QA Test Engineer

  • Location

    London

  • Sector:

    Information Technology

  • Salary:

    £40000 - £50000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Jack Allen

  • Contact email:

    Jack.Allen@volt.eu.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH1239_1637150766

  • Published:

    over 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-01-16

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

QA Test Engineer (Automation/Java) - London (flexible remote working included) - £40,000 - £50,000 per annum

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role will involve a wide range of tasks over performance, automation and security. Your day to day will consist of owning automation, performance and security testing frameworks, reviewing requirements to create and improve test plans, testing activities, automation scripts using open source tools, dealing with bugs in the SDLC, regression testing, innovating and investigating to influence the automation effort in line with our mission. Your professional mission - make sure scripts don't fail!

Skills and Experience for Success

To excel in this role, ideally you'll have some experience as a Test Engineer, Automation Test Engineer or QA Engineer in an agile environment (or at least exposure to!). You'll be very knowledgeable in QA methodologies, tools and processes. You'll know how to write clear concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases and have experience with cloud platforms such as Azure/AWS. It's essential you have experience in Performance Testing & Automation - Security is a huge bonus!

It's also important that you have experience of the full testing lifecycle from unit testing to user acceptance testing across a multiple product/service environment and can offer innovation, explore new tools and methodologies and constantly improve.

In terms of technology - Python/Java. We'd also love it if you have hands on experience using automated testing framework and tools such as: Selenium, REST Assured, JMeter. Proficiency in Github/Confluence/JIRA is key too.

A tight knit team so we'd love it if you have strong communication skills, love team working and are a true problem solver.They love to develop people formally, as well as informally, so there's lots of opportunity for coaching while in the role, and providing (and receiving!) mentoring.



Key required skills: JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad, Silk Performer


QUALIFICATIONS
Only relevant work experience - no particular qualifications are required


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Originally conceived as a project, Genomics England has transformed to meet the long-term opportunities created by our scientific breakthroughs in understanding the Human Genome. Being part of this journey is a reward in itself, however we're pleased to offer our colleagues a great benefits package including:

competitive salary
30 days holiday
generous pension scheme
individual learning budgets for every colleague
a raft of other benefits


You must have the following experience:

- Experience as a Test Engineer, Automation Test Engineer or QA Engineer in an agile environment
- Experience working in Healthcare, Medical, Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical industry would be preferable.
- A Python/Java background.
- Hands on experience using automated testing framework and tools such as: Selenium, REST Assured, JMeter. Proficiency in Github/Confluence/JIRA.

This position is paying between £40,000 - £50,000 depending on experience with fantastic benefits included.

Please apply for my immediate attention and to find out more!