Why we need the roleAs a Network on demand Senior QA Engineer, you'll have the mission to ensure that the capability we build for our 2 award-winning B2B customer-facing Network On Demand applications is of high quality to continue to delight our customers. This involves joining our QA team and working in a fast-moving Agile/Kanban model, bringing good experience of testing APIs, back-ends, and front-ends using a combination of automated and manual testing techniques. The team is small and nimble and has made amazing progress in the industry, but as we build new features into our applications, we want to ensure we don't accidentally break something. We work in a business with lots of other applications which are integrated with one another, so interaction with our peers is key to ensure that our testing is collaborative, effective, and robust. Sometimes we also have to test the water with new stuff, and there will be a need to develop spikes/proof-of-concepts to evaluate tools and approaches to ensure the evolution of our testing approach makes best use of new technologies and techniques. As the senior QA, we expect you to be a QA leader and be able to independently develop parts of the Automation framework as well as organize the team to follow the TDD process.What you will doCollaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements.Design and implement tests to ensure high-quality outcomes.Perform both manual and automated testing processes.Automate manual tests to improve efficiency.Work closely with testing teams across the organization, including end-to-end testing for multiple applications.Document and report defects using detailed descriptions, screenshots, and video captures.Triage and prioritize defects, collaborating with developers to resolve them.Explore and propose new testing techniques to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.Shift the team's approach to testing, ensuring testing begins as soon as requirements are understood, rather than after code completion.What we're looking forDocumenting and executing test cases.Automating UI and API testing using tools like: Selenium, Cypress, Allure, Serenity, Java, JMeter, REST Assured.Familiarity with Scrum tools (Jira, Azure DevOps).Experience with Git/GitLab for version control.Defect management tools (e.g., HP Quality Center).Proficient in Oracle/SQL databases.Knowledge of various testing types, including: Security, Sanity, Performance, and Smoke Testing.Nice to Have (with opportunity to learn on the job):Swagger/OpenAPI Specification for API definition.Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.Messaging platforms (e.g., RabbitMQ).Knowledge of microservices architecture.Familiarity with Node.js/JavaScript.Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., CouchDB, MongoDB).Colt is a growing business that is investing in its people. We offer skill development, learning pathways, and accreditation to help our people perform at their best, regardless of role and location. In addition to offering competitive salaries and incentive plans, a range of benefits and local rewards packages are offered to staff. Colt recognizes the importance of a work-life balance.Some benefit examples are:Flexible working and relaxed dress code.Two days annually to spend on volunteering opportunities.Access to a virtual business school for ongoing learning.Business mentoring.We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to making Colt an inclusive and supportive workplace.
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