Automation Tester

Senior Automation Tester

Role type:
Permanent

Location:

Hybrid (50% onsite) – London or Leeds

Clearance required:

SC Cleared

At Peregrine, we're always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.

The role

We are seeking experienced Test Automation Engineers and Senior Test Automation Engineers to join a large-scale technology environment, helping to develop and enhance automated testing capabilities across critical applications and services.

You will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining automated test solutions, working closely with developers, architects, analysts and wider technology teams to ensure high levels of quality and reliability.

Depending on experience, there will also be opportunities to take ownership of automation strategy, lead other automation engineers, contribute to performance testing strategy and drive improvements to testing frameworks, tooling and processes.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain robust automated test scripts and automation frameworks
Deliver automated testing across functional, system, integration, end-to-end, API and security testing
Develop and maintain API automation using tools such as Karate, Postman and SOAPUI
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows
Troubleshoot automation failures and identify opportunities to improve test coverage and reliability
Work closely with developers, architects, analysts and business stakeholders throughout the software delivery lifecycle
Contribute to the continuous improvement of automation frameworks, tooling and testing processes
Support performance testing and identify potential application bottlenecks
Work with cloud and containerised environments

Skills & Experience

Strong experience within Test Automation / Automation Testing / SDET environments
SC Clearance essential
Demonstrable experience designing, developing or maintaining test automation frameworks

Experience with automation tools such as Selenium and Karate
Strong API testing experience using tools such as Postman and SOAPUI
Programming or scripting experience using Java, Python and/or Java Script

Experience with Cucumber / BDD
Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies and techniques
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and Git Hub Actions

Experience with version control systems
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure
Exposure to containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Experience working within Agile software delivery environments
Experience across functional, integration, end-to-end, API and security testing

Experience with test data tools and test data management

Senior-level experience

For Senior Test Automation Engineer opportunities, we are particularly interested in candidates with:

Extensive hands-on test automation experience
Proven experience designing and implementing automation frameworks
Technical leadership, coaching or mentoring experience
Experience leading automation engineers or taking ownership of automation delivery
Performance testing experience using tools such as JMeter and Load Runner
Experience contributing to automation and performance testing strategy
Strong experience across complex, integrated enterprise systems

Desirable skills

Kafka, IBM MQ and/or ACE
Performance and security testing
Sonar Qube, Fortify, Twistlock or Xray
Oracle and SQL
Control-M
Knowledge of technologies including XML, HTML, Web Services and SOAP
Financial services experience
ISTQB, ISEB or equivalent testing…