Automation Test Engineer: CI/CD & API Automation Lead

IBM; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical

Dental & optical cover

Employee Assistance Program

Group pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to deliver automated testing solutions for public sector and defence clients. You will design and develop test scripts, support CI/CD integration, and collaborate with DevOps to raise product quality and delivery.

You will work with Java, Python, REST Assured, Selenium Grid, and Postman to build UI, API, and integration tests, driving test automation strategies within Agile and container‑based delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java, Python and REST API testing.
• Experience building automation frameworks for API and UI.
• Strong documentation of test frameworks and results.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, performance, and API testing.
• Build automation frameworks using industry‑standard tools and modern programming languages.
• Develop optimized and efficient test scenarios aligned to acceptance criteria, ensuring strong test coverage.
• Automate test environment setup, test execution, test data management, and environment validation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and work with DevOps to support continuous testing.
• Contribute to quality engineering practices within Agile, DevOps, and container‑based delivery models.
• Monitor automated test execution, troubleshoot issues, and provide clear insights to development teams.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve product quality, identify risks, and promote automation best practices.
• Participate in requirement analysis, sprint planning, and backlog refinement to embed quality from the outset.
• Encourage and support adoption of automation tools, frameworks, and best practices across teams.
• Ensure Best Practices are followed across SCRUM teams, including Test Estimation, Test Coverage, Test Traceability, Defect Management, Test Evidencing, and Test Closure.

Skills

Java

Python

REST assured

Selenium Grid

Serenity

Jenkins

Maven

Postman

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking an Automation Test Engineer to deliver automated testing solutions for public sector and defence clients. You will design and develop test scripts, support CI/CD integration, and collaborate with DevOps to raise product quality and delivery.

You will work with Java, Python, REST Assured, Selenium Grid, and Postman to build UI, API, and integration tests, driving test automation strategies within Agile and container‑based delivery.