Automation Assurance Specialist - Consultant - Digital Excellence

Capgemini Invent; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured training and certifications

Wellbeing support

Hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Manchester seeks an experienced Automation Assurance Specialist to ensure the reliability and quality of technical solutions. In this role, you will execute comprehensive testing, design automation test suites, and collaborate with a diverse team on large-scale projects. Ideal candidates will have ISTQB Foundation certification and experience in testing frameworks like Selenium or Playwright. Join us for structured training and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in a positive work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum ISTQB Foundation or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience with core testing techniques such as exploratory and manual testing.
• Familiarity with test frameworks in Java or JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Execute comprehensive testing across multiple criteria.
• Design and maintain automation test suites.
• Collaborate with engineers and design teams.

Skills

Exploratory testing

Integration testing

Manual testing

Functional testing

Agile environment experience

Version control (GitHub, GitLab)

Education

ISTQB Foundation

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber

Docker

Maven

Job description

Overview

Automation Assurance Specialist - Consultant - Digital Excellence

At Capgemini Invent, we blend strategic, creative and scientific capabilities to deliver transformation solutions. Our Automation Assurance Specialists ensure the reliability and quality of technical solutions delivered to clients, providing confidence that implementations meet expectations and specifications. Responsibilities include executing comprehensive testing across Accessibility, Performance, Security, and Functional validation. The role includes designing and maintaining clean, robust automation test suites and integrating them into a continuous integration pipeline.

Responsibilities

• You’ll undertake cross-functional engineering projects, working in small teams with other engineers in different knowledge spheres, building supportable, sustainable, and reliable services.
• Be part of a community of engineers within Capgemini Invent, delivering on large-scale, technically challenging projects.
• Take personal responsibility for assuring confidence in the technical delivery – collaborating with other engineers and the design team.
• Continually improve our teams’ processes, practices, tools, and techniques.
• Share knowledge and experience with colleagues as you coach and mentor them, while developing your own skills by experimenting with and learning new technologies.
• Encourage innovation, inclusion, teamwork, self-organisation, and diversity.
• Work with clients and internal teams to develop new opportunities and open-source projects and initiatives.

Role progression and business contribution

• Business Development – Contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contributions, and client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development, offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support career development and certifications.

Your profile

To be part of our team, you will have a mixture of the following experience:

Required

• ISTQB Foundation (minimum). Equivalent qualifications or experience may be considered.
• Experience with core testing techniques: Exploratory, Integration, Manual, Functional.
• Experience setting up and contributing to test frameworks in Java or JavaScript.
• Experience writing automated tests (backend and frontend) using Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, REST, etc.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience using online version control tools (GitHub, GitLab, etc.).
• Experience with self-management and identifying areas that need work.

Desirable

• Experience with a wider range of testing techniques (Accessibility, Performance, Security, etc.).
• Experience applying structured evaluation methods (AI evals) to validate outputs in real-world scenarios.
• Experience using Docker to aid testing.
• Experience using Maven to run automated tests.
• Experience with CI/CD (Gitlab, GitHub, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with web standards, accessibility, and test automation best practices.
• Knowledge of GOV.UK design system.

What you’ll love about working here

• You’ll gain exposure to high-profile transformations and hands-on exposure to leading technologies.
• Structured training and certifications across cybersecurity, cloud technologies, and Agile delivery.
• Unique training environments and regular knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Monthly showcases of digital transformation initiatives and team events.

Need to know

• Capgemini embraces Diversity & Inclusion with active inclusion initiatives and a positive work-life balance with hybrid working arrangements.
• Wellbeing support includes Mental Health Champions and wellbeing apps.
• Capgemini is a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government scheme. Interview offered to candidates who declare a disability and meet minimum criteria.
• CSR focus on using tech for positive social impact and recognition as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute.
• Office base locations include London, Manchester or Glasgow with flexibility for assignments away from home.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, with over 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. The group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.