Automation QA Engineer

SF Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in technology is seeking a Senior QA Engineer with strong hands-on automation experience to join a digital transformation team in Telford. This permanent hybrid role offers a salary between £46,000 to £67,000, depending on experience, along with a bonus. Candidates must be eligible for security clearance and have experience in agile and DevOps environments.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for security clearance.
• Hands-on experience in automation testing.
• Adaptable and eager to work in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Assess requirements and testability.
• Create test scripts and data.
• Execute tests, log results, retest fixes.

Skills

Strong QA process knowledge

API testing (e.g. Postman)

Automation (e.g. Cucumber, JUnit)

Load/performance testing

Agile delivery experience

Mentoring, leadership, team management

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Git

Job description

Overview

Seeking a Senior QA Engineer with strong, hands on automation experience to join a growing digital transformation team, modernising legacy systems into cloud-native solutions using Java, DevOps, and agile practices.

This is a permanent role with hybrid working in Telford, paying £46,000 to £67,000 dependant on experience, plus bonus.

Key Details

• Location: Hybrid - average 2-3 days per week in Telford
• Security Clearance: Must be eligible for this upon joining (please do not apply if you will not be eligible, this is an essential criteria)
• Environment: Agile, DevOps, cloud (AWS/Azure), microservices, containerisation

Role Overview

• Assess requirements and testability
• Create test scripts and data
• Execute tests, log results, retest fixes
• Report progress and raise issues

Required Skills

• Strong QA process knowledge
• API testing (e.g. Postman), system integration testing
• Automation (e.g. Cucumber, JUnit), Wiremock
• Load/performance testing
• Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Git
• Agile delivery experience
• Mentoring, leadership, team management or similar

Additional

• Must pass identity, residency, and criminal record checks.
• Perfect for someone hands-on, adaptable, and eager to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
• Please only apply if you have the relevant experience, are based in a commutable distance to Telford and you will be eligible for obtaining security clearance after joining.

So, if you are a senior QA Engineer with strong automation experience based in a commutable distance to Telford, please apply now to be considered!