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BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.
Job Title: Test Automation Engineer
Location: Leeds, hybrid – You will be required to go onto the Leeds office 1-2 days per week, travel to other sites will also be a necessity
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
What you’ll be doing

The role will be embedded within one of our scrum teams, where you’ll be creating Automated Tests to support the ongoing development of products and projects, working alongside developers to influence the design of testable code and platform engineers to integrate your tests into Continuous Delivery pipelines. The choice of tools, technologies and approaches will be wide and varied and you’ll have a chance to influence the direction of automated testing.

• Analysing test requirements, designing and producing re-usable test scripts and specifying requirements for environments, data and test tools required
• Overcoming development obstacles to deliver quality testing on time
• Reviewing test artefacts produced by peers
• Reviewing test results and modify the test suite as necessary
• Defining and creating test cases from the analysis of non-functional specifications
• Designing and executing functional and performance test scripts, and security tests
• Analysing requirements for test automation, designing and implementing the technical solution regardless of approach. Reviewing and assuring the scope and execution of Unit
• Tests and Integration Tests performed by Software Engineers
• Working closely with other Engineers to describing to how their work will be, or has been, tested such that the Software Engineers gains insight into the tester’s interpretation of the requirements
• Execute Session-based (Exploratory) Testing where scripted testing is inappropriate or requires augmentation

Your skills and experiences

• Knowledge of API Testing (REST Assured)
• Knowledge of at least one automated test tool (preferably Selenium Webdriver or Cucmumber)
• REST assured
• Microservices
• Experience testing both UI and large data sets
• Java experience

Other Desirable Skills (not Mandatory) to which we would be happy to upskill if candidate is keen to learn:

• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• Familiarity with BDD and TDD tools
• Awareness of accessibility standards

• Analysing test requirements, designing and producing re-usable test scripts and specifying requirements for environments, data and test tools required
• Overcoming development obstacles to deliver quality testing on time
• Reviewing test artefacts produced by peers
• Reviewing test results and modify the test suite as necessary
• Defining and creating test cases from the analysis of non-functional specifications
• Designing and executing functional and performance test scripts, and security tests
• Analysing requirements for test automation, designing and implementing the technical solution regardless of approach. Reviewing and assuring the scope and execution of Unit
• Tests and Integration Tests performed by Software Engineers
• Working closely with other Engineers to describing to how their work will be, or has been, tested such that the Software Engineers gains insight into the tester’s interpretation of the requirements
• Execute Session-based (Exploratory) Testing where scripted testing is inappropriate or requires augmentatio