Test Automation Engineer (SC Cleared) - Leeds/Hybrid - Selenium, Karate, CI/CD, Azure

Job Description:

You will be joining a collaborative Agile delivery team, responsible for designing, developing and maintaining automated testing solutions across a range of enterprise applications.

Working closely with developers, Business Analysts and other stakeholders, you will help ensure high-quality software delivery by building robust automation frameworks, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, and driving continuous improvement across the testing function.

You will also play a key role in troubleshooting automation issues, enhancing existing frameworks, and contributing to the wider test automation strategy.

Key Skills:

• MUST HOLD CURRENT AND ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE
• Strong commercial experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Karate, SOAPUI and/or Postman.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience with Scripting languages such as Python or Java.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Experience using Cucumber BDD.
• Knowledge of Azure cloud environments.
• Experience working with Test Data Management tools.
• Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Kafka, IBM MQ or ACE.
• Knowledge of HTML, XBRL or wider software architecture concepts.