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Automation Test Engineer

Employer
Michael Page Technology
Location
England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
21 Jan 2022

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Sector
Technology
Responsibilities
Information Technology
Position/Level
Consultant
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

Job Details

Automation Test Engineer - Innovative Software company

You will be expected to work with our development teams and contribute to the production of high-quality software and enjoy a variety of challenges both working as part of a cohesive team and a wider delivery. Working on end-to-end IoT projects using the PTC Thingworx Platform, Microsoft Azure, and other related technologies for customers on time and within budget.

Client Details

Automation Test Engineer - Innovative software company

My client uses technology, to solve problems and drive change with the following products and services. What makes my client unique is deep sector expertise particularly within IT/OT convergence and creating new insights. They have full, end-to-end industrial transformation capability and an extensive ecosystem of diverse specialist partners offering minimally invasive, disruptive technology that is rapidly deployed.

Description

Automation Test Engineer - Innovative software company

Main duties and responsibilities:

  • Test and smoke test new features and bug fixes, recommending and selecting relevant tools and approaches.
  • Define test plans and test scrips by analyzing user requirements; envisioning system features and functionality. Manage and complete own project tasks and production of deliverables. Ensuring all agreed changes are reflected in the plans and test cases and following a formal change process.
  • Develop and maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with the client with clients to identify and develop their requirements, and document test procedures, plans and scripts.

  • Liaise with client to manage changes within project and track variations to scope and implications to testing, as required
  • Perform regression testing of existing applications.
  • Work with team members on project tasks appropriately and support team members for successful execution of test procedures.



  • Monitor progress of project tasks and report on progress/time consumed to project manager
  • Ensure plans and scripts are documented and designed/produced in accordance with company preferred technical standards and philosophies
  • Monitor customer satisfaction and record, track and resolve issues and discrepancies on projects
  • Identify, manage and escalate, technical challenges, scheduling issues, etc.
  • Design and develop plans, scripts, tools, documentation, features priorities throughout the project life cycle by setting expectation; determining design methodologies and selecting appropriate tool sets.
  • Delivery of project to time, to estimates and good quality.
  • Complete product testing by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting development problems and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.

Profile

Automation Test Engineer - Innovative software company

  • Strong automation testing skills
  • Good communicator
  • Creating automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium
  • Effective team player contributing to team knowledge who can quickly learn and diagnose and troubleshoot customer problems
  • Agile / SCRUM environment
  • Manual testing (functional/system/regression/exploratory)
  • Multi-platform testing (mobile applications/web/cloud/desktop)
  • User requirements gathering
  • Agile environment processes
  • Object-Oriented environment
  • Robust and complete testing of mission critical / line of business systems prior to production release
  • Non-functional testing (load/performance/stress)
  • Test automation
  • ISEB / ISTQB or equivalent

Job Offer

Automation Test Engineer - Innovative software company

  • Opportunity to work for a growing start-up company
  • competitive salary package
  • career progression
  • training academy
  • Hybrid work/ WFH
  • Working closely with clients

Company

Michael Page Technology, part of PageGroup, is one of the world’s best-known and well-respected professional recruitment consultancies. We are a leading provider of permanent and contract recruitment for IT professionals across a spectrum of roles from CIO and CTO to IT Security Manager and Service Desk Analyst in businesses that range from start-ups to multi-national household brands.

We have 200 consultants in 20 countries dedicated to IT recruitment and specializing in the following technology roles:

  • IT Project and Programme Management
  • IT Strategy and Leadership
  • Infrastructure, Operations and IT Service Management
  • Web and Application Development
  • Security 
  • Testing/QA
  • Business Intelligence and Databases
  • ERP and Business Solutions

This ensures that we fully understand the specific requirements of each role and benefit from wide a pool of relevant existing candidates.

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