Job title: Test Automation Engineer
Job type: Perm
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Non-IT Business Products and Services
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Job published: 07-10-2025
Job ID: 46958

Job Description

Test Automation Engineer
Permanent
Location: Home Based with occasional travel to customer site, (proximity to London or Bristol preferred)
Salary: £50 – 55K + comprehensive range of Employee Benefits

 

Skills: ** You MUST hold current SC cleared status**, 5+ years Test Automation, (using Selenium, Cucumber, Specflow), and some C#

 

The Role

This role joins a leading global IT solutions provider, delivering IT solutions into high profile UK Government organisations. Reporting to the Test Practice Lead, your role will include:

  • The successful delivery of testing for projects covering all levels of testing including manual and automation/functional and non-functional testing.
  • Responsibility for allocated test deliverables, performing analysis activities during test preparation and test execution including recording the results and reporting issues through the agreed defect management process.
  • Manage the production, quality and accuracy of all relevant test artefacts.
  • Provide Validation and verification of test inputs, functional specifications, requirements etc. for testability, ambiguity and completeness
  • Produce test artefacts, Test Cases, Expected Results, Actual Results, Defects, Data, Defect Re-tests and Test Outcome Reports

 

Core Skills

  • 5+ years test Automation experience
  • Active SC Clearance
  • Strong well developed testing skills and in-depth knowledge of current testing techniques across the test phases (System, System Integration, Regression, UAT, etc)
  • Strong experience and knowledge of testing lifecycle and approaches (e.g. functional / non-functional / automation) and of automation testing using technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, SpecFlow).
  • Residence near to either Bristol or London for the occasional on-site work
  • C# development skills for the purpose of software testing.
  • Strong communication and team skills
  • Experience and understanding of waterfall, agile and hybrid development methodologies.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical communities and “non-technical” senior management (internally and externally).

 

** You will need to provide details for us to verify your SC status with the customers vetting team ahead of any interview with the Customer.