Test Automation Engineer

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are a talent incubator. The time you spend at Expleo will turbo-charge your career, allowing you to work on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues. Whether working on autonomous vehicles, green planes, the factories of tomorrow or cutting-edge banking technology, you will have the opportunity to become a bolder version of yourself. Lets change the game together.

We are looking for Software Quality Engineers to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg.

We are seeking an individual who can operate autonomously, assuming complete ownership of a specific domain. This role involves undertaking quality engineering projects, utilizing existing frameworks and tools, and formulating project plans aimed at achieving on-time and on-budget project objectives. The primary focus lies within the realm of Quality Engineering, encompassing activities such as analysis and design, implementation, system integration, and execution, all aligned with pre-established plans and strategies.

Responsibilities

To provide tactical guidance on the technology roadmap to the QA team/s
The guidance should encapsulate the design, best practices and coding standards for the Quality Assurance solutions
The Architect would also be considered to be the SME on Quality Assurance tools and Frameworks and the fit for purpose for the relevant artefacts
Furthermore he/she would be able to provide the recommendation on the structure of the QA solutions and the various QA code references that should be referenced in the solutions based on technology stack of the solution being Quality Assured

Qualifications

B.Sc. in Computer Science or a BCom in Information Systems or an industry aligned Certification in software development.
Bootcamp training in Agile and DevOps
ISEB/ISTQB Advanced certification
Web, API and Mobile Automation
Exposure to Non-Functional Testing (i.e., Performance Testing)

Skills

RestAssured - API framework
APIs / Web Services
Java - candidates must be very proficient
BDD
Selenium for the 10% of UI automation
Branching strategies - Git

Experience

Minimum of 2 years' development experience
Minimum 3 years' test automation experience
Minimum of 3 years' experience in Agile delivery and exposure to Test Driven Development, Behaviour Driven Development in a continuous delivery model
Minimum of 1 year experience in NFT
Ability to understand and interrupt logical solution architecture
Proficient in object-orientated Programming (OOP)
Proficient in development languages; C#, Java
Proficient in Mobile Application development and mobile and testing
Proficient in the use of Soap and RESTFUL services
Proficient in the use of testing tools and frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, Jira)
Experience in service virtualisation
Exposure to data virtualisation and use of hyper-converged infrastructure
Experience in performance and load testing

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