Test Automation Consultant

Eurofins Scientific ,
Birmingham, West Midlands

Overview

Job Description

Edge Testing Solutions are seeking Automation Consultants to work on client sites across The Midlands and the wider UK. The roles requires an experienced Automation test professional with demonstrable experience of using, maintaining and building test automation frameworks. Experience of working in agile or DevOps projects desirable. The successful candidate will be able to work independently with great team skills and problem-solving abilities. A deeper understanding of modern system architectures such as cloud-based system would also be beneficial. Key Skills required include: * Experience of test analysis and design * Expertise with a modern automation tool, for example Selenium, Appium, SoapUI, Cucumber * Ability to develop code in a relevant language, for example Java, JavaScript, C# * Agile experience, for example Scrum, Kanban, DSDM, SAFe * Experience of multiple tools, languages and agile methods advantageous * Understanding and experience of modern development methods e.g. TDD, BDD, CI/CD * Ability to work independently and proactively * Strong organisational skills, able to work to deadlines * Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail * Good team working skills * Excellent communication and reporting skills * Knowledge of development tools such as version control, environment build, deployment desirable * Knowledge of monitoring or non-functional test tools (e.g. JMeter) desirable Location - candidates will be based in Birmingham with an anticipation of UK wide travel.