Test Engineer (Test Automation)

About the role

Due to project growth we are expanding out test community with our Engagement Services team. Seeking highly motivated and analytical Test Engineer to join our thriving team. Working within an Agile environment, you’ll be responsible for designing, writing and executing automated and manual test suites; to ensure adequate and effective test coverage and provide test assurance of the user stories in a test-first environment using cloud architecture.

You will provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to. An opportunity to deliver the test activities to meet the functional and non-functional requirements and ambitions of our stakeholders, whist contributing to effective agile delivery. You will work closely with Software Engineers in conducting automation, exploratory and regression testing using test automation frameworks in a CI/CD environment.

We are keen to also invest in you, as such we encourage development and training to allow you to grow within your role. In addition, there are paths for development opportunities within the business as your expertise flourish.

What we’re looking for 

If you’re interested in joining a team that lies at the heart of what OS is about, we’re looking for someone that can demonstrate skills and experience in:

Experience in software testing and industry best practice

Technical skills in test automation frameworks and languages including Java, with the ability to design and write test harnesses

Analytical skills, designing and implementing tests around TDD/BDD feature files for functional test activities

Background in non-functional testing techniques and tools

Ability to define and lead on the appropriate end to end test approach

Experience of Agile methodologies and working closely with engineers, advising on process improvement

Allocating and prioritising own work and working across multiple delivery teams

Qualified to Foundation Level in Software Testing (or equivalent)

Desirable:

Automating tests in a test-first CI/CD environment, such as Azure DevOps

Testing in a cloud platform and knowledge of the Azure Portal (or similar)

Coaching and mentoring

Data testing with an understanding of ETL’s

Awareness of geospatial systems and technologies

The rewards 

We want you to love what you do. That’s why our benefits package rewards a job well done. We’ll give you: 

Salary: £36,414 - £40,698

Performance related bonus

A competitive pension scheme

37 hour working week (with flexible working options)

25 days annual leave - (30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas

Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

This role will be based at our state-of-the-art Headquarters in Southampton. However, all our people, where they can are currently working from home and we recognise the future need to be flexible. As such we are open to applications that can deliver work remotely where appropriate.

Closing date

Due to growth within the project, we are looking to hire multiple Test Engineers to our team, so please apply today.