QA Automation Engineer/ SAP Analytics Cloud/ Remote
Posted 4 days ago by Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The QA Automation Engineer role involves enhancing automation testing within a secure cloud solutions environment for U.S. government missions. The position emphasizes building automated testing frameworks across UI, API, and backend layers, with a focus on making a significant impact from the outset. This contract role offers ownership and visibility in a collaborative team that integrates with CI/CD pipelines. Candidates will be responsible for developing and expanding test coverage in a high-security engineering organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop automated tests using Playwright for UI and end-to-end testing.
- Create test scripts and automation frameworks in Java.
- Utilize AWS cloud environments for testing.
- Manage version control and collaborative workflows using Git.
- Expand automated test coverage from low baselines.
- Conduct API testing and backend/database validation.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to validate features prior to release.
- Identify automation gaps and build out coverage roadmap.
- Write, execute, and maintain automated tests across UI, API, and database layers.
Key Skills:
- Proficiency in Playwright for automated test development.
- Experience with Java for test scripting and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with AWS cloud environments.
- Knowledge of Git for version control.
- Experience in building automated test coverage.
- Hands-on experience with API testing and backend/database validation.
- Ability to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience in regulated or national security environments (desired).
- Familiarity with SAP Analytics Cloud or similar platforms (desired).
- Background in reducing manual QA reliance through automation (desired).
Salary (Rate): £55.00 hourly
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Our client is a secure cloud solutions provider supporting U.S. government and national security missions. They are seeking a QA Automation Engineer for a contract engagement focused on quality engineering across a multi-platform analytics and data cloud environment. This is a fully contract role with a strong emphasis on modern automated testing across UI, API, and backend layers.
Here is what makes this opportunity stand out: you are walking into a team that has openly acknowledged its automation coverage sits around 20-30%, which means you will have a real, measurable impact from day one. This is not a role where you maintain what already exists. You will be the engineer who builds it. If you want ownership, visibility, and the ability to leave a lasting mark on how a high-security engineering organization ships software, this is the right move. The team is collaborative, technically sharp, and integrating into active CI/CD pipelines, so your work will ship fast and matter immediately.
Contract Duration: 6 - 12 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- Playwright for UI and end-to-end automated test development
- Java for test scripting and automation framework work
- Cloud experience in AWS environments
- Git for version control and collaborative development workflows
- Experience building or expanding automated test coverage from low baselines
- Hands-on experience with API testing and backend/database validation
- Familiarity integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience in regulated, government, or national security environments
- Familiarity with SAP Analytics Cloud or similar enterprise analytics platforms
- Knowledge of release management workflows and quality gates
- Experience with cloud-native data platforms or data warehousing tools
- Background in reducing reliance on manual QA through strategic automation planning
What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
- 50% Playwright / Java Automated Test Development
- 25% API & Backend/Database Testing
- 25% CI/CD Pipeline Integration & Test Maintenance
Daily Responsibilities
- 60% Hands On - writing, executing, and maintaining automated tests across UI, API, and database layers
- 20% Team Collaboration - partnering with engineering to validate features prior to release
- 20% Planning & Strategy - identifying automation gaps and building out coverage roadmap