Description
We are building a team of outstanding people who will create and run these new and improved digital services. We will be using modern technology and agile development methods, and release as much of our work as possible as open source software.
As a Test Automation Engineer you will:
- Collaborate with Service/Product Managers & business analysts to ensure that user needs for new digital services are fully understood and that user stories contain effective, actionable acceptance criteria.
- Identify test cases that are suitable for automation and work with the Agile Test Coordinator, developers and architects to define the approach to automated testing.
- Write automated acceptance tests that can be integrated into the software build process.
- Organise and perform manual tests when automated approaches are not possible.
- Develop test strategies that ensure our digital services function correctly on multiple devices, including desktop, mobile, tablet, games consoles and other commonly used ways of accessing digital services.
- Test digital products for compliance with accessibility standards including WCAG 2.0.
- Participate in the wider testing community (outside of government), building relationships with other testing engineers and identifying best practices we can adopt.
Skills and Experience:
- Experience of agile software development and testing methods
- Experience of automation testing
- Demonstrable understanding of test driven development approaches
- Ability to learn Scala code to automate tests using Selenium WebDriver, and rapidly learn other tools & languages as required
- Proven ability to independently research & communicate new testing technologies or approaches
- Detail-oriented: able to document and follow detailed instructions within test scripts and defect tracking documents
- Experience of testing software across multiple web browsers and devices