Job Description:
Are you our new star Test Architect at GlobalLogic, one of the worlds fastest growing Product Engineering companies in the world? If you can answer yes to each of the following, you just might be!
Do you love building rapport with clients as well as your own team?
Can you join in on the office banter and tell some stories of your own?
Would you like a comprehensive health and wellness plan, free lunches on a Friday, social team nights out, free fruit and veg? … and a generous pension scheme?
Do you have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
Automation is at the very core of what we do. Our expert knowledge in automation across multiple platforms (web, mobile, desktop, web-services, APIs), our groundbreaking services, and above all, our people are what make us successful. GlobalLogic UK & Ireland employs the very best in the industry and provides a nurturing, learning environment. Our team regularly trains in the latest test automation tools and technologies, and we give back to the open-source community. Our people are specialists in the design, implementation and delivery of robust, stable and extensible test automation solutions, utilizing the BDD approach.
The role will require the individual to lead and own the functional test automation effort on projects for clients in a range of market sectors throughout the software testing lifecycle. You will have a deep understanding and experience of the BDD methodology, open-source and proprietary test automation tools and technologies. You will have experience of developing test automation strategy, approach and planning for projects in organizations where BDD and test automation is in its infancy or has not been implemented in accordance with industry-standard test automation best-practice principles. You will have experience of writing and programmatically coding automated test scripts, debugging, execution and results reporting.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills and will be required to liaise effectively with clients and key stakeholders about the overall status of test automation on projects. You will be involved in the design and development of test automation frameworks and their utilization on client engagements.
The role will be across all market sectors and encompass multi-platform test automation including web, mobile, tablet, apps and back-end applications built on a range of technologies. You will have some experience of multi-platform (web, desktop, mobile, tablet etc.) test automation and a rudimentary knowledge of web and application technologies. Engagements on projects for our clients will include the delivery of automated test scripts and frameworks utilising automation tools and technologies and you will be involved in coordinating and being responsible for the resources delivering the overall test automation effort.
As a client engagement focused role you will be utilised across all market sectors and client sizes, working primarily at the client site or their delivery partners and coordinating test activities with team members located in our UK-based test lab. This is a phenomenal opportunity to join a highly successful software testing solutions provider.
The role of a Test Architect covers the following distinct areas of responsibility and experience:
- Experienced Stakeholder and Man Management
- Experienced account, and project management experience
- Experience of expanding test automation teams
- Design, implementation and delivery of scalable, maintainable, configurable, portable and robust test automation frameworks
- R&D for open source and proprietary automation tools and technologies selection
- Coding of automated test scripts using programming languages with recommended coding standards and best-practice
- Knowledge of SQL and querying of databases
- Pre-sales capability be it meetings, presentations, proposals, RFI’s etc.
- Mentoring and training of team members
- Involvement with recruitment (building teams)
- Working within Scrum teams using Agile methodologies and BDD tools and principles
- Working closely with Business Analysts, Product Owners etc.
- Excellent knowledge of test automation design, strategy, planning, best-practice, principles and reporting within a BDD delivery
- Technical troubleshooting ability
- Researching established and emerging automation tools and technologies
- Evaluating both open source and proprietary tools and technologies
- Ability to adapt and work with test automation tools currently in place within the organization
- The utilization of test management and reporting tools to provide effective reporting around automation effort
The above experience will have been gained across multiple industry sectors. The role will include travel across multiple client sites, predominantly in London, although flexibility is important.
Other skills include:
- Confident, personable approach, ability to stand ground
- Clear concise communication
- Ability to understand complex programmes/environments in a short period of time
- Excellent written documentation Technical Skills (ideally)
Java stack:
- Java
- Cucumber-JVM
- JUnit
- Selenium
- Appium
Desirable Attributes:
- Experience in account, project, stakeholder, and team management
- Experience expanding test automation teams
- Experience in a number of environments/industries/organisations or in consultancies
- Excellent knowledge of test automation design, strategy, planning, best-practice, principles and reporting, ideally within a BDD delivery
- Ability to understand and adapt to complex programmes/environments/tools in a short period of time whilst meeting critical deadlines.
- Consultative and natural communicator (written and verbal), able to confidently liaise with stakeholders at all levels.
- A genuine interest in constant learning, improvement and upskilling
- Technical troubleshooting ability. Ideally, you will also have significant expertise in a selection of the following technology:
- Continuous Integration: Jenkins, Tem City, TFS, Bamboo
- Web Automation: WATiR, WATiN, Selenium, Selenium Grid
- BDD Tools: Gherkin-style Scripting, JBehave, Behat
- Mobile: Calabash, Appium
- Sub-GUI Automation: JSON, XML, Web Services, Rest and SOAP APIs
- Databases: SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, SQL Server
Company Benefits
- Competitive pension scheme to help later on in life and private medical insurance & a - - -- Health Cash Plan to call upon when needed.
- Annual Volunteering Days to work with a charity of your choice as we appreciate you may wish to give something back to the community.
- Reward & Recognition -Reward Gateway access to acknowledge when you're doing a great job.
- Holidays - Not just 25 days plus public holidays, you can also buy up to an extra five days to make sure you address that much needed work-life balance.
- Family First - Enhanced family friendly policies and access to on-line shopping discounts platform as we appreciate the other roles you may have in life.
- Health and Wellbeing - From free massages and annual health checks to subsidised gym membership and cycle to work schemes. Frequent Mental Health awareness days and access to a - - 24/7 EAP, as your welfare is important to us.
- Personal Development - Your personal development is key to us and we make sure you get time to invest in your own personal learning and career progression supported by our generous training budget.
- The Extras - Great coffee, fruit and snacks with beer and wine in the fridge and unforgettable social events, BBQ's and Christmas parties.
Interview Process
- Phone Interview
- Use Case / Technical Test
- Face to Face Interview
