Overview

CodeConsult is seeking an Automation Test Engineer/Lead Test Analyst to work with a company that Is easily one of the most exciting companies we’ve ever worked with! Having a long-standing history building their Development teams, we’ve seen people join at a Junior level, be promoted several times, and currently leading interview processes – if career progression is a big driver for you, then ‘look no further’!

When considering team fit, the current team at this company are dynamic, versatile, and above all, very passionate about Software Development! Having recently expanded into new continents and secured seven-figure investment (£10M+), now is an incredibly exciting time to join.

Requirement and Key Skills (all not essential):

We are looking for an Automation Test Engineer/Lead Test Analyst that has experience of building Testing frameworks from scratch. Currently, all Testing is done by the Full-stack Developers. However, we require someone that can take ownership of this, introduce best practices and grow out a Testing function over coming months:

• Selenium Web Driver
• Specflow
• C#
• SQL Server
• Web Testing
• API Testing (Automation)
• Azure DevOps

Package

On offer to the successful Automation Test Engineer/Lead Test, Analyst is one of the best packages I’ve ever seen! 30 days annual leave (bank holidays on top), a pension contribution of 5%, a company bonus (averaging 5% over the last couple of years), company shares after a years’ service (the value of these have quadrupled in recent years!) flexibility to work from home a couple of days a week, and budget signed off for personal and professional training and development.

Contact

If interested in this C# Software Developer/Fullstack Engineer position, please apply below with a copy of your CV. If you wanted to find out more about this opportunity, please get in touch with Suraj on Mobile/WhatsApp/Text (), Skype (suraj.basra.7) or email ().

Overview

CodeConsult is seeking an Automation Test Engineer/Lead Test Analyst to work with a company that Is easily one of the most exciting companies we’ve ever worked with! Having a long-standing history building their Development teams, we’ve seen people join at a Junior level, be promoted several times, and currently leading interview processes – if career progression is a big driver for you, then ‘look no further’!

When considering team fit, the current team at this company are dynamic, versatile, and above all, very passionate about Software Development! Having recently expanded into new continents and secured seven-figure investment (£10M+), now is an incredibly exciting time to join.

Requirement and Key Skills (all not essential):

We are looking for an Automation Test Engineer/Lead Test Analyst that has experience of building Testing frameworks from scratch. Currently, all Testing is done by the Full-stack Developers. However, we require someone that can take ownership of this, introduce best practices and grow out a Testing function over coming months:

• Selenium Web Driver
• Specflow
• C#
• SQL Server
• Web Testing
• API Testing (Automation)
• Azure DevOps

Package

On offer to the successful Automation Test Engineer/Lead Test, Analyst is one of the best packages I’ve ever seen! 30 days annual leave (bank holidays on top), a pension contribution of 5%, a company bonus (averaging 5% over the last couple of years), company shares after a years’ service (the value of these have quadrupled in recent years!) flexibility to work from home a couple of days a week, and budget signed off for personal and professional training and development.

Contact

If interested in this C# Software Developer/Fullstack Engineer position, please apply below with a copy of your CV. If you wanted to find out more about this opportunity, please get in touch with Suraj on Mobile/WhatsApp/Text (), Skype (suraj.basra.7) or email ().

We're looking for a Developer N Test who will be responsible for Software application design, development and integration.

Job Description:

• Understanding client needs and liaising with analysts, testers and other skilled developers to create robust, efficient and elegant software to meet those requirements
• Continuous user support and bug fixes
• Collaborating with colleagues to write and review code
• Showcasing continuous development and research on modern technologies
• Assisting with system design and technical analysis for new tasks and projects

Skills:

• 5 years + experience working as a developer or data analyst or testing using one or more of Automation testing (Selenium) and programming languages like ASP.NET, C#,Java, Javascript\HTML\CSS, MVC\WPF\Web API
• Database experience eg Microsoft SQL\MySQL, creation of stored procedures
• Unit testing
• Good interpersonal skills and desire to work efficiently as part of a team or independently as projects dictate
• Great bug tracking\problem solving

Knowledge:

• Containerisation\Serverless technology
• Webservices\APIs
• Agile methodologies
• Source control such as TFS or Git
• IoT\Data Modelling
• Cloud technologies eg Azure\AWS

Qualifications/ Experience:

• Degree/Diploma with 5+ years of experience in computing\mathematics or related subject is desirable but not essential

Advert Start Date: 04/03/2020

Advert End Date: 03/04/2020
Job Location: Swindon
Job Status: Full Time
Job Type: Permanent
Hours of Work: 37.5/Week
Salary: £36,000 to £38,000

No of Positions: 3

We're looking for a Developer N Test who will be responsible for Software application design, development and integration.

