QA Engineering Professional

Job Description Why BT We've always been an organisation with purpose; to use the power of communications to make a better world. You can trace this back to our beginning as pioneers of the world's first telecommunications company. At our heart we're a technology company with research and innovation in our bones and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - those are the values we live by whilst also creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed. Our pursuit of progress over the past 180 years has established BT as a strong, successful brand, with huge scale capable of achieving great things. From supporting emergency services, hospitals, banks and keeping economies around the world online, safe and secure, to delivering large scale technology infrastructure like the creation of BT Sport. Today in this fast changing, always on, digital world our purpose remains true. Yet the market conditions, regulation and competition we face are tougher than ever before. So if you have the drive, optimism and resilience to help propel us forward we'll offer unrivalled personal development, a wealth of opportunities to learn, experience new things and pursue new careers. If that's you and what you're looking for, we'd love you to be part of our future. Why this job matters In this job, you'll be liable for the test automation approach and methodology for quality assurance of BT/EE platform solutions. You'll provide technical leadership and significant direction to automation or QA engineers, resolving the test project issues, and ensuring effective test process improvement feedback. You'll be critical in ensuring that test architecture and test plans are up to date relative to changes in the Digital landscape. What You'll Be Doing - Define the test automation driven QA approach and methodology for BT/EE platform solutions - Be Agile, Test Driven and a highly technical tester. - Steering the direction of the automation test framework - Collaborate with test and development engineers on application & testing architecture, to ensure that the approaches and technologies applied to the current implementation are sound and fit for purpose. - Understanding of programming principles and best practice (e.g. DRY, SOLID for creating re-usable code, best practice etc) - Own the end-to-end code quality and code performance KPI's - Proactive monitoring of Production estate code. Skills And Experience Skills: - Having around 4-6 years of experience as a QA with 4+ years of experience into Web Automation testing. - Good Selenium Automation exposure with 4+ years of working experience on Web, API and App testing - Expertise in testing methodologies, testing techniques and agile QA practices. - Good communication skills of test status across engineering team and stakeholders - Hands on experience in Java/Typescript, Selenium/WDIO, Rest Assured, BDD, Cucumber, NodeJS, Postman and Blazemeter. - Background in DevOps tooling for execution of automation tests such as Jenkins, GIT, PAAS, Monitoring / Log aggregation - Hands on experience with emulators, simulators & A Good understanding of the Android and iOS designs and its components. - Experience of integrating test scripts into Continuous Integration Pipelines - Working knowledge of JIRA / Confluence, Jenkins & GIT. - Understanding of complex Headless / Serverless front end testing requirements Experience: - Experience testing on Web App, and backend API systems, and Functional testing as well. - Experience with cloud technology such as AWS, Azure etc. - Experience with BDD or TDD - TMMi experience or certification (desirable) and ISTQB (Advanced) - Experience working with offshore and onshore teams - Test Management experience across major IT projects & programmes. - Overall testing strategies and implementation experience, A solid understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes. - Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the quality release of software products on time and within budget. Our leadership standards Looking in: Leading inclusively and Safely I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity. Owning outcomes I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation. Looking out: Delivering for the customer I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business. Commercially savvy I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making. Looking to the future: Growth mindset I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation. Building for the future I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best. A FEW POINTS TO NOTE: Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch. We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us. DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.