Lead Automation Test Engineer (Technical)

Permanent 

London with Hybrid working

*Candidate's MUST have current or previous Consultancy experience to be considered for this role*

Ten10 is one of the leading independent Quality Engineering, Software Testing, RPA and DevOps consultancies in the UK. Our teams of exceptional consultants and engineers provided innovative solutions which help our customers deliver quality software faster, more effectively and more frequently. 

Due to continued growth, we are currently looking for an Lead Automation Test Engineer to join our London based delivery team.

Role Responsibilties:

• Run an Automation discovery and proof of concept for End To End testing via desktop client User Interface.
• Review the existing framework and scripts (prepared by Microsoft) and work with the client to determine automation objectives and framework / tooling required as the desktop client transitions to be a web based client.
• The current expected use of tool is Playwright. 
• Second stage of programme: Roll out and operationalise an automation factory initially focusing on Automation of approx 500 User Acceptance Testing regression scripts, for the business.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Previous Consultancy experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a highly technical Agile environment
• Able to lead and provide peer review/direction to junior team members
• Solid background in technical software development
• Strong coding skills in Java or other coding language
• Solid experience in integration testing
• Proficient in test planning and reporting
• Demonstrable experience of developing automated test frameworks for RESTful APIs and associated tooling (e.g. RestAssured, JsonPath, Jackson etc)
• Confident working with CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Git)
• Experienced in developing automated test frameworks for Front End web applications and associated tooling (e.g. Cucumber, Webdriver)
• Confident using industry standard Java tooling such as Maven and Spring
• Experienced automating database access from Java (e.g. using Hibernate, JPA etc)
• Working knowledge of Jenkins, Git/GitLab, Jira, Confluence
• Confident testing in a microservices environment and using mocking libraries such as WireMock
• Working knowledge of non functional testing
• Be eligible or hold valid SC clearance

Working at Ten10

• 25 days annual leave (1 extra day every year for the first 3 years) + holiday buying scheme
• Pension - contributory matched by employer up to 5%
• Health plan covering medical, dental, optical and alternative therapy treatments
• Subsidised gym memberships
• Bike to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Excellent training and development opportunities that are tailored to you
• Team socials and activities, sporting events, annual kick-off and Christmas parties
• Flexible / hybrid working model