Job Description:

• Understanding client needs and liaising with analysts, testers and other skilled developers to create robust, efficient and elegant software to meet those requirements
• Continuous user support and bug fixes
• Collaborating with colleagues to write and review code
• Showcasing continuous development and research on modern technologies
• Assisting with system design and technical analysis for new tasks and projects

Skills:

• 5 years + experience working as a developer or data analyst or testing using one or more of Automation testing (Selenium) and programming languages like ASP.NET, C#,Java, Javascript\HTML\CSS, MVC\WPF\Web API
• Database experience eg Microsoft SQL\MySQL, creation of stored procedures
• Unit testing
• Good interpersonal skills and desire to work efficiently as part of a team or independently as projects dictate
• Great bug tracking\problem solving

Knowledge:

• Containerisation\Serverless technology
• Webservices\APIs
• Agile methodologies
• Source control such as TFS or Git
• IoT\Data Modelling
• Cloud technologies eg Azure\AWS

Qualifications/ Experience:

• Degree/Diploma with 5+ years of experience in computing\mathematics or related subject is desirable but not essential

Advert Start Date: 04/03/2020

Advert End Date: 03/04/2020
Job Location: Swindon
Job Status: Full Time
Job Type: Permanent
Hours of Work: 37.5/Week
Salary: £36,000 to £38,000

No of Positions: 3

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a Test Automation and Performance Specialist to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will define our automation and performance testing strategies. As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will provide the technical expertise and guidance to our agile delivery teams to ensure they are able to successfully adopt and implement those strategies.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will enable more frequent and higher quality software releases by ensuring that teams have the self-service and automated tooling, knowledge and frameworks to test the various component parts of a solution and that they are of a high quality and meet the customer’s needs.  Operating within the Scaled Agile Framework, you will also seek to improve our processes and tooling, continuously exploring, researching and recommending new opportunities for increasing the quality that is delivered and working with the wider System team to create automated Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) pipelines.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems partnering with various team members along the way.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Excellent experience of developing with automation test tools such as Selenium, Microfocus toolset (incl. UFT & LoadRunner), JMeter, Cucumber, Gherkin etc. to test client and web based applications, containerized solutions, RESTful services, etc.
  
• Disciplined developer with understanding of test-driven and behavior driven development and clean code principles with experience in major languages such as Java and .Net using C# 4.0 or higher
  
• Good understanding of Source control: Azure DevOps / Git
  
• Good technical knowledge, including an understanding of infrastructure, environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps/Jenkins), feature switching, gradual exposure, branch handling, etc.
  
• Experience of Setting up load generation using one of the market leading tools (e.g. Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoTest, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps) and performance testing of containerised applications an advantage.
  
• Awareness of Application Lifecycle Management tools like Azure DevOps, Jira and Microfocus ALM, including pipelines and continuous integration
  
• Strong communication and documentation skills
  
• An ability to drive goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail.
  
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  
• Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills.
  
• Familiar with software security best practices.
  
• Experience of Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) v5.0 an advantage.
  
• Experience in the Retail/Trade Sector an advantage.
  

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 10,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a Test Automation and Performance Specialist to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will define our automation and performance testing strategies. As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will provide the technical expertise and guidance to our agile delivery teams to ensure they are able to successfully adopt and implement those strategies.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you will enable more frequent and higher quality software releases by ensuring that teams have the self-service and automated tooling, knowledge and frameworks to test the various component parts of a solution and that they are of a high quality and meet the customer’s needs.  Operating within the Scaled Agile Framework, you will also seek to improve our processes and tooling, continuously exploring, researching and recommending new opportunities for increasing the quality that is delivered and working with the wider System team to create automated Continuous Integration (CI) and Delivery (CD) pipelines.

As a Test Automation and Performance Specialist, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems partnering with various team members along the way.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Excellent experience of developing with automation test tools such as Selenium, Microfocus toolset (incl. UFT & LoadRunner), JMeter, Cucumber, Gherkin etc. to test client and web based applications, containerized solutions, RESTful services, etc.
  
