Rackspace Technology is a leading provider of expertise and managed services across all the major public and private cloud technologies. We’ve evolved Fanatical Support to encompass the entire customer journey — providing Fanatical Experience™ from first consultation to daily operations. Our passionate experts combine the power of proactive, always-on service and expertise with best-in-class tools and automation to deliver technology when and how our customers need it.
Rackspace has been commissioned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to assure the build of a sovereign multi-tenant private cloud that we have designed.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Automation Testing Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role is critical as we prepare for eight upcoming software releases, necessitating a shift from manual to automated testing. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in automation testing and will be instrumental in enhancing our testing processes to improve software quality and efficiency.
\n- Develop and maintain automated test scripts.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements and design test scenarios
- Execute automated test cases and analyse results to ensure quality deliverables
- Identify and report defects, working closely with the development team for resolution
- Enhance test frameworks and tools to improve efficiency and test coverage
- Ability to Create and maintain automation and performance testing frameworks
- Develop performance test plans based on system and business requirements.
- Define key performance objectives, such as response time and concurrent user loads.
- Create performance test scenarios using tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.
- Conduct load, stress, and endurance tests to ensure the system’s stability and resilience.
- Collect and analyse performance data to identify potential issues.
- Identify performance-impacting factors and provide recommendations for optimization.
- Prepare detailed reports that include Automation and performance test results and improvement recommendations.
- Document issues and tests thoroughly to track performance over time.
- Suggest improvements for existing performance & automation tools and develop new tools if necessary.
- Over 5 years of experience in automation and performance testing.
- Proficient in automation tools such as Selenium, Postman, and RestAssured
- Knowledge of test automation and performance frameworks and methodologies
- Excellent communication skills and ability to convey technical concepts clearly
- Knowledge of testing REST APIs, including understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, and RESTful service principles.
- Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, and others.
- Strong understanding of application performance principles, operating systems, and networks.
- Analytical skills to identify root causes of performance issues.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate findings effectively
- Familiarity with tools for test management, defect tracking, and CI/CD integration (GitLab CI).
- Knowledge in cloud management is a plus.
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