Position: Automation QA Engineer (C#)
Company: Alcor
Category: QA Automation
Experience required: 2y
English level: intermediate

Argus is a fast-growing global B2B media company providing essential information on commodity markets. As a business, we continue to grow and evolve, adding new markets, new services, new delivery options and improved analytical tools.

Job Purpose
We are looking for a hands-on, self-motivated Automation agile tester to join our QA team. Testing related activities will include developing and designing test plans, automated test scenarios and acceptance criteria, production of test scripts and test execution as well as being involved in test coordination and management.

Key responsibilities

- Plan to test ownership;
- Promote and drive the Argus test strategy;
- Create and maintain existing automation suites using selenium         webdriver;
- Determine the right proportion of UI vs non-UI based automation tests;
- Own continuous integration on assigned projects;
- Execute manual and automated functional and non-functional tests;
- Manage cloud-based environments;
- Guide developers on QA automation.


Skills and Experience

- Strong C# development skills in a .net environment;
- Test harness creation in a .net environment;
- Creating a suite of Gherkin style tests with Specflow;
- A working knowledge of GIThub;
- A working knowledge of message queues;
- Create automated integration tests at API level;
- A strong understanding of web applications including RESTful APIs;
- Debugging automated test scripts;
- A positive can-do attitude;
- Practical knowledge of Jmeter or similar tools;
- AWS Cloud-formation.


About Argus Media

Argus is an independent media organisation with almost 1100 staff. It is headquartered in London and has 26 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading and production centres. Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets and offers bespoke consulting services and industry-leading conferences.

Benefits and social package

- Up to 25 business days/year of vacation;
- Up to 3 business days/year may be used as routine healthcare (no medical certificate is needed) of sick leave, in case it goes beyond 5 business days, medical certificate should be provided;
- Official weekends and holidays according to Ukrainian legislation;
- Flexible working conditions;
- Medical and dental insurance coverage after a successful probation period;
- Udemy access, English lessons.

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