• Disciplined developer with understanding of test-driven and behavior driven development and clean code principles with experience in major languages such as Java and .Net using C# 4.0 or higher
  
• Good understanding of Source control: Azure DevOps / Git
  
• Good technical knowledge, including an understanding of infrastructure, environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps/Jenkins), feature switching, gradual exposure, branch handling, etc.
  
• Experience of Setting up load generation using one of the market leading tools (e.g. Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoTest, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps) and performance testing of containerised applications an advantage.
  
• Awareness of Application Lifecycle Management tools like Azure DevOps, Jira and Microfocus ALM, including pipelines and continuous integration
  
• Strong communication and documentation skills
  
• An ability to drive goals and milestones while valuing and maintaining a strong attention to detail.
  
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  
• Self-motivated individual that possesses excellent time management and organizational skills.
  
• Familiar with software security best practices.
  
• Experience of Scalable Agile Framework (SAFe) v5.0 an advantage.
  
• Experience in the Retail/Trade Sector an advantage.
  

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 10,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a DevOps Engineer to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will design, develop, test and deploy to improve collaboration and productivity of our development teams by automating infrastructure, automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance. 

As a DevOps Engineer you will bring your previous experience, best practice and a collaborative attitude to help drive DevOps initiatives.  You will also be accountable for the creation, maintenance and deployment of secure, highly available, fault tolerant systems at scale via on-premise and cloud-native architectures for development, testing and production environments. 

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems, able to understand complex concepts and be an excellent communicator as you’ll need to partner and work effectively with the IT Digital Solutions and software delivery teams.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Disciplined programmer with understanding of test-driven development and clean code principles with experience in languages such as Java and .Net C#
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Azure.
• Practical experience with containerization and clustering technologies i.e. Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience of CI/CD Implementations i.e. Azure DevOps, Jenkins
• Experience of building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as; SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium, etc.
• High Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, PowerShell, Python and JavaScript.
• Experience of monitoring and supporting deployed systems, infrastructure and Azure Cloud components through the use tools such as AppDynamics.
• Understanding of monitoring tools (Pagerduty, CloudWatch, Datadog, Sentry,etc)
• Fluency in Azure CLI and Azure Cloud Shell/Azure Power Shell
• Solid understanding of Cloud; including security, cloud fault tolerant solutions and resilience.

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 10,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For. 

As part of our digital transformation, Howdens Joinery are recruiting a DevOps Engineer to join us in our office in Northampton in Brackmills Industrial Estate.  At the end of 2020, this role will be moving to our new and purpose-built offices in Raunds, Northamptonshire. 

Working as part of the System Team you will design, develop, test and deploy to improve collaboration and productivity of our development teams by automating infrastructure, automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance. 

As a DevOps Engineer you will bring your previous experience, best practice and a collaborative attitude to help drive DevOps initiatives.  You will also be accountable for the creation, maintenance and deployment of secure, highly available, fault tolerant systems at scale via on-premise and cloud-native architectures for development, testing and production environments. 

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll possess a keen mind for solving tough problems, able to understand complex concepts and be an excellent communicator as you’ll need to partner and work effectively with the IT Digital Solutions and software delivery teams.  There is a great opportunity for a high performer with a strong desire to implement change, growth, and maturity, within a department that’s fast-paced, dynamic, and quickly growing in all areas.

Key skills and experience required:

• Disciplined programmer with understanding of test-driven development and clean code principles with experience in languages such as Java and .Net C#
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Azure.
• Practical experience with containerization and clustering technologies i.e. Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience of CI/CD Implementations i.e. Azure DevOps, Jenkins
• Experience of building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as; SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium, etc.
• High Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, PowerShell, Python and JavaScript.
• Experience of monitoring and supporting deployed systems, infrastructure and Azure Cloud components through the use tools such as AppDynamics.
• Understanding of monitoring tools (Pagerduty, CloudWatch, Datadog, Sentry,etc)
• Fluency in Azure CLI and Azure Cloud Shell/Azure Power Shell
• Solid understanding of Cloud; including security, cloud fault tolerant solutions and resilience.

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful business, with more than 700 depots nationwide and more than 10,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. 

We have a very competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday, company bonus and pension, free refreshments and snacks, onsite car parking, great social events and a friendly and supportive working environment.  As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile FTSE 250 company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For.