Test Automation Consultant

Job Description

Edge Testing Solutions are seeking Automation Consultants to work on client sites across Scotland and the wider UK. The roles require 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 from our Bellshill office, working on client sites across central belt Scotland, with an anticipation of UK wide travel.

Qualifications

Additional Information

Our Company:
Edge Testing, established in 2007, has grown fast to become the UK’s largest independent software testing company. Our talented workforce includes some of the UK’s premier testing thought leaders and experts, who help deliver exceptional services to our clients in the financial services, telecommunications and media, utilities, retail and the public sector.

Our portfolio includes Managed Testing, Consultancy, Performance Testing, Test Automation and Cyber Security as well as our successful Digital Test Hubs and the Edge Academy. It is our broad range of services and the way we do business, that sets us apart from the competition.

In 2018 Edge Testing became part of Eurofins Digital Testing, a Eurofins Scientific division, the world’s leading Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) specialists, who operate globally with test lab facilities in the UK, USA, Belgium, Poland, Sweden and Hong Kong.