Senior Quality Engineer in Milton Keynes

Graphnet are one of the UK's leading software providers of Shared Care and Health analytics solutions. A "Cloud First" organisation, we are one of Microsoft's largest UK healthcare data customers with a variety of Azure services and technologies embedded across our suite of solutions. We are seeking a talented Senior Quality Engineer to join our QA team, responsible for validating complex end-to-end workflows across our Azure-based healthcare platforms using a combination of manual, automated, and non-functional testing practices.

You will join an experienced and cross-dimensional team operating under a Scaled Agile framework, with access to a range of industry-leading tools and platforms. The ideal candidate must demonstrate 5+ years of practical experience working within automation-oriented roles with .Net (C#), Playwright (Typescript) and K6 (JavaScript).

Key responsibilities include:

• Co-ordinating, planning and executing a variety of testing activities for our key Azure-based projects.

Essential Skills & Key Responsibilities:

• Practical experience in back-end automated testing using C# (minimum 5+ years' experience).
• Hands-on testing experience using MS Azure technologies (ETL, Microservices, Messaging and Service Bus technology).
• Experience of automating front-end applications with Typescript/Playwright.
• Solid understanding of .Net with practical experience using .Net 8+, NUnit and IDE's like Visual Studio or Rider.
• Proficient with case management tools like JIRA and Confluence, including any plugins like XRay for test case management.
• Able to query using SQL and have a good understanding of relational databases.
• Proficiency and an eye for detail in handling and processing structured data e.g. JSON, CSV.
• Experience in design, implementation, and execution of Non-functional tests (load, volume, stress, scalability and DR tests) using K6 or equivalent industry standard tools.
• Experience with integrating QA into CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps/Github Actions.
• Experience designing and managing automated and synthetic test data.
• Strong exploratory, integration, and end-to-end manual testing experience.
• Strong defect triage, root cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Exposure to AI-assisted development and testing practices will be an advantage, including the use of modern AI tooling to support automation, quality engineering, and productivity workflows.
• Proficiency in handling structured healthcare data using FHIR and/or HL7.
• Experience in identifying performance bottlenecks and recommending performance optimisations for automated tests.

Professional Qualifications:

• ISEB/ISTQB qualification.
• Computing/IT related bachelor's degree (desirable).
• AZ-900 (desirable) or equivalent cloud-based certification.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have a valid right to work in the UK for the entire duration of your employment, as we are unable to provide routes to sponsorship currently.

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