Definitive Recruitment Ltd Looking for Senior Automation Tester at London , South East England Full Time

Senior Automation Tester, West London, £60-68K + Bonus + Bens. You should have a background as a Senior Automation Tester with experience of setting up automation testing frameworks from scratch with Selenium, Java, C#, implementing CI/CD pipelines using AWS/Jenkins, architecting, implementing and maintaining automation frameworks, SQL.

Reporting into the Head of QA, and working closely with the Product Engineering team, you will work with the existing QA team to deliver an automation framework, drive strategic changes, measure quality and performance and support the team in their efforts to deliver the best platform possible.

Experience required:

*ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing.
*Proven work experience in software testing in all its flavours: Unit, Functional, Integration, Regression and Performance testing.
*Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes in a SaaS / Cloud environment.
*Experience in writing clear and concise test plans and test cases.
*Minimum of 3-5 years Hands on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Java and C# languages.
*Working experience with the use of test automation tools for API testing such as postman and swagger.
*Experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines using AWS / Jenkins
*Proven experience in architecting, implementing and maintaining automation frameworks
*Solid knowledge of SQL.
*Maintains an awareness of developing best practices and takes responsibility for driving their own personal development.
*Stakeholder management, able to build relationships and use expertise to influence and help colleagues use the tools to achieve their outcomes.
*Has a process orientated and systematic approach to planning and problem solving.
*Experience working in Agile/Scrum development process.
*Excellent communication, verbal and knowledge skills in problem analysis, risk management and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

*Implement the overall test approach; work effectively with the Head of QA to determine which types of testing are required and align the business and delivery team.
*Manage testing of all products and ensure acceptance criteria have met and obtain sign-off prior to LIVE deployment.
*Understand the overall product benefits and how the delivered solution impacts these; selects appropriate test approaches (e.g. risk based) to ensure delivery of benefits is not compromised.
*Maintain demand/supply for test resources and negotiates where demand outweighs supply.
*Ensures effective issue escalation to the Head of QA where there is a significant threat to delivery.
*Implements a well-structured approach to test defect management.
*Monitors and reports the status and progress of each test phase to different stakeholders and to agreed quality standards.
*Mentor and coach junior members of the team regarding best practices and cross skill team members in learning test automation.

This Automation Engineer role is a hybrid position based in West London and pays c£60-68K + Bonus, 25 days holiday + 1 extra on your Birthday, annual personal development budget.