Automation Tester - £35,000 - Wrexham Additional benefits

Automation Tester - £35,000 - Wrexham Additional benefits The role The tester plays a key role in product design and development and is responsible for writing, executing and reporting on tests. The tester provides insight into the state of a product throughout development and deployment. Key Responsibilities Writing and executing effective functional tests and carrying out exploratory testing to assess product performance A successful track record with automation using a scripting language. Design and develop automation scripts when needed. Support, implement and help shape the Test approach Planning, estimating and reporting test activities Contributing to test process and procedural improvements Raising descriptive, concise and useful defect reports Leading defect triage meetings with other disciplines Troubleshooting- finding critical bugs or verifying reported issues, identifying their underlying cause and seeing them through to resolution liaising with other teams where appropriate Supporting change through experimenting and analysis to improve processes Mentoring junior team members Working with other test roles and development teams to ensure the spread of good practices and sharing of knowledge Provide support in tool evaluations and selections Communicating status information and issues to a variety of stakeholders, adapting appropriately depending on the audience Working with product teams and stakeholders to ensure that each feature is clearly understood before implementation, validated early and throughout implementation, and verified when implementation is complete Learn from and contribute to the test community Experience of and ability to design and execute effective tests Evidence of planning, executing functional, systems and regression test Experience of applying an analytical and detail-orientated approach to problem solving and solution design Knowledge of web related technologies is essential. Experience in Selenium Web Driver. Experience in implementing continuous improvement Excellent aptitude for learning new technologies and ways of working Ability to input and support in creation, adaptation and execution of effective test strategies Ability to think creatively, problem solve, and innovate Excellent written and verbal communications skills Work closely and communicate clearly within cross-functional teams Ability to experiment, analyse and continually support in improving test practices Good understanding of test automation and its value within agile delivery Good written and verbal communication skills Working knowledge of product/defect/test case management systems An appreciation of good user-experience and being prepared to be the users/audience advocate Good understanding of usability and accessibility of applications and products Desirable ISEB, ISTQB or Certified Agile Tester certification. Relevant Degree SOAP UI,Postman Automation Tester - £35,000 - Wrexham Additional benefits Oscar Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy at https://our-privacy-policy.