Automation Tester

**The Role**:
The Automation Tester will be responsible for design and develop test Frameworks and automate tests using Selenium, BDD with Python Behave WebDriver. Develop automated tests to test Web Services and REST APIs.

Work closely with Scrum team members to clarify requirements, ensure testability and ability to automate, to provide feedback on design, both functional and technical. Innovate on latest tools and processes to improve QA functional manual and Automation testing, document best practices and mentor junior team members. Identify test cases from Acceptance Criteria for the User Stories, estimate work and participate in design reviews. Work on frameworks to ensure continuous deployment and continuous integration. Develop new proofs-of-concepts for QA Automation, ensuring continual improvements.

**Where you fit in**

The role of automation SME is an independent role who can develop, execute the test automation script with limited supervision.

Key challenge is to resolve automation technical challenges and provide overall delivery on time without oversight.

The role offers the incumbent an opportunity to enhance automation technical skills.

Come join to work as one IT team who are committed to delivering excellence and value to the business. We believe in investing in skill development and career growth of our staff. Here you would work in a supportive environment where you can expect lots of encouragement and help from your teams. You would be working alongside IT professionals who love what they do and enjoy sharing their knowledge, skills and enthusiasm. Many opportunities will be available to learn and explore, building up new areas of expertise and different business domains.

**The Role**

The Manual & Automation Tester will be operating as part of a small Agile/Scrum feature team of about 5-7 developers, testers and other specialists. The Automation Tester will have a solid reporting line to the DE Testing Others
- Test Lead /manger and dotted line reporting to product /Project manager and will work closely with other developers in the team working on other parts of the system.

Key accountabilities include:

- As an Automation Tester, you will be responsible to plan and undertake end-to-end test activities such as test script development, test execution & defects management.
- Work collaboratively with Test Manager, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Developers in project to assess test scenarios and provide test requirements based on risk-based testing methodology.
- Design and Develop Test strategy, Test plan, Test reporting, test conditions, test scripts, test data, and expected results for test streams, including Product Test, Integration Test, Technical Test and Deployment Test.
- Capable of designing and execution of detailed functional test cases for complex requirements
- Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements that improve the level of delivery while finding optimization opportunities
- Must demonstrate effective communication with management, peers, and subordinates, both verbally and in writing
- Proactive and Organized, Capable of working in an ambiguous/uncertain environment, understanding risks & flagging it on time. Ability to mitigate risks and ensuring quality deliverables adhering to timelines.
- Ensuring Test Delivery Assurance complying with Shell standard tools and framework.
- Experienced virtual team worker with ability to work across time, geographical, and cultural boundaries
- Leadership skills and ability to drive change using influence and networking
- Good team player and effective leader with a long-term vision
- Flexible overlapping with UK/US across time zones because this role requires coordination with stakeholders in UK/US

**What we need from you**
- 3-5+ years of overall experience in QA with 2+ relevant experience in Selenium BDD framework
- Strong in SDLC and Manual testing concepts
- Experienced in designing and execution of test cases for manual an automation
- Automation Frameworks, tools, technologies and Quality Engineering Methodologies, using Selenium with Python
- BDD experience with Python Behave
- Strong experience in designing and building automation framework using Test Automation Tools like (Selenium & Python Behave).
- Experience in Rest APIs Automation Testing (both manual and automation with Python Behave).
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and test infrastructure.
- Working experience in Programming, Selenium WebDriver, CI, CD & CT implementation using Azure Pipelines
- Skills in test integrations, defect management and test management - Azure DevOps is preferred but okay to considered any exp like JIRA/ALM
- Strong verbal and written communication skills is mandatory
- Self-Driven, results oriented, motivated and a team player
- Ability to work across time zones and be flexible

**Good to Have**:

- Experience in using source controllers GIT/TFS.
- Experience in SQL
- Experience