Test Engineer

Job description

Within Aviva Digital we play a key role in delivering high profile software solutions which support our strategic customer propositions and products. This delivery is achieved through Agile Scrum teams which includes Developers, Testers, Analysts and Solution Designers.

As well as high profile initiatives, our Scrum teams also maintain our existing solutions to improve code quality against our core development principles.

We are looking for Test Engineers to join the API team within our Digital organisation to test and maintain the restful APIs that will underpin both ours and our partners' digital apps. As an Aviva Test Engineer, you will sustain our culture of continuous improvement from both a process and technical perspective.

Duties & Responsibilities

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You will deliver high quality testing through modern engineering techniques such as test-driven and behaviour driven development, automation and service virtualisation

·  Define feature files and implement step definitions using Java and Cucumber
·  You will support the definition of the future platform operating model and provide recommendations into the test resources, processes and standards required
·  You will highlight blockers impacting the Scrum teams functional and non-functional testing and either owning resolution or requesting they are mitigated and raised as appropriate
·  You will ensure the quality of all testing for stories assigned to you within your Scrum team
·  Where agreed and appropriate, you will monitor the quality of testing provided by another Quality Engineer within the Scrum team
·  You will ensure compliance by suggesting improvements to quality standards and processes
·  Communicate the status of testing and workload management to colleagues and business partner’s
·  Engage with project teams to ensure the acceptance criteria for incoming stories meet all quality requirements
·  You will support input into assurance sign-off of new platform deliveries into runway and staging environments
·  Maintain awareness of and compliance with relevant release management or assurance processes and standards

Skills and experience required

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You will have platform quality standards & processes support test quality

·  You will ensure SOLID and/or KISS principles are followed
·  You will design, build and test software that is cloud ready
·  You will have excellent IT test or development engineering skills
·  You will have worked in IT test or development roles within PQM, performance engineering and/or operational acceptance
·  Experience in automated testing ideally with recognised testing or development qualification
·  You will have strong interpersonal skills and experience of working in Agile or similar project teams
·  You will have a deep understanding of API architecture (ideal but not essential)

What will you get for this role?

·  Competitive salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications
·  Generous defined contribution pension scheme
·  Annual performance related bonus and pay review
·  Minimum holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
·  Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply) ​
·  Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Additional Information:

One of Aviva’s core values is Care More, and this is brought to life through the flexible ways we like to work. This may include working from home some of the time, or flexible work schedules to accommodate parent and carer responsibilities, further studies and hobbies.

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.

As a disability confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, (As defined in The Equality Act 2010) whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. (By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential). Please apply through the website and then email the contact listed in the advert to notify us that you meet the conditions for the guaranteed interview scheme.

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying please contact Hannah Mendez in the Resourcing team on 0121 234 7629 and .