Job Description
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.Location: Leeds (or London) - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.Grade: GG10Referral Bonus: £5000 Job Summary We are recruiting for Automation Testers to join our team in Leeds. The role of Automation Tester is to create technical solutions to improve test process efficiency and validate the quality of the system. It's important that our Automation Testers are able to apply prior technical experience and techniques to develop test frameworks/products, automated tests and enable continuous delivery. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain automated scripts for black and white box testsEstablish a technical understanding of the system under testManage the execution and reporting of automated test suites (sometimes including performance tests)Design and implement technical solutions to improve test process/efficiencyWork closely with development teams to reproduce and resolve defectsCollaborate with and present improvement and ideas to other members of the test teamDefine standards and continually develop frameworks for automated testing to be used company wide
Responsibilities + Skills
Education
Strong desire to understand and resolve difficult technical issuesExperience writing good quality object-oriented code (e.g. using Java)Knowledge of build automation systems (e.g. Ant, Maven), version control (e.g. Git, SVN) and continuous integration tools (e.g. Jenkins)Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively within a software development teamStrong quality drive - experience working in test is not essential
Experience