Head of Software Automation & Testing at TalentintheCloud

You will be working in partnership with the Head of Software Engineering, the Chief Architect and the CIO. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and executing a strategy to automate all aspects of the software delivery lifecycle.

Requirements

Your daily adventures include:

• Test driven development, test automation, unit, integration, and performance testing
• IDE preparation; maintenance and synchronization of all non-production environments
• Preparation of test data including masking and environment insertion/extraction
• Designing and developing test automation plans and scripts for CI/CD and regression testing
• Maintaining libraries of automated test scripts and continuously evolving them
• Developing test automation principles and guidelines
• Collating and monitoring the defect management process
• Researching issues in software through testing
• Collaborating with QA Analysts and developers to develop solutions

What It Takes To Succeed

• Experience with modern data technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Snowflake), relational database systems (MySQL) and ability to work with large databases including open source (MongoDB, MariaDB, Athena etc)
• Experience of DevOps (inc DevSecOps) methodologies and CI/CD toolsets
• Proficient in a range of programming languages
• Cultivate a culture of testing and automation throughout the IT organization
• Experience of public and hybrid cloud environments, container deployments, open-source technologies