Lead Quality Assurance Engineer Energy Trading

Lead QA Engineer - Energy Trading 

6 Month Contract 

£500 - £550/day inside IR35 

Lorien's Utilities client are currently recruiting for a Lead QA Engineer with ETRM experience to join on a 6 month initial contract, inside IR35. 

The role of the QA Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of software products through a combination of manual and automated testing techniques. The QA Engineer will play a critical role in the software development lifecycle  working closely with delivery leads, developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to deliver high quality software that meets customer expectations. 

Manual Testing:

   • Execute comprehensive test suites, including functional, regression, integration, user acceptance testing and non-functional. (For example, performance and security.)

   • Analyse test results, identify and document defects, and track them through to resolution.

   • Perform exploratory testing to uncover unexpected issues.

   • Participate in user story reviews and provide feedback on testability and requirements. 

Automation Testing:

   • Develop and maintain automated test scripts using appropriate tools.

   • Design and implement automated test frameworks and infrastructure.

   • Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) build and release pipelines. (Classic and YAML)

   • Analyse automated test results and identify areas of improvement in test coverage efficiency. 

Collaboration and Communication:

   • Collaborate effectively with delivery leads, developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues.

   • Communicate testing progress, risks, and issues effectively to team management.

   • Participate in daily stand-up meetings and other team activities. 

Continuous Improvement:

   • Stay up-to date with the latest testing methodologies, tools and techniques.

   • Proactively identify and implement process improvements to enhance the quality and efficiency of testing activities.

   • Contribute to the development and improvement of the QA process within the team. 

Skills and Experience:

   • Proven experience in manual and automated testing.

   • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and testing methodologies.

   • Strong planning and organisation skills.

   • Experience with test automation frameworks and tools. (For example, Ranorex Studio, Postman, Playwright, Selenium and NUnit/JUnit/MSTest.)

   • Experience of using Azure DevOps. (For example, Git repository and pull requests.)

   • Experience with Agile development methodologies. (For example, Scrum and Kanban.)

   • Experience with programming/scripting languages. (For example, C# .Net, Java, Powershell and JavaScript)

   • Experience with working with APIs. (For example, REST, SOAP and WebSocket.)

   • Experience with SQL and relational databases.

   • Experience of handling data structure. (For example, JSON and XML.)

   • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

   • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

   • Attention to detail and a strong work ethic.

   • Experience in Energy Trading and Risk Management. 

Should this position be of interest please submit your CV and I will be in contact as required.  

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.