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Technical Test Architect / Consultant
Sogeti UK, Part of the Capgemini Group
Join a world-leading IT consultancy and thought leader within the software testing field
Base Location - You can choose from either; London / Birmingham / Bristol / Manchester
About Sogeti and the Capgemini Group
Sogeti UK is renowned for being the Testing & Quality Assurance specialists and we're looking for talented individuals with a passion for quality assurance and testing who want to join a market leading Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering organization as consultants. You'll help grow our expert testing capabilities as we expand our family of testing professionals and maintain our position as a "Leader" of Next-Generation Software Testing Services (As of 2019, reported by NelsonHall).
Globally, Sogeti is part of the Capgemini Group, Sogeti operates in more than 100 locations globally. Working closely with clients and partners to take full advantage of the opportunities of technology, Sogeti combines agility and speed of implementation to tailor innovative future-focused solutions in Digital Assurance and Testing, Cloud and Cybersecurity, all fuelled by AI and automation.
Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients' opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year+ heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. Today, it is a multicultural company of 270,000 team members in almost 50 countries. With Altran, the Group reported 2019 combined revenues of €17billion.
Our Inclusive Culture
Sogeti positively encourages applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We foster an inclusive culture that enables everyone to achieve their full potential and enjoy a fulfilling career with us. Our comprehensive flexible benefits package and lifestyle policies enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life needs.
Capgemini won the ‘Best Tech Employer' at the Women in Tech Employer Awards 2020. Capgemini is also ranked in the Top 100 employers in the latest Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and we are recognised as one of the Top 75 employers in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2020.
The Role
As a Sogeti UK consultant, you will be part of the Testing & Quality Assurance specialists and represent Sogeti by providing expert solutions to our customers to help us maintain our position as a leader in the market. You will work on different client sites in a range of industries that include; well known global brands, government, finance, insurance, aerospace and media/digital. You will gain exposure to a variety of tools and technologies that will allow you to continuously develop as a subject matter expert in testing.
As a Technical Test Architect / Consultant at Sogeti, you can:-
Work with the latest testing tools and upskill in different technologies through our work on various customer sites.
Work onsite, representing the global Sogeti brand with a range of customers to gain invaluable experience, quickly. Customers include well known global grands, government, finance, insurance, aerospace and media/digital.
Gain experience within a market leader in Next-Generation Software Testing Services.
Have a genuine and transparent career path mapped out; We prefer to promote from within rather than recruit externally so you'll have every opportunity to develop.
Develop yourself with continuous learning and development by providing you the tools and support to drive your own career in the direction you want!
As a Technical Test Architect / Consultant, we're looking for:-
You will have experience of taking ownership/accountability for the delivery of technical test projects including elements of automation, performance and DevOps.
Experience of creating and maintaining technical implementation strategies and creating delivery plans.
Ability to be hands on with delivering technical test solutions, if required, and to show what good delivery looks like.
High level knowledge of automation tools such as Selenium, UFT, eggPlant or Tosca to lead customer conversations and guide more junior team members; familiar with open source tools that are available.
Understanding of performance tools such as JMeter, BlazeMeter, Gatling and Performance Tester is beneficial.
Knowledge of Test Design using approaches such as BDD, TDD, or ATDD using standard frameworks such as Cucumber-SpecFlow.
Experience of working in Agile or DevOps environments including knowledge of continuous integration, continuous deployment and the tooling used to support these activities, such as Jenkins.
Previous development experience with an OOP language (such as Java, C# or Python) is a benefit.
Test management experience working for a consultancy.
Technical test managers who have worked in a commercial environment, who are still hands on technical testing.
Experience of managing KPIs in test automation is preferred.
Exposure to implementing test environments in the Cloud.
Flexibility on travel / work locations during the working week.
ISEB / ISTQB or equivalent certification in testing at foundation level or above.
