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automation engineer London, England

Argus Media

Full Time London, England 59898 - 46021 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

QA Automation Engineer

Location: London, UK

About Argus

Argus is an independent media organisation with 1,300 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 29 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences. Companies in 140 countries around the world use Argus data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets as well as for analysis and planning purposes.

Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. It is owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic and Hg, the specialist software and technology services investor. Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a hands-on, self-motivated Automation agile tester to join our QA team in London. You will report into the QA Lead, working with a team of developers across multiple projects. The role will involve working as part of a medium sized development team. Testing related activities will include developing and designing test plans, automated test scenarios and acceptance criteria, production of test scripts and test execution as well as being involved in test coordination and management.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an incredibly successful company who will further your career and enable you to work in an industry sector that is growing exponentially year on year. We have multiple projects running simultaneously using the latest technologies and methodologies providing a great opportunity to increase your knowledge and experience of working in the finance industry with cutting edge technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Plan to test
Promote and adhere to the Argus test strategy where applicable
Manage and maintain existing automation suites using selenium webdriver
Create new automation suites that provide early feedback on allocated projects
Determine the right proportion of UI based automation vs non-UI based automation tests implemented per project
Own (create, manage, edit) continuous integration on assigned projects within your role as Automation tester
Execute manual and automated functional and non-functional tests
Manage cloud-based environments
Guide developers on QA automation related matters

Skills and Experience

Strong C# development skills in a .net environment.
A strong knowledge of object orientated programming principles
Experience of liaising between development, test and business teams.
Self-learner, keeping abreast of changes within the testing industry and software development as a discipline.
Test harness creation in a .net environment
Advanced knowledge of selenium webdriver
Creating a suite of Gherkin style tests with Specflow from requirements and or use cases
A working knowledge of GIT
Commercial knowledge and use of RabbitMQ and message queueing
Create automated integration tests at API level
A strong understanding of the technical architecture of complex web applications and web technologies including RESTful APIs
Strong understanding of object orientated programming
A strong understanding of microservices architecture
Debugging automated test scripts
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Test suite optimization (time and resources)
Experience of collaborating with programmers and business experts
A positive can-do attitude and enthusiasm, and the capability of learning new technologies.
Ability to interrogate a database using SQL or visual tools to extract relevant data
Demonstrate the use and advantages of heuristic evaluation during software testing

Additionally, the following would be valuable:

Practical knowledge of Jmeter or similar tools for performance testing
Cloud-formation knowledge

What’s in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

Competitive salary and company bonus scheme
Group pension scheme
Group healthcare and life assurance scheme
Flexible working environment
25 days holiday with annual increase up to 30 days
Subsidised gym membership
Season ticket travel loans
Cycle to work scheme
Workplace Nursery Scheme
Extensive internal and external training

For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you upload your CV via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions

By submitting your job application, you automatically acknowledge and consent to the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data to the Company. Argus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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