Must hold a Baseline security clearance

Working with a multidisciplinary team, you will be required to:

• Analyse documented specifications, user stories and requirements to support the creation of test cases.
• Write, review and execute test cases.
• Effectively prioritise testing efforts, and test case execution.
• Report and track the resolution of defects/issues as they are found in testing.
• Work with the ability to be proactive, flexible, and agile, whilst managing changing goals and scope in an agile project team.
• Conduct investigations, undertake specialist or technical research and analysis activities.
• Provide professional advice within an area of specialization based on systems knowledge, policy and legislation.

AutomationTester responsibilities may include:

• API and UI Automation testing
• Create and update Automated test scripts in C# as per business requirements
• Detect, record & manage software failures (defects)
• Utilise a custom Test automation framework – Selenium Grid, RESTful API, YAML CI/CD, Azure Kubernetes Services, Azure DevOps, GIT and a Test Data API
• Provide input and work collaboratively with other DSD stakeholders to help deliver departmental deliverables
• Liaise with Scrum Masters, Developers, Manual testers, and Test automation engineers
• Update NuGet packages

Working arrangements – Onsite, standard 8 hours per day, and 40 hours per week in total. Flexible Working Arrangements will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Essential criteria

1. Well-developed testing skills, including the ability to write, review and execute complex test cases
2. Effectively prioritise testing efforts and test case execution, and report and track the resolution of defects/issues
3. Experience working in an Agile software development environment and experience of writing and managing test cases using Azure DevOps
4. Demonstrated experience in SQL and querying databases using tools such as SQL Server Management Studio
5. Experience with API and UI Automation testing along with using a custom Selenium Web Driver test automaton framework
6. Ability to create and update automated test scripts at the UI and API layer in C# and experience coding RESTful API tests using RestSharp API Experience with GIT version control and YAML CI/CD pipeline.