Automation Test Analyst

Sparta Global are hiring an Automation Tester proficient in C# on an 18-Month Fixed-Term-Contract, requiring 3 days per week on-site in Farnborough.

Main Accountabilities

Test Automation Leadership

• Develop and apply knowledge in test automation to make a significant contribution to the modernisation of the IT landscape through:
• Design and build test scenarios using requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Create and maintain automated tests using provided toolset
• Record detailed test results and collaborate with agile team members as solutions are developed.
• Report defects and track defects to closure, escalating as appropriate.
• Perform all aspects of test verification, including environment management, functional and regression testing.

Communication

• Communicate with business and IT at many levels, having excellent verbal and non-verbal skills. Able to determine business requirements directly from business team members and be able to communicate in a non-technical manner when required
• Work closely with developers, systems analysts and the business to ensure quick and efficient testing of changes

Quality

• Ability to ensure all testing is delivered on time and to the quality expected to ensure stable operations
• Ensure adherence to requirements, including compliance with relevant Agile Working Model standards and processes, as well as controls and Change Management appropriate to a Financial Services environment.

Required Experience:

A minimum of 3-5 year’s experience in test automation, ideally with the following….

• Experience in test automation, behaviour driven development, test driven development.
• Experience coding in C#
• Experience of testing frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, SpecFlow/ReqNRoll, Playwright.
• Experience in test automation of RESTFul Services (Inc. Swagger), web user interfaces, SOAP Services.