Senior Automation Engineer

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Senior Automation Engineer

Advert People make Sage great. From our colleagues delivering ground-breaking solutions to the customers who use them: people have helped us grow for more than thirty years, and people are driving our future as a great SaaS company. We're writing our next chapter. Be part of it!

Experience has taught us that when our customers thrive, we thrive. As a team, we always start with what customers need. Through the good… and more challenging times. Innovating at pace so customers can manage their finances, operations and people. Every one of us shapes our culture at Sage - doing what's right and succeeding together, united by our commitment to each other. We encourage each other to grow in our roles, in our careers and as individuals.

Follow us on our social media sites below to join in conversations about career tips, open positions and company news! #lifeatsage #sagecareers. If you would like support with your application (or require any adjustments) please contact us for assistance. All qualified applicants will be thoughtfully considered and never discriminated against based on their race, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.Job DescriptionWe're seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to work on sophisticated assignments and projects across multiple Sage teams.

The Senior Automation Engineer has extensive knowledge and proficiency in automation and analyses, plans, coordinates and drives multiple complex automation initiatives, projects and systems to meet automation deliverables. In this role, you'll help to drive and encourage Sage groups to break new ground, overcome challenges and reach new levels of automation achievement that can extend the reach of automation with the goal of reducing / redirecting manual testing costs across Sage while growing quality standards.

Ideally you'll have a strong background in Automated testing, load testing, API testing and scripting, plus experience of Selenium and tools like SoapUI, JMeter, Postman and so on.

Why Join Sage?

People make Sage great. From our colleagues delivering ground-breaking solutions to the customers who use them: people have helped us grow for more than thirty years, and people are driving our future as a great SaaS company. We're writing our next chapter. Be part of it!

Experience has taught us that when our customers thrive, we thrive. As a team, we always start with what customers need. Through the good… and more challenging times. Innovating at pace so customers can manage their finances, operations and people. Every one of us shapes our culture at Sage - doing what's right and succeeding together, united by our commitment to each other. We encourage each other to grow in our roles, in our careers and as individuals.

In addition, we offer competitive salary and bonus potential combined with benefits package. The benefits include pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, annual leave, volunteering days, learning days, career progression, flexible work, inclusiveness and more!Key Responsibilities- API and performance testing specialist.
- Design, develop and execute QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
- Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Demonstrate an in-depth level of understanding of the system under test to enable risk assessment/mitigation and detailed estimation, creation and execution of test artefacts.
- Plan and execute specific testing approaches within defined stage of development e.g. rapid, risk based, exploratory, regression, security, usability etc.
- Take ownership for the full end to end testing phase, working with your own team and coordinating cross divisional test activities where needed.
- Demonstrate knowledge sharing activities across teams, disciplines, functions and locations.
- Review and maintain existing automation suites to ensure they are optimised, maintainable and as efficient as possible.

Key Skills

- An instinctive attention to detail in all aspects of working and an ability to review the work of others and provide rich data feedback.
- Demonstrate leadership skills, coaching, mentoring.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to multi-task effectively.
- Good problem-solving approach.
- Experience of using automation tools (JMeter, Postman, SOAPUI).
- Experience in Selenium desired.
- Keen curiosity about learning new technologies.
- ISTQB Foundation or equivalent would be a plus