QA Engineer
You may not know our name, but you have surely used our innovations and solutions.
Our mission is to unlock the world and make it safer through cutting-edge identity technologies. Every day, around the globe, we are enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect and travel), in the physical as well as digital space. We are transforming their lives by making the world more secure and yet also more streamlined.
We have brought together complementary know-how and technologies that have never been combined before for both the physical and digital era: secured connectivity, secured payments and secured identity management. Cybersecurity, biometrics, large scale distributed systems and Cloud computing, analytics and smart devices are at the core of both our physical products and our software and systems.
We serve our clients in 180 countries thanks to our 15,000 employees worldwide.
Purpose
QA Engineer manages testing activities of products/solutions to ensure that the quality is compliant with standards and to meet customer requirements.
Key Missions
Responsibilities
- Develop, prepare and execute test plans, procedures and schedules individually and with Integration team.
- Plan and create testing automation framework for regression and performance test
- Plan, conduct and report on manual and semi-automated testing, including writing and updating test cases.
- Plan automated tests where possible in repeatable test cases.
- Report incidents during test execution and track them to closure.
- Perform regression and ad-hoc testing depending on changes.
- Produce and review requirement coverage in test cases.
- Contribute to and validate documentation as per project deliveries (configuration, user guides, etc.).
Requirements
- Experience in testing end-to-end systems and analyzing system logs.
- Competent with updating environment configuration values e.g. logstash or bespoke settings to manipulate test conditions.
- Knowledge of testing and monitoring tools (SoapUI, Postman, bespoke REST tools etc.).
- Knowledge of test management tools (Jira, Jira Xray Testlink, etc.).
- Understanding of testing methodologies and frameworks (agile, waterfall, etc.).
- Knowledge of operating systems (Linux, Windows, etc.) and databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Cassandra etc.).Basic knowledge in programming languages (Python, Java, etc.).
- Experience in automation principles, setup, design and deployment.
- English both written and oral.
- Any level of ISTQB Certification is a plus.
Key soft skills & behavior
- Analytical skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Interpersonal and communication skills.
- Customer oriented.
- Collaborative, team player with an eye for detail and willing to support other roles as required.
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changes in priority.
- Work with the applications packagers to resolve issues found during testing to ensure quick resolution.
Requirements applicable to role
- UK HO SC Clearance
- UK NPPV3 Clearance preferable
- Preference to have experience in delivering to UK Government
- Full UK Driving License
Work Location
- Winnersh Triangle: Hybrid / Office based roles
- Working Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
- Ability to attend customer meetings/workshop sessions on-site
Benefits include
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Group Personal Pension with employer contributions
- Life Assurance
- Private health insurance
Other employee provisions
- Employee Benefits Platform with discounts and deals on leading retailers, cinema and many other services.
- Employee Assistance Program – with access to 24/7 counselling services, and information specialists covering a wide range of work, family and personal issues, including health and well-being, legal, financial and emotional issues.
- Optional Give as You Earn (to registered charity of your choice)
- Access to Booker Wholesale
- Cycle2Work Scheme
By choosing to work at IDEMIA, you can join the journey of a unique tech company. You can seize all the opportunities of our fast-paced environment. You can add your distinctive qualities to our global community. You can contribute to a safer world.
We deliver cutting edge, future proof innovation that reach the highest technological standards. We’re well established, and yet still agile. We aren’t too big, and we aren’t too small. And we’re transforming, fast, to stay a leader in a world that’s changing fast, too.
At IDEMIA, people can develop their expertise and feel a sense of ownership and empowerment, in a global environment, as part of a company with the ambition and the ability to change the world.
Our teams are close and collaborative; maintaining a dialogue and developing human connections matter to us. We are truly international and we know that diversity is a key driver of innovation and performance. We welcome people from all walks of life, regardless of how they look, where they come from, who they love, or what they think.
Each of our locations has its own advantages to offer a collaborative and friendly work environment.
IDEMIA. Expect the unexpected. Join the journey of a unique tech company.