• 12 month contract opportunity within the public sector


• Hybrid working, Somerset base


• 600 per day Inside IR35


• Active SC Clearance Required

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Our public sector client is looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join the team to write automated tests that range from simple to complex ensuring that the standards used conform to the organisation s standards. You will be expected to work collaboratively as part of an agile team but taking the lead in test automation guiding the team to use best industry practices.

Day to Day

• Write test automation code, including maintaining and implementing test frameworks.


• Create test strategies, plans and other testing documents for changes to ensure appropriate test coverage, maximise defect detection prior to release and confirm customer requirements and expectations are met.


• Lead, co-ordinate and participate in test execution, defect recording and capture of test results using agile and/or waterfall approaches as required. Document and store manual tests. Run bug triage/prioritization sessions. Summarise results of test execution into test reports, during and on completion of testing.

Essential Skills and Experience

This role will require an individual with proven test pedigree, with experience in:

• Manual testing (specification & execution)


• Automation frameworks (implementation/assisted implementation of)


• Automation testing


• Technical ability

• Able to read code and write test code in.Net and TS/JS

• Playwright


• Selenium


• Gherkin Script

• SQL (Test data)


• Postman (API, possible e2e and performance testing)


• .Net

• Nunit/XUnit/Web Application Factory

• Typescript


• Angular


• BDD/TDD


• CI/CD


• DevOps


• Git


• Visual Studio


• Agile (worked within scrum/kanban team)

It will be a benefit if you have experience of working with any of the following:

• Playwright (e2e, API and UI testing)


• Stryker (mutation testing)


• PACT (performance/load testing)


• K6 (performance/load testing)


• A11y/Axe (accessibility)


• Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) Desktop Apps


• GraphQL

• Hot Chocolate (GQL)

• Docker (Miscroservices)


• Azure

Experience of non-functional testing (most desirable are performance testing security testing and load testing) and associated test tools
Experience of use of Azure DevOps

** Must hold Active SC Clearance **

Next Steps

If you have the relevant skills and experience and are interested in this role, please apply with your up to date CV and I will endeavour to get back to you.

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