Senior Manager/Manager, Test Automation Architect, Consulting, London
Your opportunity Are you looking to use your extensive development and testing skills to shape the future of automation? This role will offer you the opportunity to design and implement robust test automation frameworks for top tier clients who are leaders in their respective fields. As an authority in Test Automation, you will also advise and guide c-suite clients on best practices that will enable them increase speed to market and embed quality.
Business Operations Want to work with the latest technologies, as part of a team helping international organisations transform their core business capabilities? Whether you’re working with on-premise systems, Cloud technology, or custom-developed solutions (to name just a few), your expertise will help clients deliver continuous improvement and innovation, from initial design right through to implementation and optimization.
Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break? For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of 2 years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.
Your role You will continually explore and look for better ways of accelerating testing and increasing quality through automation. As an architect, you will be responsible for gathering automation requirements, defining the approach and securing stakeholder buy-in. You will also code the framework and coach junior Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) to develop tests and expand the framework where appropriate.
Responsibilities will include:
- Advising clients and delivery teams on Test Automation and quality matters
- Selecting and articulating the best industry standard automation tool for a given situation
- Designing and Implementing automation frameworks aligned with business objectives
- Architecting Continuous Delivery pipelines to automate quality assured code from commit to production
- Defining best practices and coding standards
- Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution
- Mentoring junior members of the team and performing code reviews
- Supporting the development of client bids and presentations of proposals
- Contributing to Deloitte’s thought leadership in Testing
- Building and developing long term trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across our client portfolio
Your work, your choice At Deloitte we believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desk. We carefully consider agile ways of working, both formal and informal, that allow for the best impact for our people and our clients. Please speak to your recruiter about the working pattern that works best for you.
Location:
Your home office will be London, but this client-facing role provides lots of opportunity for travel in the UK and overseas.
Work pattern:
This is a permanent contract opportunity. Although, our team members work a variety of agile working patterns. Tell us what arrangement works for you and we’ll try to accommodate.
Your professional experience Essential
- A passion for new technology and a desire to continually learn and grow as a quality engineer
- Hands-on development experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript
- Experience in defining and implementing automation frameworks that cover at least three of the following applications: API, web, mobile, console and desktop applications
- Deep understanding of DevOps processes facilitating Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines
- Working knowledge of modern architecture patterns e.g., microservices, containerisation, their suitability, complexities and alternatives
- Strong stakeholder management experience
- People management skills and experience in leading technical teams
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
Desirable
- Experience with the following tools: Selenium, Appium, REST Assured, SOAP UI, Serenity, SpecFlow, Cucumber, Jenkins, CircleCI, TeamCity, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, JMeter, Gattling
- Evidence of contributions to open source community
- Full stack development experience
- Java or C# certification
- A proven track record in a top tier consulting organization
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