Test Automation Engineer
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Permanent
Location: Home Based with occasional travel to customer site, (proximity to London or Bristol preferred)
Salary: £50 - 55K + comprehensive range of Employee Benefits
Skills: ** You MUST hold current SC cleared status, 5+ years Test Automation, (using Selenium, Cucumber, Specflow), and some C#
The Role
This role joins a leading global IT solutions provider, delivering IT solutions into high profile UK Government organisations. Reporting to the Test Practice Lead, your role will include:
* The successful delivery of testing for projects covering all levels of testing including manual and automation/functional and non-functional testing.
* Responsibility for allocated test deliverables, performing analysis activities during test preparation and test execution including recording the results and reporting issues through the agreed defect management process.
* Manage the production, quality and accuracy of all relevant test artefacts.
* Provide Validation and verification of test inputs, functional specifications, requirements etc. for testability, ambiguity and completeness
* Produce test artefacts, Test Cases, Expected Results, Actual Results, Defects, Data, Defect Re-tests and Test Outcome Reports
Core Skills
* 5+ years test Automation experience
* Active SC Clearance
* Strong well developed testing skills and in-depth knowledge of current testing techniques across the test phases (System, System Integration, Regression, UAT, etc)
* Strong experience and knowledge of testing lifecycle and approaches (e.g. functional / non-functional / automation) and of automation testing using technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, SpecFlow).
* Residence near to either Bristol or London for the occasional on-site work
* C# development skills for the purpose of software testing.
* Strong communication and team skills
* Experience and understanding of waterfall, agile and hybrid development methodologies.
* Ability to communicate effectively with both technical communities and "non-technical" senior management (internally and externally).
You will need to provide details for us to verify your SC status with the customers vetting team ahead of any interview with the Customer.