Automation Test Lead

Our leading Douglas-based Finance Sector Client is expanding its Finance Team as they progress an ambitious transformation programme. As they evolve the technology organisation, they require an experienced Automation Test Lead.

Note - this role is based on the Isle of Man, so requires candidates to either be based on the island currently or be open to relocation.

Reporting to the Enterprise Test Manager, the Automation Test Lead will be responsible for the adoption, design, implementation and maintenance of the frameworks, artefacts and tooling required to facilitate automated quality assurance across the company's application paths to live. The primary focus is on creating robust automation frameworks and maintaining test suites to support the software development lifecycle.

Duties will include:

* Design, develop, and maintain scalable and maintainable automated test scripts and frameworks using tools such as Selenium or similar technologies to cover functional, regression, and performance testing

* Collaborate with development teams to understand requirements, define test strategies, and identify test scenarios suitable for automation, ensuring comprehensive test coverage

* Develop and manage test data sets required for automated testing, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and relevance for different test scenarios

* Integrate automated test suites into (CI/CD) pipelines, ensuring automated testing is an integral part of the IT delivery process

* Execute automated test scripts, analyse test results, and report defects, providing accurate and detailed information to aid in root cause analysis and issue resolution

* Actively support the control environment, maintaining control effectiveness across existing controls, being mindful of emergent risks across IT Delivery functions

* Ensure Testing activities are understood and communicated effectively

* Define Test automation metrics and efficiency KPIs such as automation coverage vs manual

* Implement monitoring protocols to demonstrate quality improvement over time

* Identify opportunities for efficiencies by implementing best practices, optimising processes, and proactively evaluating emerging technologies, tooling and automation

* Mentor and train other members of the team and wider business

The ideal candidate for the role of Automation Test Lead will have:

* Experience automating various test types (integration tests, chain tests, functional tests, unit tests) for both backend and frontend systems

* Extensive experience in test automation, having worked with frameworks/tools such as (Rest-Assured Cucumber, Selenium, Node.js, Postman)

* Competent building test suites in modern programming languages (i.e Java or JavaScript/Python)

* Experience working in an agile environment, collaborating with various product, technical and delivery teams

* Experience defining test coverage for manual and automation scripts

* Demonstrated experience building pipelines, preferably in Azure DevOps, Microsoft .NET;

* Knowledge of CI/CD, test automation, tooling around test automation; Jenkins, Bit bucket, Github

* Previous experience of software development in the financial markets or Fintech (Preferable but not essential)

* Good communication skills and proactive: on the way to production you work together with other teams and partners