a range of important projects. Our Client is a high profile Government body that provides essential services to protect peoples savings in the UK. If you are an experienced Automation Tester who can prioritise and a natural problem solver with a 'can-do' approach please get in touch!

Responsibilities

  • Lead and peer-review the work of other test team members.
  • Lead on investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes.
  • Input into the test strategy team and advise on automation testing with recommendations for improvement
  • From scratch, develop the product and development teams' approach to testing - e.g. a framework for test driven development
  • Design and develop automated test scripts with a focus on SQL-based data validation, ensuring the accuracy of data flows and transformation.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Be the person on-point and overall responsible for the automation testing delivery within the Platform team.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of emerging tools and techniques.
  • Effectively work across different tools and software languages.

Essential

  • 5+ years automation and manual testing experience of web-based applications.
  • Playwright and ReqnRoll / Specflow knowledge and experience
  • Experienced in C#.Net and SQL Server.
  • Experience crafting automation tests and demonstrating test frameworks and pipelines, collaborating in any of the following: RESTful services, Message Queues, Relational Databases.
  • Experience of SQL scripting and proven capability of writing sophisticated queries to analyse problems, and interrogate data pipelines
  • Experience a range of testing methodologies and techniques including agile, with the ability to write test procedures, plans and report development/implementation.
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