Automation Engineer

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Automation EngineerOur globally recognised client, who are going through a period of growth, is looking for an experienced Automation Engineer to join their team based near Chester, on a permanent basis.The Automation Engineer will be reporting into the Test Automation Lead, the candidate will be responsible to automate the testing of web, API and mobile projects in a micro-services architecture based on the requirements delivered from the business, ensuring that functionality of the system developed in-house is fully covered in the automation test suite to meet the high standards of quality expected by our client.Automation Engineer - Key Skills:

'€¢Qualification in a IT related discipline'€¢Ideally hold a testing affiliation'€¢Working experience in API Automation (REST and SOAP), Selenium automation using Selenium WebDriver (Essential)'€¢Extensive working experience in using JAVA and related libraries such as REST clients (Essential)'€¢Working experience in behavior driven development frameworks (BDD) like Cucumber (Essential)'€¢Good understanding of mock services, mocking, stubbing and service virtualization is important'€¢Familiarity with mobile automation strategies and tools (like Appium)'€¢Understanding of contract testing approach and PACT is desirable'€¢Knowledge on testing frameworks such as java, junit, TestNG, C#, .Net, Nunit '€¢Knowledge of scripting languages such as VB script, java script, or shell scripts is desirable'€¢Experience in writing SQL queries; SQL scripts is desirable'€¢Expertise in building up/implementing page objects (POM/page factories), externally data driving tests, keyword driven set up of assertions/check points, developing core methods for re-usability and hybrid automation frameworks '€¢Excellent experience of build tools like Maven and managing automation projects using them and reporting tools like Sure-fire Test Runner'€¢Experience with Version Control Software and code repositories (BitBucket, TFS, GitHub, etc)'€¢Familiarity with Continuous Integration and associated tools (Jenkins, Hudson, Docker etc.'€¢Experience developing the automation scripts for end to end scenarios and maintaining the automation suites'€¢Experience in Code Review process and understanding of definition of done'€¢Experience working in agile environment and participating in sprint and scrum meetings'€¢Test Report production and support the other automation team members'€¢Good understanding of the testing documents and the test life cycle

Automation Engineer - Benefits:

'€¢Life Cover'€¢Private Medical Insurance'€¢Pension'€¢Holiday buy scheme'€¢Virtual GP'€¢Dental Insurance'€¢Cycle 2 Work scheme

Automation EngineerDue to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation

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