Quality Assurance Engineer

About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. 

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. 

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

The PA Health Data Platforms team is looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to play a core part of the software development, maintenance and delivery process. By applying ingenuity to the building of data platforms for the clinical and biopharmaceutical community, PA aspires to change the course of care across the medical spectrum.

The team develops and maintains complex cloud-based systems to store and deliver sensitive clinical data to physicians, regulators, and scientists. We are looking for a passionate Quality Assurance Engineer to join our dynamic team and ensure the highest quality standards for our products.

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Minimum of 4 years working experience 

·  Programming & Test Automation 

• Proficiency in programming for test automation, utilizing languages such as Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript. 

• Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks, including Playwright or similar. 

• Familiarity with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using frameworks such as Cucumber. 

• Experience in implementing both API and UI testing to validate end-to-end web app interactions. 

• Ability to effectively balance manual and automated testing efforts. 

·  Quality Assurance & Test Management 

• Solid understanding of test planning, design, overall management of the QA lifecycle. 

• Practical experience with functional, regression, exploratory, and manual testing methodologies. 

• Skilled in defining and executing test strategies within agile frameworks to ensure comprehensive validation of new features. 

·  Continuous Integration & Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps & Environment Provisioning 

• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps. 

• Proficiency in version control and environment provisioning to ensure scalable test environments. 

• Knowledge of SQL for querying and managing databases in test environments. 

• Experience with Shell/Bash scripting to automate and streamline test workflows. 

• Ability to contribute to DevOps practices, enhancing the efficiency, reliability and scalability of test automation workflows. 

·  Cross-Team Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement 

• Strong collaboration skills with developers, product owners, and cross-functional teams. 

• Effective communication skills to advocate for QA best practices. 

·  Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At PA Consulting, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $80,000 - $110,000

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