Test Engineer (SFIA4)

Zaizi is looking for a Senior QA Test Engineer who has a passion for technology, with an analytical approach to problem solving and a keen eye for detail. This role will be client facing and you will be learning on the client project, so great communication skills are essential. As a Senior QA Test Engineer we will teach you the skills you need to develop your career. Our work culture is inclusive, modern, friendly, and democratic. We look for bright, positive-thinking individuals with a can-do attitude. Our people enjoy challenging themselves to be the best at what they do – if that sounds like you, you’ll fit right in! This role is remote for the foreseeable future with onsite client working where required and occasional travel to head office in London for workshops/meetings.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Automation from scratch, Web Services/API, Performance & Accessibility test frameworks with DevOps CI/CD
• Propose solutions to clients, when needed
• Manage, plan and perform exploratory and automation activities throughout the project
• Ensure that quality issues and defects are appropriately identified, documented, tracked, and resolved in a defect tracking system.
• Own and manage the release process to deliver the product effectively.
• Work closely with developers, Junior test engineers and cross functional scrum team members to increase the test coverage and reduce the test bottlenecks.
• Update and maintain regression suites as the products evolve
• Work collaboratively and effectively in a DevOps way of working environment.

Skills & Qualities

• Strong knowledge of Cypress API testing with Rest Assured or Postman
• Performance testing with Jmeter or equivalent
• Great communication skills - you will be speaking with and presenting to your team members and the clients
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Passionate about IT and new technologies
• Working knowledge of AWS nice to have

You don’t meet all the requirements? Studies show that women and black, Asian and minority ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to still apply. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role here at Zaizi.

SC Clearance

Zaizi works with UK Central Government departments on a range of projects. To be able to work on our customer projects, employees must be Security Cleared to a standard acceptable to our Government customers. Due to this restriction we can currently only recruit candidates who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously.

Salary £56,000 - £70,000

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays
• BUPA medical insurance
• Workplace Pension 5% employer contribution
• Group Life Assurance
• Cyclescheme
• 5 days a year for approved Training
• WFH equipment allowance
• Buy / Sell Holiday
• 2 days paid volunteering days
• Other benefits: Flexible working
• Work on exciting projects - make a difference
• Empowered to make decisions
• Encouraged to fail fast and learn quickly