QA Engineer

Description

ASA Recruitment are currently recruiting for a QA Engineer for our client who is a prestigious well known public body.

The role of the QA Engineer is to provide technical expertise during the handover of a highly secure cloud based service from a 3rd party to our client.

Ideally you will have experience of testing Java based web services and microservices (automated and manual) using a variety of tooling, be passionate about working in agile environments, using continuous delivery techniques and experienced in building out automated tests to support CI/CD pipelines.

Duties
* Work as part of a small team of QA specialists ensuring test plans are understood, integrated, delivered and automated where possible
* Coordinate and manage test schedules
* Build and maintain testing artefacts, looking ahead for future opportunities or blockers, and ensuring decisions by teams align with the strategy
* Identify operational improvements and work to ensure a stable service that can be enhanced
* Anticipate and mitigate against project challenges or risks
* Work with and support third parties in providing testing services

Candidate
· You will be capable of making and guiding effective decisions, explaining clearly how the decision has been reached
· Take ownership of problems and proactively resolves technical problems, ensuring that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements
· Translate technical concepts between infrastructure, delivery management and service management so they are understood by all
· Able to speak on behalf of technical and service management teams and facilitate the relationships with indirect stakeholders
· Understands technical governance and is able to participate in or deliver the assurance of a service
· The ideal candidate will have the experience of the below
o Best Practice test approaches
o Test Automation in CI/CD pipelines
o Selenium/WebDriver test automation
o Java and JavaScript
o Load testing tooling
o Performance testing tooling
o BDD test tooling (Gherkin/Cucumber)
o Proficient around Linux based environments
o AWS environment experience

Benefits
· Competitive day rate
· Attractive working hours
· Role is out with IR35 legislation

This is an opportunity to really make your mark within the public sector.
Successful completion of this this contract will identify you a key leader within public sector IT infrastructure.
If you are interested please apply with your up to date CV and We will contact in due course

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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