Automated Test Engineer (LBG Returners), Edinburgh

End Date Thursday 08 June 2023 Salary Range £41,715 - £46,350
Agile Working Options Flexible / Variable Hours, Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary Quality Engineer - Test Automation (LBG Returners) - Edinburgh Job Description Automated Test Engineer (LBG Returners) - Edinburgh At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose - to Help Britain prosper. We're focused on making a difference to our customers, businesses and communities as the UK's largest Retail, Digital and Commercial bank. The following vacancy has been created for our Lloyds Banking Group Returners. You’d only be eligible to apply for this role if you’ve taken a career break for at least 18 months so please don’t apply if this doesn’t apply to you. To learn more, visit our website https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/careers/culture-and-inclusion/agile-working/returners-programme.html Where does the role sit? Our Payments Services Platform is looking for an Automated Test Engineer to join the team and help us deliver our mission to provide compliant and efficient payments capabilities for the Group and drive innovation to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. As an Automated Test Engineer, you'll play a key role in driving quality software solutions into production. You’ll be continually challenged, motivated, mentored and supported and help define “Done” from a Quality perspective and deliver Test solutions in line with the Test Strategy and our Quality Engineering principles. An ideal Test Engineer will be technically literate, experienced in automated and manual testing processes, keen to learn, able to communicate well, with an interest in ensuring quality services are delivered for customers and colleagues. A willingness to get stuck in and learn on the job is crucial. Further more, you'll:

• Work with an Agile team of colleagues from different fields to plan and implement highly effective testing to ensure excellent delivery quality to colleagues and customers.
• Exercise your “T-Shape” capabilities to develop and further improve the expansion of our Test Automation framework to deliver quality testing in a rapid execution timeline.
• Be part of the Quality Engineering (Automated Test Engineers) community to learn and grow individually but also working with others to help the community improve.
• Work collaboratively with the Product Owner as well as Engineers, Business Analysts and Scrum Masters to help building the feature team capability.

We’d love you to have previous experience/ exposure to, some of the following:

• Technical and practical usage skills in Java, GitHub, Selenium, HP Load Runner, HP Performance Centre, Urban Code, Springboot, Websphere, Unix, MQ, WAS, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Cucumber, Splunk, Dynatrace, SOAP APIs, Rest APIs, Gatlin, BDD/TDD.
• Agile, DevOps and non-agile quality engineering practices; manual and automated testing, functional and non-functional coverage as well as documentation (all test deliverables within the lifecycle) and defect management.
• Across all testing phases (Functional, Non Functional, UAT, Live Proving, Security)
• Experience in Automation, preferably (but not necessarily) knowledge in application set. If not, then experience with testing and integration or introduction of 3rd Party packages/tools.
• Working in a collaborative environment, preferably with a consistent track record delivering business value through well-rounded engineering methods and principles.
• Experience in agile, DevOps and non-agile quality engineering practices; manual and automated testing, functional and non-functional coverage as well as documentation and defect management.

What we’d be keen to see in your work style:

• High attention to detail and initiative to make sound judgements in work methods and interpreting goals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate new processes clearly and document critical aspects of the job.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Good analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and the ability to conduct root cause analyses and devise suitable action plans, this might involve thinking about a process, procedure or problem in a completely new way.
• A proactive approach and willingness to (re)learn, you'll also help identify how innovative technologies and ways of working could transform how we interact with our customers and colleagues.
• You’ll ideally demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and be able to think critically whilst understanding the strategic big picture.
• Finally, you'll have a collaborative and positive style – nurturing a team culture built on personal growth, respect and recognition, which supports and celebrates the input and contributions made by everyone.

Why Return to a career with LBG? Unlike some other returner opportunities out there, we offer a permanent role in a supportive working environment from day one. Since launch, we’ve successfully hired over 150 talented professionals into technical and leadership roles. We welcome our Returners into teams committed to help you reimagine your career and rebuild your workplace expertise. We’ll provide ongoing support from your line manager and your team, you’ll benefit from being part of the wider Returners Community where you can connect with other colleagues like yourself and you’ll have access to Returners Hub that will help you plan your learning and create a personal development plan that works for you. Together we’ll make it possible. About working at LBG We’ve embraced hybrid working and flex between working from home and our offices in Edinburgh and Halifax. And while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’re happy to have a conversation about what hours might work for you. With a supportive and nurturing Senior Leadership team we also have the scale to provide you with ongoing opportunities to develop and achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. Every successful Returner will join with a permanent contract and access to wide ranging benefits scheme including:

• A competitive salary
• A performance related annual bonus
• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• [30] days holiday plus the bank holidays on top

Test· Private health cover

• Various share schemes, including free shares

We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process. So if you qualify and you're ready to dust off those hard-won skills then get in touch and apply today! Let’s see where our Lloyds Banking Group Returners can take you. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.