At a Glance
- Tasks: Create automated scripts to enhance testing efficiency and ensure system quality.
- Company: Dynamic tech firm in Leeds with a hybrid work model.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting role with potential for career advancement in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Join a team that values innovation and collaboration in tech solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience in coding and a passion for solving technical challenges.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
*Candidates require an active SC clearance*
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6-12 months
Location: hybrid, Leeds
The role of Automation Tester is to create technical solutions to improve test process efficiency and validate the quality of the system.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain automated scripts for black and white box tests
- Establish a technical understanding of the system under test
- Manage the execution and reporting of automated test suites (sometimes including performance tests)
- Design and implement technical solutions to improve test process/efficiency
- Work closely with development teams to reproduce and resolve defects
- Collaborate with and present improvement and ideas to other members of the test team
- Define standards and continually develop frameworks for automated testing to be used company wide
Requirements
- Strong desire to understand and resolve difficult technical issues
- Experience writing good quality object-oriented code (e.g. using Java)
- Knowledge of build automation systems (e.g. Ant, Maven), version control (e.g. Git, SVN) and continuous integration tools (e.g. Jenkins)
- Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively within a software development team
- Strong quality drive - experience working in test is not essential
Advantageous knowledge/skills/experience
- Experience using testing frameworks (e.g. TestNG, xUnit) to script tests
- Experience using defect and test management tools (e.g. JIRA) to track defects and manage tests
- Experience using web based automation tools (e.g. Selenium)
- General technical automation tools (e.g. Puppet, Chef, Vagrant)
We think you need these skills to ace Automation Tester in Guildford
SC Clearance
Automated Testing
Black Box Testing
White Box Testing
Object-Oriented Programming (Java)
Build Automation Systems (Ant, Maven)
Version Control (Git, SVN)
