Automation Tester

Job description: Automation Tester Location: 3 days oniste a week at Newcastle Contract: 12-months FTC, intention to convert to permanent thereafter SC Eligibility: UK national or settled status. 5 years continuous UK address history (including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) • Experience automating functional testing of SaaS software, writing scripts in Jav. • Experience in using other test tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Karate, Rest-assured or Wiremock. • Experience working with users to design and conduct manual testing, developing a good understanding of the requirements, user needs and solution design in order to differentiate between defects and enhancements • A proven track record of testing software developments in a structured environment. • A complete understanding of the Defect Management lifecycle and knowledge of one or more defect management tools e.g. JIRA, Bugzilla or HP ALM. • Experience in at least 1 common scripting language (e.g. Python, Node.js, Typescript, PowerShell, Bash)