Automation Assurance Specialist

83zero Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking an Automation Assurance Specialist (Consultant) to join their Digital Excellence team. This permanent, full-time position involves assuring the quality and robustness of digital solutions across various projects. Responsibilities include designing and implementing automated testing solutions, improving testing practices, and mentoring colleagues. Ideal candidates will have strong testing backgrounds and be confident with CI/CD tools. The role offers a competitive salary of £50,000 - £55,000 plus benefits and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Unlimited Training Budget

Healthcare options

Qualifications

• Strong experience in functional, integration, exploratory and manual testing.
• Experience building automation frameworks using Java or JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools for both backend and frontend.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cross-functional engineering and assurance activities within collaborative teams.
• Design and maintain automation test suites.
• Assure technical delivery quality by working closely with engineers and stakeholders.

Skills

Functional testing

Integration testing

Exploratory testing

Manual testing

CI/CD tooling

Git-based version control

Education

ISTQB Foundation certification

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber

Docker

Job description

We are seeking an Automation Assurance Specialist (Consultant) to join a high-performing Digital Excellence team delivering complex, technology-led transformation programmes. You will play a critical role in assuring the quality, reliability and robustness of digital solutions across a wide range of client engagements.

Automation Assurance Specialist - Consultant (Digital Excellence)

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 plus benefits, perks, healthcare options!
Client: Global IT Consultancy
Location: Either London, Manchester or Glasgow Office (Hybrid working)
Role type: Permanent, full-time
Note: Unlimited Training Budget For Any External Certifications You Wish To Achieve!

The Role

We are seeking an Automation Assurance Specialist (Consultant level) to join a high-performing Digital Excellence team delivering complex, technology-led transformation programmes. You will play a critical role in assuring the quality, reliability and robustness of digital solutions across a wide range of client engagements.

You will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining high-quality automated testing solutions, providing confidence that systems meet functional and non-functional requirements across accessibility, performance, security and integration.

This role offers exposure to a wide variety of technologies and large-scale, technically challenging projects, working within multidisciplinary engineering teams in agile environments.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deliver cross-functional engineering and assurance activities within small, collaborative teams
• Design, build and maintain clean, scalable and maintainable automation test suites
• Execute automated and manual testing across functional, integration and exploratory testing
• Embed test automation into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
• Assure technical delivery quality by working closely with engineers, designers and stakeholders
• Continuously improve testing practices, tools and processes
• Coach and mentor colleagues, sharing best practice and supporting team capability growth
• Contribute to innovation, inclusion, collaboration and self‑organising team culture
• Support business development, internal initiatives and knowledge‑sharing activities

Technology Exposure

You will gain experience across a broad technical landscape, including but not limited to:

• Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Kotlin
• Spring Boot and RESTful microservices
• Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, REST testing
• NoSQL databases
• Git‑based version control systems

Your Profile

Essential experience

• ISTQB Foundation certification (or equivalent experience)
• Strong experience in functional, integration, exploratory and manual testing
• Experience building and contributing to automation frameworks (Java or JavaScript)
• Hands‑on experience with backend and frontend automated testing tools
• Experience working in agile delivery environments
• Confident using Git‑based version control tools (GitHub, GitLab etc.)
• Ability to self‑manage and proactively identify improvement areas

Desirable experience

• Non‑functional testing (Accessibility, Performance, Security)
• CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Docker for testing environments
• Maven for test execution
• Accessibility standards and test automation best practices
• Familiarity with the GOV.UK Design System
• Experience applying structured evaluation methods, including AI evaluations

Please "Apply" or contact Aaron Perdesi on #removed# to learn more!