Performance/Automation Test Engineer

TERM: This contract is for 6 months (rolling)

LOCATION: This contract is based in the MidlandsTERMS: All applicants must be fully eligible to work in Ireland

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
Hands-on experience with JUnit and TestNG
Expertise in tools such as Selenium, Squish, Curl, JMeter, JCAT
Hands-on experience with at least one major JEE Application Server (JBOSS is an advantage but others such as IBM WAS, BEA WebLogic or Oracle 10g AS also useful)
Hands-on experience in Java and knowledge of JEE environment is an advantage
Experience working in an Agile development environment
Understanding of SCRUM, Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development (TDD)
Previous roles and a proven record in Automation Test & Performance Test envirionments
Good knowledge of SOAP/REST/HTTP protocols
Knowledge of Maven, GIT, Jenkins, Nexus
Knowledge of Model Based testing and performance engineering

HIGHLY DESIRABLE SKILLS:
Knowledge of Redhat Enterprise Linux administration and troubleshooting
General Scripting Experience: Unix/Perl/Korn (ksh)/Bash/Awk

Education:
BSc degree or comparable experience

PERSONAL SKILLS:
Strong analytical and design skills, excellent planning and problem solving skills
Excellent oral and written communications skills
Ability to work as part of a team
Communication
Interpersonal skills
Enquiring
Analytical
Creative
Initiative
Comprehension
Planning

ROLE OVERVIEW:
Test analysis of user stories per Sprint
Development of automated test cases for Acceptance Tests (functional, performance and load tests)
Development of Java based utilities and helper libraries to plug into Test Automation Framework
Automated verification in a customer like network
Troubleshooting of issues and taking corrective actions
Analysis and direction of automation reuse
Contribute to the evolution of the Test Automation Framework
Act as a coach for others in the Scrum team to spread best practice for acceptance testing within the team
Contribute to Community of Practice for Test Automation to continuously improve test automation for the development unit

SUMMARY:
The successful candidate will work as a Full time member of a Scrum development team responsible for design, verification and release of solutions based on a Linux IT Platform.
The verification will include functionality, deployment, installation, upgrade, recovery, backup, availability, system characteristics, dimensioning, load and scalability.
The role includes definition and development of automated tests for these purposes using a Continuous Integration (CI) approach to verify the interworking of solution sets on the new platform.
The role will also include development of Java based utilities, helper libraries and object getters to aid the test automation within the team and to contribute to the evolution of the Test Automation Framework being used.
A large focus of the role will be to act as a coach within the team to spread knowledge and best practice when it comes to automation of acceptance tests.
The candidate will need to have previous and proven experience in automation of acceptance tests, performance tests and system level tests.
They should have a broad technology understanding covering server hardware, storage, operating systems and IP Networks.
The candidate will need experience with Java and knowledge of JEE and JEE Application Servers will be an advantage.
The candidate will need to engage with many different layers in the business including systems architects, development engineers, scrum masters and customer facing management to ensure that the right solution is being verified and deployed with the right level of quality at all times.

CONTACT: Caroline Donlon