Automation Test Engineer - fully remote

This job has now expired please search on the home page to find live IT Jobs.

My client specialises in geological evaluation software and is looking for a Test Automation Analyst to set up the automation test framework from scratch. They are looking for someone who has worked on a similar greenfield project with the autonomy to set up the framework for the back end.The Role; The Test Automation Analyst will work on commercial product development projects, alongside Product Owners, Developers and Users within an agile team environment. You will ensure automated testing activities are established and the required supporting technology and CI/CD infrastructure. Key aspects of this role will include defining, creating, reviewing, executing and maintaining automated tests on a range of in-house and 3rd Party applications across different platforms including the public clouds. You will also assist with setting the overall test automation strategy and with the resolution of reported bugs where appropriate. Success in this role will involve a proactive, flexible and inquisitive approach, alongside a desire to work in a highly collaborative team environment.The Responsibilities; Creating, diagnosing, executing and maintaining automated scenarios for all aspects of the system Providing technical implementations for UI, System, integration and performance testing. Developing API test standards, approaches and mocking Working closely with the Development team to ensure testing is appropriate, complete and timely Working closely with the dev-ops team to establish fully automated testing within an enhanced CI/CD framework Establishing the usage of public clouds (AWS, Azure & GCP) for automated performance testing at scaleProducing appropriate documentation of tests and results Contributing to daily stand-up meetings and sprint planning. Constantly looking for ways to expand and improve test definitions and test coverage. Defining and maintaining a diverse test data repositoryWhat We Require; API testing using Open API standards Test automation tooling from a selection of vendors, but must include Cucumbe and Selenium Programming competence in Ruby and C# Experience of ground up CI/CD implementation, ideally with TeamCity Linux and Windows scripting Full Project Lifecycle experience in an agile commercial development Certification or equivalent experience with public cloud vendorsExperience in agile methodologies, particularly SCRUM and TDD / BDD principles. Experience or interest in UI test automation tools focusing on Angular Additional programming languages such as JS, C++, Python or Go Messaging and EDA testing experience Deployment using Kubernetes and Docker