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De La Rue

De La Rue

www.delarue.com

1 Job

1,782 Employees

About the Company

Our purpose is securing trust between people, businesses and governments. We provide products and services that enable businesses and citizens to participate securely in the global economy, whilst protecting people from the impact of counterfeiting and illicit trade.

We provide highly secure physical and digital solutions that underpin the integrity of economies and trade in 140 countries. We do this by being the trusted partner of choice for governments, central banks and businesses seeking to secure their global supply chains and cash cycles. We work in an ethical and sustainable way, maintaining the highest level of corporate governance and leading the industry in sustainability as a Financial Times European Climate Leader.

Our fast-growing Authentication Division has decades of experience creating and delivering secure product identifiers and track-and-trace software for governments and commercial customers. Our solutions protect supply chains, help tackle the challenge of illicit or counterfeit goods and the collection of revenue and excise duties. We help make the Australian passport more secure, enable tax stamp schemes in the Middle East and Africa and protect well-known brands, such as Microsoft.

As the world’s leading designer and commercial printer of banknotes, De La Rue also provides currency products to half of all the monetary issuing authorities around the world. We are the sole manufacturer of UK Sterling, printed on behalf the Bank of England, have designed 55% of all banknotes issued globally since 2020 and provide secure polymer banknote substrate to 24 central banks and issuing authorities.

De La Rue is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LON:DLAR).

For more information please email authentication@delarue.com, currency@delarue.com or reach out via https://www.delarue.com/contact-us

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De La Rue
Job Title
Automation Test Analyst
Job Description
The Vacancy

We are looking for an Automation Test Analyst to join the Software Development team. You will be providing mature agile development services for multiple customers and internal stakeholders, across a range of key software products across the business. As we evolve our products, we’re committed to using the best languages and frameworks to solve problems we face so you should feel comfortable learning and leveraging new technologies. This is a hands-on testing position to help our journey to modernise and improve how we build, test, deploy, maintain, and monitor our core platforms. Using your knowledge of testing methods and strategies to guide colleagues, you will collaborate with software testers and developers across the engineering team, ensuring we use adequate and effective tests. We want you to become the trusted adviser to co-workers on how they should be testing.

Key Responsibilities

Participate in multi-disciplinary, Agile teams working together to create digital solutions.
Introducing and maintaining test tools and frameworks relevant to the business needs and skills of the Quality Assurance Team.
Design and write automation scripts.
Ensuring the Quality Assurance Team are following best testing practices.
Use appropriate metrics to validate and report on software quality.
Advocating quality throughout the development process and make recommendations for improvements.
Pro-activly seeking to make continuous improvements to automation, test coverage and execution.
Suggest ways to improve yourself, the team, and the department through ways of working, processes, or the adoption of new technologies.

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full Time

Base location: Basingstoke or Gateshead

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Excellent communication skills
Experience with Playwright, TestCafe or Cypress.io with TypeScript/JavaScript
Solid understanding of CI/CD tools, DevOps and GIT
Experience with defining and implementing best testing practises
Strong understanding of agile methods of software delivery and the principles and practices of BDD & TDD
Experience testing .NET C# services: REST APIs and message-based systems. Familiar with Postman/Swagger
Experience of shift-left testing strategies
Knowledge of different test layers such as unit, integration, and integrated tests
Experience with non-functional testing techniques and approaches
Experience with Angular and React testing frameworks is desirable
Knowledge of performance testing is desirable

Benefits

Eligible for the Company’s Annual incentive scheme
Hybrid working opportunities
26 days annual leave + bank holidays
Contributory pension scheme (company pay 1.5x the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 9%)
Life assurance - 4x your annual salary
Private health insurance – No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependent cover
Cycle to Work Scheme
Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
Enhanced family friendly policies

Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and therefore interviews may be held prior to the closing date for this vacancy.

This position is located in the UK. To be eligible for consideration, you must be authorised to work in the UK without sponsorship**

Join the Team

We want to work with people like you from all backgrounds and experiences, to help us gain a diverse workforce with a broad outlook and sharp expertise. We are looking for people unafraid to go that extra mile, bringing with them unique characteristics and abilities.

Show us you have what it takes and we'll reward you with a great place to work alongside other great people. Global business, global people. We think De La Rue is an amazing place to work. But don't just take our word for it.

Join The Team And Create Your Own Story

Working at De La Rue

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Gateshead, United Kingdom
Hybrid
07-04-2025