Position Description:

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2023 and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a member not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

The Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit in CGI is a true IT Systems Integrator. We work, build, and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission-critical systems which help our clients keep us all safe and secure. We bring innovation to our clients using proven and emerging technologies, agile delivery processes and our deep expertise across the breadth of space, defence, intelligence, aerospace and maritime, all underpinned by our end-to-end cyber capability. We work collaboratively with global technology companies, cutting edge SMEs and academia to deliver the optimal solution for each client.

We are looking for Test Automation experts to join the team and support us in creating mission critical solutions for our exciting range of projects and programmes within the defence and space domains.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

As a Automation Tester you'll get to work in teams working on cutting edge projects within our Defence/Space business, on work that has a real impact. Your work will involve some or all of the below:

• Contribute to the test design and execution of various test phases.
• Be part of the overall contribution of the test team; reporting and attending defect triage meetings, quality gate reviews and producing Test Completion Reports.
• Provide support to junior members of the team offering guidance where required.
• System Testing.
• Test Automation both at SME and Script Developer level.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

We are interested in considering candidates from different technical backgrounds.
For example, for this Test Automation role we can consider people from both Testing and Software Development backgrounds, who are comfortable with scripting.

You will be able to demonstrate the below competencies:

• Knowledge of test automation skills and open source (e.g. Robot Frameworks, Selenium & Python), testing tools.
• Proven and relevant testing and quality assurance expertise in either manual or automated testing.
• Delivery of test automation projects (beneficial).
• Ability to identify, analyse, and devise solutions to business and technical information technology problems.
• Ability to interact with customers regarding business and technical information technology needs.
• Expertise of working in agile teams delivering projects and solutions (beneficial).
• AGILE and SAFe.
• Software development skills. E.g Java, C#, and an understanding of software development best practices.
• Good communication skills, including excellent written and verbal presentation skills.
• Able to analyse problems, detect root causes and resolve issues effectively using latest quality improvement tools and techniques.
• Excellent time management, planning, organisation, and prioritisation skills.

All successful applicants must hold, or be eligible and willing to obtain, UK SC clearance with the view to progressing to higher level clearance if required.

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Skills:

• Continuous Integration
• Robot Framework
• Selenium

What you can expect from us:

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.