Senior Automation Test Analyst

Description

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Senior Automation Test Analyst on a hybrid/remote basis, on an initial 12 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of c.£400-£450/day outside of IR35 (based on experience).

The Role:

Our client is looking for a candidate to provide functional and automation testing expertise and support to various teams and projects across the business. The ideal candidate must be a complete self-starter with the experience to create and deliver functional and automation test strategies/solutions and frameworks to meet project requirements and provide support and insight to the Test Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Test Manager to build functional and automation test capability and frameworks and provide a clear direction on the test strategy
• Work with the Test Manager and test teams across the business to achieve functional and automation testing goals across multiple projects
• Working with SMEs, BAs, POs and dev to capture business processes followed by the design and build of automated solutions and frameworks across multiple applications
• Create and maintain automated regression/smoke test packs for various applications with appropriate version control in place
• Provide test leadership on a given project/product
• Produce high quality test collateral in line with the Agile methodology – test plans, Test evidence and completion reports
• Daily automated test execution across a range of projects and infrastructures
• Daily functional test execution across a range of projects and infrastructures
• Provide meaningful and accurate reporting against pass/fail criteria
• Root Cause analysis of failures and rapid resolution of issues
• Ability to update at daily stand ups and contribute in other delivery ceremonies
• Improve Functional & Automation testing best practices
• Defect recording and management

Essential Experience:

• Extensive knowledge of using testing tools i.e. JIRA, ALM, Azure, Zepher etc
• Ability to automate front web based end to end systems, interfaces, cross browser/device, mobile apps and other applications
• Comprehensive knowledge of automated testing tools i.e. Selenium, Webdriver I/O, Cypress
• Automated Test Reporting via Cucumber
• Familiarity with version control and release software i.e. GIT, Subversion, Azure DevOps, Jenkins or team city
• Proven track record of automation within an Agile framework i.e. DevOps, CI/CD or FDD
• Aptitude to working with various languages and frameworks including C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, .NET, SQL, VBA/VBScript, shell scripting
• Detailed understanding of software architectures – SOA, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, Client Server and experience of testing Cloud and Azure based solutions
• Understanding testing methodologies i.e. Agile (BDD,TDD, ATDD), Kanban, Waterfall and V-Model
• Device emulation and API testing via Postman
• ISEB/ISTQB Foundation
• Experience in working with multiple software delivery/ testing methodologies
• Minimum 5-8 years automation testing experience on large integration and migration projects/programmes in a technical test capacity
• Knowledge or appreciation of various testing and lifecycle management tools
• Strong stakeholder management & communication skills
• Previous experience of working within the public sector

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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