API Test Analyst / Automation Tester

Location:
Northampton
Job Type:
Contract
Industry:
Cloud & Infrastructure Digital Workspace Enterprise Applications
Job reference:
BBBH407840_1746083050
Posted:
4 days ago

Job Title: Test Analyst
Description: API Testing
Location: Northampton
Duration: until 31 December 2025
Rate: £280 per day - via Umbrella

Role Details:
API Automation Tester


Role Details:
API Automation Tester

Overall purpose of role:

  • Under minimal supervision, create Automation scripts - estimates, scripts, pre and post conditioning.
  • Executes Automated Tests and collates evidence for Test automation progress reporting and tracking.
  • Articulates the tests executed, data used, the results and defects to project stakeholders.


Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

  • API test automation.
  • Test automation tools-, API test automation using REST Assured tool / Karate ,selenium , cucumber using Java.
  • Extensive knowledge of Testing lifecycle and core testing process/techniques using different test approaches.
  • Excellent knowledge in testing skills (provide estimations, design test plan and test strategy, writing test scenarios, cases, executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs).
  • Able to identify processes and tools that will optimise and improve the quality of testing.
  • Experience in writing high quality, readable, reusable, testable code.
  • Be able to communicate clearly on the status and progress of allocated activities.


Key Accountabilities:

  • Build efficiency in testing and continuous improvement of test methods, techniques and process.
  • Participate in requirement analysis, identifying risks and creation of test scenarios.
  • Actively keep up to date with the feature teams, spot inconsistencies, and potential conflicts in approach.
  • Work to ensure full integration with a focus on the quality of the overall service.
  • Create Automation code using Java, Selenium, JQuery, Cucumber.
  • Set up and Execute Automated tests and record evidence.


Stakeholder Management and Leadership

  • Promote and drive stewardship and application best practices within the team.
  • Strong knowledge of emerging software development methods, tools and standards and actively keep this knowledge current.
  • Champion innovation by recognizing newly arising opportunities for improving customer satisfaction, achieving technical excellence and improving the delivery of a software product.
  • Identify own and others development needs and seek opportunities to address these needs through guidance, coaching and formal training.
  • Ability to be able to provide succinct details in written format and verbally to Stakeholders".

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