Senior Test Automation Engineer at Watercare Services Limited

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Test Automation, Manual Testing, Selenium, Java, Cloud Technologies, AWS, MS Azure, Azure DevOps, Agile Delivery, Test Planning, Problem Solving, Mentoring, Continuous Improvement, UI Testing, Integration Testing, Data Testing

Industry

Utilities

Description

He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $14 billion over the next 10 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $3.8 million every day! He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role This is a truly awesome team! Don't take our word for it, come find out for yourself. Watercare is involved in unique projects, and you will be working with people who are passionate about what we do! After all, water is one of the single most vital elements to a successful city. The office environment is modern, within a great location, right in the heart of Newmarket, and we operate a flexible/hybrid work model. Reporting to the Test Manager, the primary purpose of this role is to perform a hybrid of automation and manual testing duties in Watercare Digital. You will be working across the application delivery teams, engaging with stakeholders, develop and maintain the test automation framework and contributing to the test automation strategy. Key responsibilities will include: Contribute to the continuous improvement of our testing practices. Design, develop, maintain, and evolve optimal test automation solutions in the areas of UI, Integration, or Data. Collaborate with product owners and delivery leads to ensure appropriate test coverage of core functionality, API's and data. Engage with product owners to identify proper test acceptance criteria. Mentoring of junior members of the test automation team. Supporting a high-performance team culture. Perform both manual and automated testing. Generally, manual tests are created first of which some are identified for conversion to test automation. Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you To be successful in this role you will have: Tertiary level qualification in information technology or relevant area of study. Have a ISTQB Agile Tester or better certification. Strong experience in manual testing combined with test automation, and using Selenium Solid experience using Java code for test automation, working with cloud technologies AWS or MS Azure, Azure DevOps for test automation repos and pipelines, and working in agile delivery environments. Experience creating, maintaining, and improving test automation frameworks. Experience in leadership such as test lead (formal or informal). Skilled in test planning and proven ability to granulate large items of work into smaller tasks. A positive and proactive attitude who enjoys problem solving and engaging with agile squads. Enthusiasm about technology and a strong results/solutions focus. Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including: • Training and development opportunities • Life and income protection insurance plans • Generous parental leave • Employee discounts at a range of large retailers Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.

Responsibilities

The role involves performing a hybrid of automation and manual testing duties, contributing to the test automation strategy, and collaborating with product owners to ensure appropriate test coverage. Additionally, the engineer will mentor junior team members and support a high-performance team culture.