Software Development Engineer in Test

Full Time
Shannon, County Clare
Posted
Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test with strong automation skills to take a role in AXA Partners CLP IT organisation. Opportunity to on-board new applications to CLP IT and to progress our Agile/DevOps mission, working with cross functional teams in multiple locations.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Maintain functional peer relationships and participate in continuous process improvement activities and support quality initiatives
  • Have a continuous desire and drive to learn new and better ways, fail fast, try things, grow and learn, be a technology hunter and teach others around you
  • Able to create test plan/strategies for automated tests, paying particular attention to automation ROI calculations
  • Have an excellent knowledge of the software architecture within projects
  • Liaise with project teams and Business Analysts to understand needs, and the highest level of system requirements of users, Management and other stakeholders
  • Responsible for creation and implementation of test plans, cases and scripts to ensure the Applications are thoroughly tested
  • Execute test cases through appropriate test case management tools (eg Adaptavist Test Manager)
  • Report test results and regular updates of the testing progress to key stakeholders (using IEE829 standards)
  • Engage with all stakeholders to identify and mitigate against risk and prioritise testing activities across functions and squads
  • Continuously identify and suggest process improvement initiatives
  • Responsible for maintaining all documentation relating to test activities
  • Provide support for the implementation of new/changed systems to ensure outputs are delivered to time and quality
  • Define, maintain and demonstrate a strong knowledge about our IT systems, organisation and business processes
  • Able to create/maintain/support an automation framework in order to create a test environment for current and upcoming projects
  • Estimate test accurately and coordinate with team members for work activities.
  • Record test results and report and verify software bug fixes to accept automation criteria
  • Work with wider AXA France groups for knowledge transfer
  • Design/Build/Support IT solutions
  • Solves complex problems, takes a new perspective on existing solutions and works independently with minimal guidance.
  • Work with other technical teams – Solutions Architects/BAs/Testers/PMs/Networks/Data Center/Change Control etc…
  • Deliver measurable, quality solutions – to functional & non-functional requirements
  • Add value in all stages of project/support work (definition, development, deployment)
  • Key contributor to our Agile/DevOps journey


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SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Technical/ Functional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • 5+ years in software testing with strong automation exposure delivering enterprise solutions preferred.
  • Strong programming and debugging skills in Java, .NET, Python etc, including experience with test automation tools and libraries such as UFT, Selenium, Java, TestNG, and JMeter, IDE e.g. Intellij
  • Exposure to Cucumber & Gherkin
  • Extensive exposure to API experience and associated toolsets e.g. postman, ready API, Swagger etc
  • Good knowledge of relational databases and SQL
  • Experience testing web applications constructed using modern frameworks and related technologies
  • Experience with load/performance testing (jmeter / Loadrunner) an advantage
  • Technology Hunter mindset
  • DevOps or Agile experience
  • Excellent collaborator with high focus on the “Team” dynamic
  • Be a genuine team player with a focus on continuous improvement, coaching, mentoring, training yourself and others
  • Excellent communicator, fluent in English, good collaborator


Education, Professional Qualifications and Experience

  • BSc Computer Science or similar experience
  • Agile certification is a benefit (not required)


About AXA

AXA Group is the world leader in insurance and asset management. We protect and advise our clients at every step in their lives, by offering products and services which satisfy their needs in the areas of insurance, personal protection, saving and asset management. AXA is the leading insurance brand worldwide, with over 100 million clients. We are transforming from payer to partner for our client, with a strong focus on risk prevention.

Our mission: Empower people to live a better life.

Our values: Customer First, Courage, Integrity and One AXA.

About the Entity

AXA Partners is an AXA transversal business unit offering a wide range of solutions in assistance services, travel insurance and credit protection.

AXA Partners’ role is also to implement innovative solutions emerging from the AXA Innovation unit.

Our mission is to help our Corporate clients to enrich their customers’ experience, with more than 9,000 employees at their service anywhere, anytime.

What We Offer

By joining AXA Partners, you will work in a responsible company, which offers a real culture of expertise & diversity. Our focus is on accelerating the development of everyone’s skills, whilst offering attractive and competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development and growth.

Additionally, at AXA, we work to make a real difference to people - when amazing things happen and when we create opportunities for a better life, the feeling of pride is extraordinary.

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