Quality Automation Specialist

NatWest Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution is seeking a Quality Automation Specialist to enhance testing processes through innovative automation strategies. You'll be responsible for designing automation test strategies, implementing automated testing solutions, and collaborating with cross-domain teams. The ideal candidate will have robust experience in automated testing, Agile frameworks, and programming languages such as Java or JavaScript. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to quality assurance within a dynamic environment in Manchester.

Qualifications

• Experience in automated testing, particularly in Agile and CI/CD environments.
• Ability to design automation solutions and develop complex automation code.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies and strategic feature alignment.

Responsibilities

• Design and create automation test strategies aligned with business goals.
• Evolve predictive, intelligent testing approaches using automation solutions.
• Collaborate on manual and automated testing scope and creation of scripts.

Skills

Automated testing

Agile development

GitLab

Innovative thinking

Automation code development

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Java

JavaScript

Job description

Join us as a Quality Automation Specialist

• In this key role, you’ll be undertaking and enabling automated testing activities in all delivery models
• We’ll look to you to support teams to develop quality solutions and enable continuous integration and assurance of defect free deployment of customer value
• You’ll working closely with feature teams and a variety of stakeholders, giving you great exposure to professional development opportunities

What you'll do

Joining us in a highly collaborative role, you’ll be contributing to the transformation of testing using quality processes, tools, and methodologies, significantly improving control, accuracy and integrity. You’ll make sure repeatable, constant and consistent quality is built into all phases of the idea to value lifecycle at reduced cost or reduced time to market. It’s a chance to work with colleagues at multiple levels, and with cross-domain, domain, platform and feature teams, to build in quality as an integral part of all activities.

Additionally, You’ll Be

• Supporting the design of automation test strategies, aligned to business or programme goals
• Actioning and evolving more predictive and intelligent testing approaches, based on automation and innovative testing products and solutions
• Collaborating to refine the scope of manual and automated testing required, the creation of automated test scripts, user documentation and artefacts
• Designing and creating a low maintenance suite of stable, re‑usable automated tests, which are usable both within the product or domain and across domains and systems in an end‑to‑end capacity
• Applying testing and delivery standards by understanding the product development lifecycle along with mandatory, regulatory and compliance requirements

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with experience of automated testing, particularly from an Agile development or CI/CD environment, with particular experience working on Gitlab. You’ll be an innovative thinker who can identify opportunities and design solutions, coupled with the ability to develop complex automation code.

You’ll have a good understanding of Agile methodologies with experience of working in an Agile team, with the ability to relate everyday work to the strategic vision of the feature.

We’ll Also Look For You To Have

• Experience in end-to-end and automation testing using the latest tools as recommended by the enterprise tooling framework
• Hands‑on experience in automation frameworks like Selenium and Appium
• Hands‑on experience in programming languages such as Java or Javascript
• A background of designing, developing and implementing automation frameworks in new environments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to management level colleagues
• Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills