Automation Tester; Front End Security Cleared Or Previously Held SC)

Position: Automation Tester (Front End) - (Security Cleared Or Previously Held SC)
Description

About Us:

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.

We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.

Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.

Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, Dev Ops, and AI.We operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact.

The Role:

We are looking for experienced Automation Test Engineers / SDET to work on projects with our clients from both the public and private sectors. You will have a testing background and be confident using your skills to run projects directly with clients with minimal supervision.

You will be a fundamental member of the team, responsible for designing, developing and delivering test solutions whilst supporting and developing other members of the team and fostering best practice, keeping up to date with industry standards and advances.

While most of our work can be done remotely, giving you the flexibility to work where you’re most comfortable, we do expect all of our consultants to be open to travel as required by our clients, primarily to London. This role would therefore be best suited to those within a commutable distance of London.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

Overseeing all aspects of developing, implementing, and maintaining automated test scripts using automation tools.

As part of this role, you'll verify the usability, functionality, performance, and scalability of our and our clients applications.

Constructing automation tools and expanding framework functionalities to accommodate unique team requirements. Initiating and establishing processes for automation and performance monitoring.

Actively contributing to both our Quality Engineering teams and our clients in establishing Automation and Testing best practices for the organisation.

Collaborating with various teams to address their automation challenges and coordinating efforts with diverse teams to resolve performance test failures.

Key

Skills & Experience:

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Must have great analytical and troubleshooting skills as well as thrive in a dynamic work  depth understanding of QA process and software development life-cycle.

Proven experience with current front-end testing frameworks and tools, like Cypress or Playwright.

Hands-on experience of building test automation frameworks from scratch.

Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as JavaScript and Type Script (3+years). Experience testing web applications across multiple browsers and operating systems including mobile.

Experience of API testing, ideally using Rest Assured or SoapUI.Expertise in establishing and executing testing tools, testing environments, and testing data throughout different stages of the testing process.

Experience of working  closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, and other QA team members, to design, develop and enhance automation frameworks.

Familiarity with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) for testing microservices in a containerised environment.

Automated API testing with Java (e.g. Rest Assured / SoapUI)
Experience using collaborative tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar for test case management, documentation, and communication within Agile/Scrum teams.

Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, including experience with Jenkins, Git Lab CI, or other CI/CD tools for automated testing and deployment.

Understanding of testing microservices-based applications.

Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).Understanding of Accessibility testing. Benefits

What We Offer:

Competitive Salary Bonus Scheme Private Healthcare Insurance
25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year Enhanced Parental Leave Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
Contributory PensionEAP with Help@Hand Gym…