IAM Automation Test Consultant
Posted 1 day ago by Whitehall Resources
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The IAM Automation Test Engineer role at Whitehall Resources requires a highly skilled professional with expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) to develop and execute automated testing strategies. The position emphasizes collaboration with various teams to ensure robust testing of identity workflows on Google Cloud Platform. The role mandates a strong automation-first approach and involves working onsite three days a week, falling inside IR35 regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working with the Lead automation architect in the creation of an overall testing strategy where the focus is Automation First with minimal manual effort required.
- Plan, develop, execute, maintain and improve Automated Test Framework and Automated Test Scripts for Web and Graph Database applications.
- Jenkins pipeline creation and management for running automated tests, generating reports and notifying team about test results to streamline the CI/CD process.
- Able to develop and execute test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other testing related plans and documentation based on the requirements and technical specifications.
- Test data generation.
- Accurately report and track testing related defects and issues, by writing or automating, effective and thorough bug reports, attend triage meetings and verify bug fixes.
- Identify process and application issues and provide suggestions to improve.
- Learn new technologies and adapt to them as needed.
- Communicate progress regularly to senior stakeholders and programme leads, understanding the level of information relevant to the recipient.
- Generate regulatory evidence as needed.
- FR / NFR traceability.
- Identification and collating test entry and exit criteria.
- Test case review/QA for coverage and traceability to requirements/design.
- Liaison with business areas/technical leads re SIT/OAT/UAT scenario definitions as required.
- Analysis of design and other documents for testability.
- Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code.
- Undertake manual test case creation and execution as required along with exploratory testing.
Key Skills:
- Deep IAM domain knowledge.
- Solid experience of at least 3 years in a senior automation role, skilled in creating frameworks with strong coding experience e.g Java, Playwright, Python, Typescript, Cypher, Scala and API tooling (such as Insomnia, Apidog or Postman).
- Graph and event-driven validation.
- Automation-first test experience.
- Layered test architecture.
- Risk-based test prioritisation.
- RBAC / ABAC / ReBAC / PBAC.
- OPA / Rego policy testing.
- Policy explainability validation.
- REST API automation, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing.
- Consumer-driven contract testing.
- Replay and reprocessing testing.
- Graph data validation (Neo4j).
- Containerised test execution.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills and stakeholder engagement at all levels.
- Experience of using a range of automation tools and experience of test tool selection/recommendations based on assessment of the environment/landscape.
- Experience of inputting into an overall test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required.
- Cloud testing approaches and methodology, especially GCP, but also AWS, Azure, Entra, Ali Cloud and other systems such as ServiceNow, AD, ADLDS.
- Some knowledge of JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, NeoLoad or similar tools for load, stress, and volume testing including any licensing requirements, configuration, dashboards and reporting.
- Experience of testing graph database management systems (GDBMS) Graph platform engineering, Neo4j Basics.
- GDBMS Performance Analysis.
- Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code.
- Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling.
- Good experience of executing defined test plans including coordination, tracking and reporting.
- Positive team player working as part of the overall test team.
- Any exposure to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity warehousing, and working with protocols and formats for data ingestion such as SCIM, REST API, LDAP, OIDC and CSV.
- DevOps & CI/CD Integration - Experience of GitOps Repos. Ability to integrate automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift-left testing practices.
- Pub Sub and MQ.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
IAM Automation Test Engineer
Whitehall Resources currently require an experienced IAM Automation Test Engineer to work with a key client **Please note this role requires 3 days a week onsite and falls Inside IR35**
Role Summary:
We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Test engineer with strong expertise Identity and Access management (IAM), skilled in identity orchestration, API testing, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. This role focuses on testing secure, scalable identity and access workflows across Google Cloud Platform, integrating identity services with custom APIs, Pub/Sub pipelines, and cloud-native applications. Using an automation first approach, you will collaborate closely with tech leads, Cloud Security, DevOps, and Application Engineering teams to thoroughly test robust IAM, identity lifecycle workflows, and secure service integrations that support enterprise-level cloud and Identity operations.
- Working with the Lead automation architect in the creation of an overall testing strategy where the focus is Automation First with minimal manual effort required.
- Plan, develop, execute, maintain and improve Automated Test Framework and Automated Test Scripts for Web and Graph Database applications
- Jenkins pipeline creation and management for running automated tests, generating reports and notifying team about test results to streamline the CI/CD process.
- Able to develop and execute test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other testing related plans and documentation based on the requirements and technical specifications
- Test data generation
- Accurately report and track testing related defects and issues, by writing or automating, effective and thorough bug reports, attend triage meetings and verify bug fixes
- Identify process and application issues and provide suggestions to improve
- Learn new technologies and adapt to them as needed
- Communicate progress regularly to senior stakeholders and programme leads, understanding the level of information relevant to the recipient
- Generate regulatory evidence as needed
- FR / NFR traceability
- Identification and collating test entry and exit criteria
- Test case review/QA for coverage and traceability to requirements/design
- Liaison with business areas/technical leads re SIT/OAT/UAT scenario definitions as required
- Analysis of design and other documents for testability
- Testing functions and decision points ""As Code"", such as Policy as code
- Undertake manual test case creation and execution as required along with exploratory testing
Skills required:
- Deep IAM domain knowledge
- Solid experience of at least 3 years in a senior automation role, skilled in creating frameworks with strong coding experience e.g Java, Playwright, Python, Typescript, Cypher, Scala and API tooling (such as Insomnia, Apidog or Postman)
- Graph and event-driven validation
- Automation-first test experience
- Layered test architecture
- Risk-based test prioritisation
- RBAC / ABAC / ReBAC / PBAC
- OPA / Rego policy testing
- Policy explainability validation
- REST API automation, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing
- Consumer-driven contract testing
- Replay and reprocessing testing
- Graph data validation (Neo4j)
- Containerised test execution
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills and stakeholder engagement at all levels
- Experience of using a range of automation tools and experience of test tool selection/recommendations based on assessment of the environment/landscape.
- Experience of inputting into an overall test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required.
- Cloud testing approaches and methodology, especially GCP, but also AWS, Azure, Entra, Ali Cloud and other systems such as ServiceNow, AD, ADLDS
- Some knowledge of JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, NeoLoad or similar tools for load, stress, and volume testing including any licensing requirements, configuration, dashboards and reporting
- Experience of testing graph database management systems (GDBMS) Graph platform engineering, Neo4j Basics
- GDBMS Performance Analysis
- Testing functions and decision points ""As Code"", such as Policy as code
- Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling
- Good experience of executing defined test plans including coordination, tracking and reporting
- Positive team player working as part of the overall test team,
- Any exposure to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity warehousing, and working with protocols and formats for data ingestion such as SCIM, REST API, LDAP, OIDC and CSV
- DevOps & CI/CD Integration - Experience of GitOps Repos. Ability to integrate automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift-left testing practices
- Pub Sub and MQ
All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description. Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.