Test Automation Engineer (Senior)

Senior Automation Engineer
Permanent
Cape Town
Working arrangement: Hybrid, work from home & office. Will need to be based in Cape town or willing to relocate

An established software company with clients all over the world seeks an enthusiastic, skilled, experienced automation engineer to join the R&D team in Cape Town.

The team focuses on the product engineering and quality assurance of the companies product, an enterprise suite of software, used by major natural resource companies and government agencies around the world.

We are looking for smart, curious people who can get things done. You would join an established and welcoming team that is expanding its product suite (using RESTful web APIs and Angular SPAs) which requires a commensurate increase in automated testing capability.

We offer a challenging, engaging and edifying environment, applying both new and proven technologies to solve practical problems that make a difference in the world.

EXPERIECE REQUIRED:
SA Citizens only
4 to 7 years of combined experience working on large scale Enterprise IT projects as a Test Automation Engineer, Software Engineer or equivalent role
Proven understanding of testing concepts through the software development lifecycle (unit, performance, regression) and capability to write effective test cases and test plans
Proven ability to implement automated functional testing, integration testing and load / performance testing
Exposure to case management and version control systems
Good knowledge of test automation frameworks such as Atata with Selenium web
drivers, as well as C# or an equivalent scripting environment
Understanding of RESTful web APIs and web application architecture
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Working knowledge of HTML & CSS
Working knowledge of JavaScript
Automated test development within the web environment