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Automation Tester

Employer
Sky
Location
Leeds
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
5 May 2021

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Sector
Technology & Digital
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.


As a Automation Tester in DC Labs, you'll be working within our forward-thinking tech stack (working with technologies such as JavaScript, React and GraphQL) to create innovative experiences for our customers on the sky.com platform - solving their problems, and bringing our products and services to life. Operating with a tribe and chapter model, we have a development chapter made up of individuals with differing skill-sets, where knowledge sharing and group ideation for technical initiatives is welcomed.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Build and maintain automated test suites that are robust, concise and readable

- Actively participate in agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning and sprint reviews

- Pair with manual testers and devs to enable them to contribute to the automation test packs

- Identify and write acceptance criteria for user stories

- Work with developers, BAs and other testers to achieve the common goal of quality software

- Conduct exploratory testing

- Take a pro-active role with triaging and resolving production issues

- Help provide support for our existing applications / platforms


WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
- Strong automation coding skills, ideally in TypeScript or JavaScript

- A full understanding and appreciation of the test pyramid

- The ability to guide others how to write quality code

- Reusable code and the use of page models

- Mocking (e.g. WireMock)

- Service and microservice-orientated architectures that use RESTful interfaces & tools (JSON / XML / Postman)

- Docker and Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Jenkins, TeamCity)

- Version control solutions (e.g. GIT)

- Working within an Agile (TDD / BDD) environment

- Writing and reviewing user stories and acceptance criteria, that are compatible with BDD


TEAM OVERVIEW
UK Tech: Our team focuses on technology strategy, design and delivery. From AI to 5G to Cloud, we work on the latest tech whilst building out our web presence and CRM systems for fixed and mobile networks. We're bold, proactive, forward-thinking and collaborative. Together, we're proud of the products and services we deliver for our customers.

THE REWARDS:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband

WHERE YOU'LL WORK:


LEEDS:
Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station, with free water taxis available from Granary Wharf. There's also plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.
You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

INCLUSION:
Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we're open to discussing where and when you do your job, as long as we can balance your needs with those of our customers.


And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.



WHY WAIT?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.


To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.


Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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