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Test Automation Engineer - 6 month FTC

Test Automation Engineer - 6 month FTC

Posted 2 weeks ago by DataCareers on Linkedin

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. Candidates should possess extensive experience in automation testing, particularly with tools like Playwright and C#.Net, and be adept at integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Brighton with a hybrid working arrangement.

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.
  • 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.

Skills Required:

  • 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.

Salary (Rate): £62,000.00 yearly

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: undetermined

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, England, United Kingdom

IR35 Status:

Fixed-Term

Remote Status:

Hybrid

Industry:

IT

Seniority Level:

Not Specified

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. Candidates should possess extensive experience in automation testing, particularly with tools like Playwright and C#.Net, and be adept at integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract based in Brighton with a hybrid working arrangement.

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.
  • 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.

Skills Required:

  • 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.

Salary (Rate): £62,000.00 yearly

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: undetermined

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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