Java Automation Tester

Java Automation Tester

The client

My client who are in the consultancy sector are looking for 2x Java Automation Testers to come and work on an exciting project on a remote working basis. You will be working in partnership with a European Agency working on development of Front Office Solutions

The role

The role will be working closely with the technical team developing and supporting tools for specific projects. This is a fully remote working role for the first 3 months and will be expected to be on site one week every six weeks. Minimum of a six month contract.

• Testing of IT systems.
• Preparation of tests and use cases.
• Provide written reports of test results.
• Recognition of differentiation between UI improvements and those requiring major adaptation efforts.
• Write data conversion scripts, research and write analysis reports, communicate with various technical teams.
• Analyse computer functions, design programs, test and debug, troubleshooting etc.

The candidate

• The candidate must be competent in testing user interfaces for Java applications with strong experience in Kubernetes.
• Experience with Devops is highly desirable
• At least 3+ years of experience as a Test Engineer working with Java based technologies such as Wildfly, Java EE, Spring, Apache, Hibernate, JCR, Mule, MySQL CE and Oracle DB.
• Senior level experience of managing and administering Linux based systems.
• Experience with cloud deployments, DevOps and infrastructure engineering.
• Knowledge of configuring Kubernetes-based infrastructure, networking policies, LBs, deployment strategies and cluster security.
• CI/CD pipeline building tools (git, maven, Jenkins).
• System monitoring experience (Prometheus and Grafana preferred).
• Ability to write Dockerfiles, Jenkinsfiles and Helm charts.
• Cloud automation and infrastructure provisioning (Ansible preferred).

Desirable:

• Experience coding with Python and/or Java.

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of English (both written and verbal) is required.