Automation Test Engineer
- Role: Automation Test Engineer
- Work Location: Telford, UK (2 Days Onsite Weekly)
- Job Type: Full time
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer with approximately 10 years of QA and Testing experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Automation Testing, excellent stakeholder management skills, and experience working within complex enterprise environments.
Experience within the Public Sector.
Mandatory Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Software Testing/QA
- ISTQB/ISEB Certified Tester
- Strong experience in both Manual and Automation Testing
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Experience
- Public Sector experience
- SAP experience
- Pega experience
- Data Warehouse testing experience
Core Testing Expertise
Functional Testing
- System Testing
- System Integration Testing (SIT)
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- GUI Testing
- Exploratory Testing
- Compatibility Testing
Strong Experience In
- Test Design and Test Execution
- Defect Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Defect Triage and Reporting
Automation & Technical Skills
Automation Tools
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Cucumber (BDD)
API Testing
- Postman
- SOAP UI
- JMeter
CI/CD & DevOps
- Jenkins
- Git
- GitLab
Technical Knowledge
- Java
- SQL
- XML
- JSON
- AWS Cloud Environments
Test Management & Tools
Tools
- JIRA
- Xray
- Zephyr
- Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Confluence
- Microsoft Excel
Expertise
- Test Planning and Strategy
- Test Case and Test Scenario Creation
- Test Reporting and Documentation
- Quality Assurance Best Practices
Methodologies
Experience working across:
- Agile (Scrum)
- Waterfall
- V-Model
Active participation in:
- Daily Stand-ups
- Sprint Planning and Execution
- Defect Triage Meetings
- Release Planning Activities
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Experience leading QA teams and mentoring junior testers
- Strong collaboration with Business Analysts, Developers, Project Managers, and SMEs
- Ability to work effectively in high-pressure and distributed team environments
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
Certifications
- ISEB Certified Tester
- ISTQB Certified Tester
- Agile Testing Certifications (Preferred)