QA Automation/SDET Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Syntax Consultancy
£450 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
West Midlands Birmingham
Summary: Senior QA Automation/SDET Engineer with SC and NPPV3 Security Clearance required for a 6-month contract in Birmingham. The role involves hands-on testing using JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver within complex enterprise environments. The position offers hybrid working arrangements with a focus on Agile delivery teams and requires strong communication skills for effective collaboration. Immediate start is expected in May/June 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Extensive hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver within complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Spring applications, microservices, and distributed architectures.
- Good understanding in PostgreSQL, including query optimisation, performance tuning, and data validation.
- Experience using WireMock for service virtualisation and integration isolation.
- Strong expertise in Performance, Load, and Stress testing using JMeter.
- Proven experience leading testing activities within Agile delivery teams.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
- Ability to analyse complex systems, identify risks, and design effective test strategies.
- Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and related engineering tools.
- Desirable Skills: Testing microservices at scale, including contract testing approaches, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Understanding of BDD/TDD practices and quality driven engineering. Monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver.
- Understanding of Spring applications, microservices, and distributed architectures.
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL, including query optimisation and performance tuning.
- Experience with WireMock for service virtualisation.
- Expertise in Performance, Load, and Stress testing using JMeter.
- Experience in Agile delivery teams.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
- Analytical skills for complex systems and risk identification.
- Proficiency with Git, Jira, and Confluence.
- Desirable skills in microservices testing, containerisation, cloud platforms, BDD/TDD practices, and monitoring tools.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Salary (Rate): £450/day
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Senior QA Automation/SDET Engineer (SC + NPPV3 Cleared)
Birmingham
6 Month Contract
£400-£450/day (Outside IR35)
Hands on Senior QA Automation Engineer/SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) engineer needed with both SC and NPPV3 Security Clearance, plus strong hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver.
6 Month Rolling Contract based in Birmingham. Start ASAP in May/June 2026.
Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH) + 2 days/week working from the office in Birmingham with occasional travel to Croydon.
A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in large-scale Government projects:
Key skills, experience + duties to include:
- Extensive hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver within complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Spring applications, microservices, and distributed architectures.
- Good understanding in PostgreSQL, including query optimisation, performance tuning, and data validation.
- Experience using WireMock for service virtualisation and integration isolation.
- Strong expertise in Performance, Load, and Stress testing using JMeter.
- Proven experience leading testing activities within Agile delivery teams.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
- Ability to analyse complex systems, identify risks, and design effective test strategies.
- Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and related engineering tools.
- Desirable Skills: Testing microservices at scale, including contract testing approaches. containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Understanding of BDD/TDD practices and quality driven engineering.Monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
