Job Description
Seeking a talented Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who is passionate about Software Quality, has an Agile Tester mindset and a track record for building effective automation frameworks.
Role: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Salary: Competitive Salary + bonus/benefits
Location: Dublin (City Centre)
WFH Model: Very flexible (1/2 days a week in office)
Job Purpose
Our SDETs have an in-depth knowledge of Testing Best Practices as well as a strong programming background with the ability to design and execute optimal test strategies that leverage our automation capabilities to maximum effect.
Responsibilities
1. Define the test strategy for new functionality focusing on achieving the optimal test approach for all functional and non-functional scope.
2. Responsible for all areas of test automation, including building maintaining and documenting adopted Test Automation Frameworks
3. Develop, automate and maintain highly effective test cases leveraging automation to optimise test cycle times and the lead time for delivery of new functionality
4. Ensure comprehensive and transparent test coverage for new and existing product features.
5. Implement best of breed, scalable solutions according to defined patterns and practices.
6. Responsible for application integration testing with all required systems, databases, and services
7. Works closely with the Software Engineers to understand the codebase and the unit test coverage and to ensure the testability for a given feature
8. Responsible for working with the Product Owner to understand business requirements and carry out quality assurance checks on the developed solutions
9. Work as part of a Scrum team using Agile practices and adhering to the values and principles.
10. Promote testing best practices within the team.
11. Researching test tools, methodologies, and trends and working on continuous process improvement initiatives within the CLE Quality Practice
Key Strengths
12. Excellent database testing experience in the areas of functional, load, capacity, and performance
13. Analytical and can analyse unit test coverage reports and collaborate with the Software Engineers to ensure any unit test coverage gaps are identified and addressed.
14. Proven ability to create robust and stable automated integration/functional/regression tests with transparent reporting on the automated coverage.
15. Strong programming background with Java (8 + preferable) with experience building automation frameworks for both API and UI tier validation
16. Demonstrate experience working in a test-driven environment with continuous integration pipelines managing the orchestration of feature and regression test packaging & execution
17. Demonstrate hands on experience of testing code quality & metric production & the implementation of quality gates.
18. Agile tester mindset and approach that has experience defining test approaches that maximise the Return in Investment from automation and enable Continuous Delivery
19. Strong communication skills and the ability to influence the Delivery Team on Software Quality best practices and ensuring testable high-quality software
20. Proven ability to assess inefficiencies in testing strategies and the successful execution of improvement initiatives
Technologies & Frameworks
21. Hands on experience of database script management using Redgate, Datical, MS SQL Server or other Relational Database
22. Networking & Communication Protocols - DNS, TCPIP, UDP, HTTP HTTPS, SSL, FTP, SCP, SOAP & REST
23. Languages - Java, MS SQL, Powershell & Bash
24. Testing Frameworks/Tooling - BDD, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, JQuery, Selenium, Serenity & Mockito
25. OAuth, SAML, SMTP, MAPI
26. Version Control Systems - Azure Devops Git
27. Build Automation Tools - Jenkins
28. Build & Dependency Management Tooling - Gradle, Ant & MSBuild
Essential Skills
29. Experience of writing a test framework or at a minimum maintaining one
30. Experiencing owning and defining the test strategy for new features and breaking it down into the corresponding test types and building and executing an effective automation strategy for these
31. Experience of using an automated maven build, to trigger tests.
32. Excellent knowledge of the maven lifecycle
33. Good Java development Skills and experience of writing unit, integration and BDD Tests
34. Experience of writing BDD Test suites with Gherkin, Cucumber and Junit
35. Experience of best of breed practices in relation to test delivery.
36. Has worked in highly automated CI/CD environments
37. Excellent java and git skills
38. Has written automated tests using one of the following Frameworks/Libraries: Serenity, Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured
39. Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desired Skills
40. Previous experience working in Financial Services
41. Written and/or oral German language.
42. Has experience of using Jenkins, for build and release management.
43. Good knowledge of best of breed practices in relation to build management and release management.
Personal Strengths
44. The candidate needs to be a self- starter and implement best of breed testing solutions within the boundaries of the integration patterns, architectural principles and guidelines provided. They must be a team player and provide guidance, training and assistance to other members of the team
45. Passionate about Quality with a continuous drive for improvements
Necessary Qualifications / Skills
46. Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar role
47. 3rd level qualification (honours degree), preferably in a related discipline
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.
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