Senior Test Automation Engineer

We have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to develop and manage test automation frameworks for a variety of applications within our Data and Analytics tribe.

You will work within the Data and Analytics tribe comprised of Software Engineers, Data Analysts, Cloud Engineers and Data Scientists whose primary focus is to design and develop innovative technology solutions for a variety of internal stakeholders.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and curious individual, who can think creatively to solve problems and meet user requirements. You must have a keen interest in testing and quality assurance, applying shift-left, test-first principles with hands on experience of automating testing, designing, and implementing testing automation frameworks.

As we work within the Scaled Agile framework, we are looking for someone who can work both independently and as part of a team within a fast-paced and changing environment. This requires an individual who can deliver to agreed timelines, communicating effectively, and thinking innovatively.

Experience of working in an integrated team, refining, and prioritising a backlog and delivering in an Agile methodology is a must.

Responsibilities

As part of a multi-discipline team challenged with building in a cloud data platform, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of the services and applications we are developing. This will include:

• Defining tools and frameworks to develop and maintain test automation.
• Lead QA in refinement and 3 Amigos, with examples of Acceptance Criteria for all test types.
• Identification of test automation opportunities.
• Work closely with the development team to define strategy and best practices.
• Looking for opportunities to “Shift left” testing and test automation.
• Providing clear and accurate documentation for the tests and test automation.
• Contributing towards the continuous improvement of testing and test automation practices.
• Integrating automated tests with the CI/CD pipeline.
• Sharing Best Practice and owning the testing process is in all cadence ceremonies.
• Mentoring  Engineers, Graduate and Junior population.
• You will also be expected to keep your skills up to date by following advancements in testing and test automation.

Skills and Experience

• At least 3 years of experience in building complex test automation framework from scratch using Java.
• Experience with automating tests within Google Cloud Platform.
• Automated API/component integration testing with experience with Postman or similar tooling.
• Experience in integrating automated testing into a CI/CD pipeline – especially any experience with Azure DevOps or Jenkins.
• Strong experience in BDD with Cucumber or similar framework.
• Experience with non-functional testing with JMeter or similar.
• Experience of working in an agile environment and the role of QA in agile ceremonies.
• Experience stubbing and creating automation for microservice architecture at distributed scale.
• Experience with Data Analytics, Big Data or similar.
• Working knowledge of JIRA, and git.
• Real passion for clean code, automation testing and continuous delivery.
• An enthusiastic mentor for team to adopt automation as a definition of done

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Leading test automation strategy and mentoring testers on the automation testing process
• Experience of software development

Interviews 

This is a 2 stage process -  the first stage is a 40 minute interview including a 15 minute online coding test (Java) and the second is a 60 minute interview involving a 3 Amigos roleplay challenge as well as some technical questions.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here; https://admiraljobs.co.uk/employee-benefits/.

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