Automation Tester

We are looking for an experienced Automation Tester to join our team for a 12-month assignment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in web application testing, test automation, Agile methodologies, and quality assurance, with hands-on knowledge of tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr, and Serenity.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand and determine the requirements and specifications of applications or systems to be tested.
• Develop and maintain functional test cases, test results, and test data using test automation tools and Jira Zephyr.
• Perform estimation, planning, prioritisation, progress monitoring, and coordination of testing activities.
• Provide daily reports on UAT testing status and progress.
• Develop test automation scripts and execute existing automation scripts as part of the regression test suite.
• Analyse clients business requirements and processes through document analysis, interviews, workshops, and workflow analysis.
• Provide input into the development and modification of systems to meet client requirements and prepare business specifications to support these changes.
• Ensure application quality across multiple environments, including SIT, UAT, Performance Testing, and Production.
• Participate in test scenario and test case preparation, test execution, defect review, and test data preparation.
• Perform various types of testing, including Unit, Integration, System, Database, Regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Identify, document, track, and manage defects through to resolution.
• Collaborate with developers, business users, and other stakeholders to ensure quality deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computing, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 2-5 years of experience as a Test Engineer, preferably with web applications.
• Hands-on experience in web application automation testing.
• Familiarity with the Agile Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and working within Agile teams.
• Knowledge of software testing techniques, including: Smoke testing, Database testing, Integration testing, White-box and black-box testing, Regression testing, System integration testing, User acceptance testing
• Good understanding of quality assurance principles, methods, and processes.
• Strong knowledge of test automation principles, methods, and frameworks.
• Experience with functional testing experience in the banking or financial services sector would be an advantage.
• Comfortable working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Cucumber, and Selenium.
• Experience executing software testing within CI/CD processes.
• Experience with BDD frameworks, preferably Serenity.
• Meticulous, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.
• Strong initiative, ownership, commitment, and results-oriented mindset.
• Good interpersonal, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong team player with the ability to collaborate effectively with different stakeholders.