Head of Automation

AI experience or knowledge required

Fully remote

Up to £85k + bonus

We are working with a successful Test Consultancy who work with multiple high profile and SME accounts.

They are a very forward thinking business, always striving to introduce the best and latest technologies for their clients.

Candidates must have experience in, or a very good understanding of, the benefits of Artificial Intelligence within test.

This is a hands on testing role which will utilise your experience in automation, driving continuous improvements and leading a team of QA Engineers and Developers.

Skills and experience will include:

• Point of escalation for Automation Services and QA Engineers and Development resource
• Owner of the Automation product set, planning and managing enhancements with the team
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into actionable automation (and possibly AI strategies)
• Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation including future technology opportunities (AI would be particularly interesting)
• Keep QA best practice standards up to date, along with supporting documentation for service support, onboarding, and maintenance
• Accountable for the test automation projects, mentor, and provide leadership to the QA automation developers and Leads

Tech experience including:

• Designed and built automation frameworks on a range of technology and toolsets covering Unit, API, UI level automation, including but not limited to - Selenium, Specflow, Serenity BDD/Specflow, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, Rest Assured, Jmeter, BrowserStack, Saucelabs (or similar).
• Experience of coding with Java and .NET environments
• Experience of codeless automation tools, and ERP tool extensions (eg ATF in ServiceNow)
• Knowledge of automation solutions for non-functional phases of testing such as Accessibility, Performance, and Security.
• Providing automation solutions within a CI/CD environment
• Implementing automation across Cloud based pipelines and implementations such as Azure and AWS.
• Ideally, an understanding of the potential of AI within the QA landscape

This is a fully remote role with occasional visits to Head Office.

People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas.