QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

Update job knowledge by studying current QA tools, methodologies, and programming techniques. Participate in educational opportunities and read professional publications.
Responsible for ensuring software is tested and deployments are supported in line with QA processes and business requirements to a high standard
Work closely with all stakeholders to understand the requirements from a business and system perspective
Accurately analyse technical requirements to produce test estimates and approach per project, component or story.
Actively contribute in SCRUM ceremonies (Planning, Review, Retrospective, Daily Stand up) Develop and execute test cases based on agile stories and documented business and system requirements. Maintain our legacy test suites including the update of data sets for testing.
Develop and expand automated tests based on agile stories and documented business and system requirements.
Enhance and maintain the existing Selenium - BDD Cucumber and PostMan/ReadyAPI/SOUPUI test automation suites.
Perform regression, sanity, exploratory, load and performance testing to a high quality and within agreed timescales.
Document, manage and support the resolution of defects that arise during testing
Report defects in the defect management tool (JIRA/DevOps) in a clear manner and communicate any issues that may affect the agreed deadline to the line manager as soon as they are known.
Liaise with the necessary parties during the testing life cycle to ensure that the implementation is delivered on time and of expected quality.
Produce clear reports of the testing conducted to the stakeholders of the project.
Identify any risks and escalate to relevant stakeholder and Line manager
Produce quality test documentation (Test Plans, Test Scripts, and Traceability) to audit standards.
Enhance the QA team processes through knowledge shares between team members and contributions to QA improvement sessions which includes evaluating and performing proof of concepts for new tools and processes. Mentor and support junior/ software testers including reviewing test documents, defects and reports to ensure QA standards are adhered to.
Adopt a professional approach and behavior when dealing with the business and user community.
Assist others (incl. customers) outside of QA with UAT/ integration testing where required and ensure work is carried out to the QA standards, be that on-site or off-site.
Lead by example and demonstrate commitment to hitting deadlines Carry out additional duties as directed in line with business needs as required by your line manager/ QA manager.
Provide out of hours support as required.

What You May Need to be Successful:

Bachelor s degree or equivalent
3 to 5+ years of QA experience
2 + years as a full-time automation engineer
Experience working in an Agile development environment (Scrum or Kanban preferred)
QA Automation platforms and technologies including CI/CD level automation integration
Agile software development methodology (Scrum or Kanban preferred)
Functional testing methods and techniques
Good understanding of Test Analysis and acceptance criteria process
SQL and Database tools (MS SQL Server Management studio)
Test Analysis and Test Scripting
Agile SCRUM
DevOps/Jira
Reporting and Stakeholder Communication
Selenium WebDriver /JAVA
BDD - Cucumber, BDD Scripting
Framework Maintenance and Improvements
CI/CD Automation Integration and Tools (Jenkins/TeamCity)
REST and SOAP API testing using tools such as PostMan/SOUPUI/ReadyAPI
Microsoft Azure Fundaments
Excellent English, written and verbal communication skills
Effectively meet deadlines and troubleshoot issues while handling multiple priorities
Self-motivated with a high degree of initiative
Ability to get the job done in time. With strong sense of urgency.
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Outstanding attention to detail
Strong team player, willing to learn and share experience with other team members
Demonstrates ability to learn quickly within a continually changing, challenging environment.