Test Automation Engineer

The Test Centre (TCE) provides test services to the company in Nanterre based on a well-defined matured and proven test strategy and methodology. Its main activities are the development and maintenance of the automatized test. The TCE has been involved in test projects for the main areas of the company Savings and Protection performing tests design and execution in most used applications. Development maintenance and execution of the automatised test scripts.

alongside training other colleagues                                                                                                                                                      

Main Tasks:

• Scoping responsibilities within the project:
  • Elaborate the automation test strategy and perform the test management;
  • Plan the rollout of the automated test scripts;
  • Estimate the budget and timeframe of the test automation;
  • Estimate return on investment;
  • Perform a POC to assess the technical feasibility of the test automation for any given application.

• Development and execution of automated test scripts:
  • Collaborate with the business and technical teams to translate in Gherkin the test scenarios ensuring they reflect the business requirements;
  • Ability to perform 3 amigos sessions;
  • Develop and maintain automated test scripts for the GUI using Selenium (Java) WebdriverIO (JavaScript) Gherkin Cucumber and Maven;
  • Collaborate with the development teams to integrate the automatized tests within the existing continuous development pipelines (CI/CD) or create new pipelines using Jenkins/Gitlab CI;
  • Setup and maintain the automatized tests infrastructure using Docker and Kubernetes to ensure the portability and reproducibility of the test environments;
  • Debug issues when running the test scripts;
  • Maintain and evolve the automated test frameworks to improve the ROI striving for the tests quality and efficiency;
  • Analyse and document the test results;
  • Provide the required information for the Go/No Go;
  • Report any risk of non-commitment regarding delays or quality;
  • Give feedback to direct hierarchy on the progress of the project.

• Contribute to the training of the colleagues and knowledge update:
  • Train developers or junior automation testers to execute develop and maintain the automated test scripts for the CI/CD;
  • Train the team members on Gherkin;
  • Continuously learn to be regularly updated with the industry best practices and emerging tools for the test automation;

Qualifications :

Technical Skills:

• System administration   experience on Windows and Linux/Unix systems : WCF Weblogic Application Server Apache Tomcat Java EE
• Monitoring & Scheduling experience of some of the following preferable: Geneos Introscope Dynatrace & Autosys DollarUniverse
• Scripting (Python PERL Shell SQL....) and development skills for administration monitoring and support tools.
• Appreciation of production processes including change and release management; incident and problem management skills with knowledge of ITIL
• Databases SQL Server and Oracle                                                                                                                   

Language Skills:

• English
• French

Soft Skills:

• Minimum 4 years experience in Test Automation activities ;
• Expertise to develop and maintain automated test scripts for the GUI;
• Expertise (2 years) in Selenium (Java) WebdriverIO (JavaScript) Excel Gherkin Cucumber Maven Jenkins IntelliJ ;
• Expertise in Postman JSON
• Experience with Docker image creation to manage and create test environments as well as pipelines creation
• ALM Octane experience;
• Risk identification and follow-up;
• Coordination and motivation skills;
• Systematic critical and logical thinking;
• Summarization capabilities;
• Be committed demanding and pedagogue.
• Respect the procedures methodologies and directives;
• Strive continuously for customer satisfaction;
• Aim to deliver very high quality results;
• Good listening and questioning ability;
• Good learning skills;
• Ability to plan work ahead and to prioritize workload;
• Be able to adapt to changes and evolution

Other details:

• Ability to travel outside of Portugal

Willing and able to work outside normal office hours in exceptional circumstances

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time