Senior Test Analyst/Lead Test Analyst (Automation, Playwright, Appium)

Job Description – Test Automation
Designation - Senior Test Analyst (5-8 years) / Lead Test Analyst (9 -12+ years)
Using a suite of modern tools, the Automation Tester will play a pivotal role in helping us to automate our move towards a truly continuous integration and continuous deployment environment. You will work with our product and development teams to ensure that we are constantly analysing the automated tests that we design and execute for each of our products.
You will report to the QA Manager, work alongside the Test Lead, product and development teams to ensure a high standard of quality in our products. You will carry out automated functional testing on our products. You will have the chance to test modern products based on Microsoft .NET technology.
You will design, maintain and execute suites automated tests using modern languages and tools such as C#, Visual Studio, Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Mocha, JavaScript, TypeScript and Microsoft Azure DevOps.
You will be responsible for working through and developing our backlog to make constant improvements and additions to our existing automated tests. You will review and automate existing manual test cases. You will also be responsible for creating and reviewing defects, tracking their progress from their discovery through to their resolution, ensuring that they are adequately documented and tested.
Over time your role will grow and become more varied as you begin to test a larger variety of products across the NEC SWS. We are constantly developing new and cutting edge, scalable solutions and we need a highly skilled QA expert who embraces problem solving on products built with new, well-structured code as well as elements of legacy code.
You will be someone who likes to push boundaries and enjoys rising to a challenge. We are a committed and supportive team with a ‘can do’ mindset.
Key Responsibilities
Drive the implementation of modern test automation frameworks and tools.
Oversee test architecture, ensuring scalability and maintainability of automation solutions.
Promote shift-left testing practices and support developers in embedding quality.
Implementation of automation frameworks for middleware and backend service-based applications in critical infrastructure design.
Designing and executing automated tests on the latest revisions of the software.
Participating in the development of our automated testing framework, assisting our move towards automated testing in a CI/CD environment.
Interpreting requirements from existing manual test cases and specification documents.
Liaising with Manual Testers and / or Business Analysts to understand the requirements.
Liaising with the product and development teams to ensure that our backlog is up to date
Providing estimates regarding the test effort required to complete work.
Raising bugs and liaising with the development team from discovery through to resolution
Setting up and configuring the testing environment and associated database(s)
Preparing the test execution report and sharing it with stakeholders.
Required technical skills and experience
Experience with C# / Java Script/ Type Script
6 to 10 years of experience in Test Automation using various tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Mocha etc
Experience developing and executing automated test cases for User Interfaces
Knowledge of software development in a web and desktop environment
Required soft skills and experience
Clear and concise communicator
Able to prioritise between several tasks at any one time
Able to work independently and as part of a team
Detailed and effective written communication skills for documenting the features tested and bugs found
Highly organized, detail oriented, extremely responsive
Be comfortable discussing technical aspects of projects with other testers, developers & business owners.
Desirable skills and experience
Experience using Azure DevOps
Experience using Selenium and Playwright or equivalent tools
Experience using BrowserStack or equivalent cloud-based tools
Experience with various reporting libraries such as Extent, Allure etc
Usage of latest AI tools.
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines
Experience testing User Interfaces and databases
You'll have ISTQB/ISEB Foundation certifications or equivalent certifications or be working towards achieving them.
Experience coordinating with external/Offshore QA resources
Graduate

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No