Trakcel Limited Hiring for Automation Test Engineer Job at Cardiff, Wales Full Time

About TrakCel

We are in the cell and gene therapy space. It is the place to be – we’re helping bring truly life-changing products to the market.

We are an international technology company providing supply chain management software solutions to companies discovering, developing, and commercialising cell and gene therapies and personalised medicine.

Our purpose? To enable our clients to develop and deliver globally, affordable, ground-breaking treatments safely at scale. There’s a patient at the end of everything we do.

Hybrid working in operation (blend of home and office).

Role Outline

Reporting directly to the Test Automation Team Leader we are looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer who will contribute to the development of a quality test automation suite that can be integrated into CI (Continuous Integration) processes. The Test Automation Team supports various parts of the business:

• Automating product testing and extending automated test coverage on the OCELLOS product.
• Developing API tests for the MuleSoft platform (an ESB/API layer).
• Developing a performance testing capability across OCELLOS (Salesforce) and MuleSoft platforms.

The team is encouraged to continuously improve the test automation capability through the application of sound agile/lean practice with a dedication to quality outcomes. All team members have a voice in this team and their contribution is central to the collective responsibility model that we seek to achieve.

Main Responsibilities

• Automated and Manual Functional Test Case design, creation and execution
• Working with the Test Automation Team Leader to create and execute Test Cases for:

o API Testing

o Performance Testing

o Security Testing

• Work closely with other team members to agree testing objectives and ensure that problems are resolved in a timely and efficient manner.
• Test Environment and Test Data setup.
• Ensuring traceability back to product development requirements.
• Defect management.
• Test Reports.

Skills and Experience – Essential

· Minimum two years’ experience as an Automation Test Engineer.

· Recognised software QA/Test qualification – e.g. BCS ISTQB, Certified Agile Tester.

· Experience of a Requirements, Test Management and Bug Tracking system (e.g. codeBeamer).

· Experience of working with Agile development methodologies – especially scrum.

· Good understanding of frontend technologies such as HTML/CSS and a sound appreciation of the DOM.

· Working with modern web-based applications and browsers.

· High standard of written and verbal communication skills.

· Experience working with automated testing frameworks.

· Strong programming, debugging/troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

· Strong knowledge of Java programming.

· Hands-on current experience authoring automated test scripts with coverage across UI, back-end integration and database.

· Proficiency in at least one tool from each of the following categories:

o Defect Tracking

o Automated Testing: Selenium Web Driver, BDD using Cucumber and Gherkin notation, JMeter, OWASP Zap, Junit, Saucelabs, TestNG, Postman

o Data: Javafaker

o Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE, developer tools

o Database Tools: PostgreSQL, SQL Developer or other query tools

o Other Tools: Jenkins, GIT, Putty, Maven, Fiddler

Skills and Experience – Desirable

• Experience of creating Test Plans and Scheduling Test Phases.
• Working with relational databases and SQL to retrieve data.
• Familiarity with source control tools e.g. GitLab.
• Security testing against a standard e.g. OWASP.
• Understanding of JSON and XML data formats.

• Familiarity with Linux and command line tools.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £32,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Desks are socially distanced with hand gel and wipes aplenty. Windows opened for good ventilation. Lat Flow before attending. If symptomatic work from home if well enough. Interviews via Teams.

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the UK? We do not have a sponsorship licence so please do not apply unless you already have the right to work in the UK. Thank you.