About Inchcape Shipping Services
At Inchcape, our vision is to have a connected world, in which our customers trade successfully and make better decisions in every port, everywhere. We use technology and our global network to help our partners connect to a smoother, smarter ocean.
Inchcape combines its worldwide infrastructure with local expertise through our global network of over 250 proprietary offices, across 70 countries and a team of more than 3,000 committed professionals. Our diverse global customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container, and bulk commodity sectors as well as naval, government and intergovernmental organizations.
We have an ambitious growth model and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.
Main Purpose of Job
Senior automation engineer plays a key role in improving the software development process by automating testing procedures. He / She will collaborate with development teams to create and maintain test automation frameworks.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Process and Integration: Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines, optimize workflows and drive continuous improvements in testing processes.
Collaboration: Work closely with Development, Product and Devops teams to align testing with project goals.
Reporting & Analysis: Analyse quality metrics, report on test coverage, bugs and automation ROI to stakeholders
Designing, developing and maintaining automation test scripts
Implementing automated testing processes
Identifying and troubleshooting software defects
Collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure quality assurance are met
Qualifications
Proven experience in automation testing
Strong knowledge of testing tools and methodologies
Excellent problem-solving skills
Essential skills required:
- Programming Language: C# (Preferably), Java
- Test Automation Framework: Selenium Web Driver, Nunit/MSTest
- API testing Tools: RestSharp/HTTP Client, Postman/SoapUI
- CI/CD tools: Azure Devops/team city
- Versioning control System: Git, Bitbucket
- Database technologies: SQL, Postgres
Knowledge
- Any Professional degree in computer science
- Aability to quickly understand the business processes.
- Technical Knowledge: SQL, C#.NET, Webservices (XML, SOAP, HTTP, REST API), REST SHARP, AWS Cloud.
- Testing tools: Zephyr, XUnit, Selenium, Sonar Cloud, Appium, Postman/SoapUI/ Rest-assured
- Test Driven Development methodology
- Agile product management tools: Jira, Confluence
- DevOps tools (desirable): Bitbucket/GitHub, Sonar Cube, Team City, Selenium
- Knowledge of maritime, Finance, Supply chain and logistics (desirable)
Skills
- Test Automation, Test Driven Development methodology, C#.NET, XUnit, TestRail, Sonar Cloud, Selenium, Rest Sharp, Shift Left testing principles
- Hands on experience on Selenium / Playwright, C#, Automation frameworks.
- Effective verbal & written communication skills in English
- Software engineering skills with high tech resilience
- Agile development methodologies
- DevOps mindset and Live site first approach
Experience
- 10+ years in Software testing and quality assurance and predominantly in automation testing.
- Creating and executing test plan, test cases, test scenarios, automate testing for software products.
- Experienced at building Object Repositories within test automation environments.
- Exposure to Agile Methodologies.
- Experienced in assessing and developing the test automation framework.
- Exposure to Object Oriented programming language, C#
- Prior experience with automated testing tools (Selenium);
- Experience using defect management tools. Experience in agile methodologies
Why Inchcape Shipping Services?
We believe in building a diverse and high-performing workforce that works together to provide our customers with the exceptional service they deserve. To reach the highest standards, we depend on our people, their welfare, training, and expertise. We realize the value of our staff and know that your unique experiences, skills, and passions will help you to build a rich and rewarding career in our dynamic industry.
Our values are at the centre of everything we do, and the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate and fully adopt these:
Global Perspective - We connect the world and see the bigger picture.
The Power of People - we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.
Progress - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.
Inchcape is an Equal Opportunities Employer - equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. Working in a diverse society, we recognise that our customers, colleagues, and contractors are central to our success.
Additional Information:
Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work documentation, depending upon your geographical location.
To protect the interests of all parties, Inchcape will not accept unsolicited or speculative resumes from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any fees associated with them.
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