Lead Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

Job Description

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• Senior Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

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• City of London - Onsite 3 days a week

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• 12 month contract

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• Inside of IR35

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• £600 per day

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We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to join a high-performing technology team responsible for delivering and maintaining critical enterprise applications. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on automation specialist who enjoys driving quality, leading technical initiatives, and mentoring engineers while working on complex, business-critical systems.

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As a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and enhancing automated testing solutions across a range of applications, ensuring exceptional quality, reliability, and performance standards.

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• Lead automation testing activities across functional, system, integration, end-to-end, and security testing.

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• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using industry-leading tools.

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• Manage and mentor a small team of Test Automation Engineers.

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• Provide technical leadership and champion automation best practices.

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• Analyse test results, identify defects, bottlenecks, and areas for optimisation.

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• Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and product teams to improve test coverage and software quality.

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• Develop and execute performance testing strategies using tools such as JMeter and LoadRunner.

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• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including framework enhancement and process optimisation.

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• Support recruitment activities and help build a high-performing testing capability.

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• Drive innovation in testing practices and contribute to overall quality engineering strategy.

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• Extensive Automation Engineer

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• Live SC Clearance

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• Strong experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks.

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• Experience with API, system, security, and UI testing.

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• Proficiency with automation and testing tools such as: \n
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  • Karate

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  • Eggplant Functional

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  • Postman

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  • SoapUI

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• Experience working withmiddleware and messaging technologies including: \n
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  • Kafka

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  • IBM MQ

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  • ACE

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• Knowledge of Scripting languages such as Python and JavaScript.

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• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and best practices.

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• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

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• Proven ability to mentor colleagues and work collaboratively across technical teams.

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• Experience with security and vulnerability testing tools such as: \n
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  • SonarQube

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  • Fortify

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  • Twistlock

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  • Xray

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• Knowledge of enterprise technologies including: \n
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  • Java

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  • .NET

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  • Oracle

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  • SQL

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  • XML

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  • Web Services

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  • SOAP

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  • Unix/Linux

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  • SAP

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  • SharePoint

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Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.