Senior​/Lead Automation Tester

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading data center for an experienced Senior/Lead Automation Tester to join their Software Engineering team.

This is a hands-on technical role with genuine leadership responsibility. You will own your deliverables, drive quality standards across the team, mentor junior testers, and work closely with developers and stakeholders in an Agile/Dev Ops environment.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define testing scope, objectives, and robust test strategies
• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks using Playwright
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and API testing
• Log, track, and reproduce defects using Jira or Azure Dev Ops
• Work with databases and CI/CD pipelines to validate backend data integrity and support continuous deployment
• Guide and mentor junior testers, review test scripts, and drive continuous quality improvement
• Introduce and streamline testing processes in collaboration with the development team
• Provide clear reporting and communicate effectively with senior management

Experience with Azure; AWS experience considered acceptable

• Manual testing ability for certain tasks (automation remains the main focus)
• Experience with MS SQL Server and data access methods, SQL, and database technologies (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL), including Stored Procedures
• Strong experience working within Agile/Scrum and Dev Ops delivery cycles
• Experience logging, tracking, and reproducing defects using tools like Jira or Azure Dev Ops
• Good written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate with senior management, write emails, and translate user requirements
• Ability to introduce, adopt, and streamline testing processes while coordinating effectively with the software development team

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Test Strategy & Planning
  Collaborate with stakeholders to define testing scopes, objectives, and robust test strategies

Test Automation

• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks using Playwright

Execution & Defect Tracking

• Perform functional, integration, regression, and API testing
• Log, track, and reproduce defects using tools like Jira or Azure Dev Ops

Environment & Data Validation

• Work with databases and CI/CD pipelines to validate backend data integrity and support continuous deployment

Mentorship

• Guide junior testers, review test scripts, and drive continuous quality improvement across the team

Reporting

• Some reporting responsibilities