Test Engineer

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Test Engineer to join our IT Team and work as part of the QA Community within Principality Building Society.

As a Test Engineer you will be responsible for test automation, regression and non-functional testing during the pre-release phases of the project lifecycle and play a key role in contributing and delivering Continuous Improvements to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the QA capability and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities for Automation Test Analysis, Planning & Execution

• Design, build and deploy effective pipeline, regression and non-functional test automation solutions
• Apply appropriate automation technologies to meet the short- and long-term goals of the organisation
• Enhance test frameworks and develop consistent automated scripts using Visual Studio C# and Playwright
• Estimate test accurately and coordinate with team members for work activities.
• Report and verify software bug fixes to accept automation criteria

Key Responsibilities for Quality Assurance Oversight & Control

• Define Test Plans in line with our Test Strategy
• Manage delivery in line with our Quality Standards
• Design and execute exploratory test scripts
• Effectively utilise relevant testing tools as appropriate (eg AzureDevops, SQL, Query Analyser, Jmeter, Blazemeter, C#, Playwright etc)
• Facilitate and communicate progress updates and quality metrics to multiple audiences to support and enable key decisions
• Identify, Analyse and Mitigate risks to quality and program/project delivery

Essential Criteria for the role

• Proven experience of Building Automated Test Frameworks using automation tools e.g. C#/Selenium/Playwright
• Hands-On Experience of Designing and Creating effective and maintainable Automation Frameworks and Test suites
• In-depth proven working knowledge of UI, API and Integration test automation concepts and principles
• Good knowledge of CI/CD and Azure Devops Pipelines
• Experience and understanding of the methods and techniques required to perform various types of testing including Functional, Non-Functional and Regression Testing
• Strong appreciation of various software delivery methodologies e.g. Agile
• An excellent ability to grasp new strategies, tactics and technical issues quickly
• Strong analytical and communication skills, coupled with the ability to rapidly assimilate knowledge and business process
• Ability to manage own workload and work on a diverse range of projects often to tight time scales

Desirable Criteria

• Successful delivery in an effective Agile environment e.g. Scrum
• Experience with testing toolsets (Azure Devops,VSTS,)
• Training and coaching non-technical staff in testing methodologies
• Experience in using SQL Management tool
• Load & Performance Testing
• Mobile Testing
• Compatibility Testing

If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at -recruitment@principality.co.uk

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