QA Engineer – Energy Trading
6 Month Contract
£500 - £550/day inside IR35
Lorien’s Utilities client are currently recruiting for a QA Engineer to join on a 6 month initial contract, inside IR35.
The role of the QA Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of software products through a combination of manual and automated testing techniques. The QA Engineer will play a critical role in the software development lifecycle working closely with delivery leads, developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to deliver high quality software that meets customer expectations.
Manual Testing:
* Execute comprehensive test suites, including functional, regression, integration, user acceptance testing and non-functional. (For example, performance and security.)
* Analyse test results, identify and document defects, and track them through to resolution.
* Perform exploratory testing to uncover unexpected issues.
* Participate in user story reviews and provide feedback on testability and requirements.
Automation Testing:
* Develop and maintain automated test scripts using appropriate tools.
* Design and implement automated test frameworks and infrastructure.
* Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) build and release pipelines. (Classic and YAML)
* Analyse automated test results and identify areas of improvement in test coverage efficiency.
Collaboration and Communication:
* Collaborate effectively with delivery leads, developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues.
* Communicate testing progress, risks, and issues effectively to team management.
* Participate in daily stand-up meetings and other team activities.
Continuous Improvement:
* Stay up-to date with the latest testing methodologies, tools and techniques.
* Proactively identify and implement process improvements to enhance the quality and efficiency of testing activities.
* Contribute to the development and improvement of the QA process within the team.
Skills and Experience:
* Proven experience in manual and automated testing.
* Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and testing methodologies.
* Strong planning and organisation skills.
* Experience with test automation frameworks and tools. (For example, Ranorex Studio, Postman, Playwright, Selenium and NUnit/JUnit/MSTest.)
* Experience of using Azure DevOps. (For example, Git repository and pull requests.)
* Experience with Agile development methodologies. (For example, Scrum and Kanban.)
* Experience with programming/scripting languages. (For example, C# .Net, Java, Powershell and JavaScript)
* Experience with working with APIs. (For example, REST, SOAP and WebSocket.)
* Experience with SQL and relational databases.
* Experience of handling data structure. (For example, JSON and XML.)
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Attention to detail and a strong work ethic.
* Experience in Energy Trading and Risk Management preferable.
Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.