Test Automation Engineer at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

The role

The successful jobholder will be expected to:

• Define a test automation strategy for key bank systems based on a broad risk-based analysis in collaboration with the technical teams and business partners in addition to providing expertise and support on use of methods and tools.
• Guide solution developers to ensure they instrument the application code in order to enable effective and repetitive unit testing of the code before it is incorporated into the current build.
• Develop automated solutions to expedite test. This will be in the form of tooling to increase the efficiency of test preparation and / or the creation automated of test cases.
• Put the power of automation into the hands of Test Designers / Testers. The Test Engineer will deploy the simplest solution to meet the defined need with the aim to effectively automate the testing effort.
• Develop and deploy automated solutions to expedite acceptance test by use of automation tools as part of Acceptance Test and execution of automated test solution as part of the System being deployed.
• Undertake objective, systematic analysis and draw accurate conclusions based on evidence by identifying problems and working with technical teams and business to resolve them.
• Have a clear grasp of the testing mandate by proactively determining what should be automated and in what sequence to get the maximum return on the automation investment while defining the scope of test automation within the context of each release/delivery.
• Review system performance identify opportunities for improvement and implement appropriate measurements and metrics against products under test.

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

The successful jobholder will be required to possess the following qualifications: –

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology and/or related fields from a recognized university. Additional training in Quality Assurance and System testing will be an added advantage e.g ISTQBT
• 4+ years of experience in Quality Assurance with at least 2 years’ experience as a seasoned Automation Engineer coupled with strong knowledge of manual system testing and software quality control best practices and methodologies.
• Excellent software development skills coupled with programming experience in Python, Perl, Shell and Java, etc.
• Experience in working any suite of automation tools selenium, puppeteer, playwright, Cypress, WebDriverIO, TestCafe, NightwatchJS,
• Appium, Cucumber, Katalon Studio will be an added advantage.
• Excellent understanding of Unix/Linux Operating System
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language coupled with Interpersonal skills, to facilitate creation of test cases
• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Detail-oriented individual who can be relied on to produce accurate deliverables