Test Automation Engineer

Job Title: QET - Test Automation Engineer Sheffield

About the Job you are considering:

Lead end-to-end testing for UK payments transformation initiatives within banking and financial services, ensuring solutions are delivered safely, compliantly, and to high-quality standards. Own and drive the overall test strategy, planning, and execution across functional, integration, UAT, and non-functional testing phases. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery while meeting regulatory expectations and operational resilience requirements across payments systems.

Hybrid working:
The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Job Role:

• Define and own test strategy, test plan, and overall test approach for payments programs
• Lead test estimation, resource planning, scheduling, and progress reporting
• Manage full test lifecycle including requirements analysis, test design, execution, defect management, and closure
• Coordinate end-to-end integration testing across applications, APIs, middleware, and third-party systems
• Drive testing across UK payment schemes such as Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, and SWIFT
• Ensure robust test data management, including masking/anonymisation and environment readiness
• Lead defect management including severity assessment, triage, root cause analysis, and closure governance
• Support and govern User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including entry/exit criteria, execution oversight, and sign-off
• Plan and oversee non-functional testing such as performance, resilience, and security testing
• Implement automation strategy, shift-left practices, and CI/CD quality gates
• Ensure adherence to audit controls, compliance standards, and regulatory expectations
• Provide clear status reporting and updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums

Job Skills:

• Proven experience as a Test Lead/Test Manager in banking or financial services
• Strong knowledge of UK payments systems:
  Faster Payments (FPS), CHAPS, Bacs, SWIFT
• Understanding of payment lifecycle including failures, cutoffs, returns, rejects, duplicates, and reconciliation
• Expertise in end-to-end integration testing across distributed systems and APIs
• Strong test management skills including planning, estimation, and governance
• Advanced defect management and triage leadership skills
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, ALM, Zephyr, and reporting dashboards
• Knowledge of test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, and API testing tools (Postman, Rest Assured)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and quality engineering practices
• Experience with SQL and data validation, including XML/JSON
• Understanding of ISO 20022 messaging (preferred)
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Desirable Skills
• Experience with ISO 20022 migration programs
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging standards
• Certifications such as ISTQB (Foundation/Advanced), Agile/Scrum/Kanban, or quality engineering certifications
  

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