Automation Test Lead

Solid experience of at least 5 years in the use of automation tooling and framework creation especially with Java and SQL

• Able to develop and execute test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other testing related plans and documentation based on the requirements and technical specifications

• Plan, develop, execute, maintain and improve Automated Test Frameworks and Automated Test Scripts for Web and Database applications

• Proven experience in writing automated test scripts using JavaScript

• Experience of using automation tools such as Selenium web driver IO (WDIO) / Cucumber etc, Selenium for UI testing and RestAssured for API testing

• Experience of test tool selection/recommendations based on assessment of the environment/landscape.

• Experience in defining a comprehensive performance test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required.

• Experience of delivering within both an Agile and Waterfall methodology.

• Jenkins pipeline creation and management for running automated tests, generating reports and notifying team about test results to streamline the CI/CD process.

• Database comparison test experience

• Experience testing in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Ali Cloud

• Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling

• Accurately report and track testing related defects and issues, by writing or automating, effective and thorough bug reports, attend triage meetings and verify bug fixes.

• Test case review/QA for coverage and traceability to requirements/design

• Liaison with business areas/technical leads re SIT/OAT/UAT scenario definitions as required

• Previous experience within Identity and Access Management- preferable

• Any exposure to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity warehousing, and working with protocols and formats for data ingestion such as SCIM, REST API, LDAP, OIDC and CSV

• Experience of testing graph database management systems (GDBMS)

• ServiceNow, AD, AWS, Azure integrations

• Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code

• Experience of GitOps Repos

• API Testing, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing

• Team Leadership & Management - Proven ability to lead, mentor, and manage other engineers within the team

• DevOps & CI/CD Integration - Ability to integrate automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift-left testing practices

• Pub Sub and MQ, GCP (Cloud) testing approaches and methodology, SaaS Testing

• Process Improvement - Establish performance testing standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across the organization

• Skill set ideally including several of:

• Java, Cypher, Python, JavaScript, PHP, .NET, Go, SQL Server, MySQL

• API, QMetry, Test Rail, BDD/TDD, Jenkins, Postman, Insomnia