Automation Tester

IBM; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Flexible working approaches

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Job summary

A global technology company in the UK is seeking a Quality Engineer specializing in Automation. The successful candidate will streamline testing processes and ensure reliable software delivery using advanced test automation tools like Selenium and Cypress. Applicants should have a Bachelor's Degree and strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java and Python. This role offers growth opportunities within diverse teams, focusing on the agile delivery of innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in creating reusable and maintainable test automation solutions.
• Strong skills in at least one programming language like Java or Python.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Streamline testing processes through automation for reliable software delivery.
• Build automated tests using tools such as Selenium and Cypress.
• Ensure software meets quality standards before release.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

Java

Selenium

Python

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Jenkins

Cucumber

Job description

Introduction

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK. A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You’ll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We Offer

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e‑learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognised certifications
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Quality Engineer with expertise in Automation, you will streamline testing processes through automation, ensuring efficient and reliable software delivery. You will have specialist skills in creating and maintaining automated testing solutions for IT systems and applications. You will possess in‑depth knowledge of various test automation tools and technologies and use them to build optimised test scenarios, develop automation for executing tests, and manage test data and environment‑related automation. This role requires understanding and integrating testing automation into overall delivery automation, aligning with contemporary trends such as Agile, DevOps, and Containers. In summary,

Key Responsibilities

• Building automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Katalon, Cucumber, etc.
• Design and create test data and test environments
• Create and maintain test plans based on software requirements.
• Perform manual and automated tests to identify bugs, defects or issues.
• Write test cases and scripts, identify errors and validate successes for any software solution.
• Identify, understand and document all errors and operational characteristics that are inconsistent with stated requirements and design specification goals for the given programme, application or set of applications.
• Present test results to clients and project teams clearly.
• Log, track and report defects using issue‑tracking tools ensuring clear communication with developers.
• Validate fixes: re‑test software after bug fixes to verify successful resolution and ensure no regression.
• Ensure the software meets quality standards and functional requirements before release.

Preferred Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Proficiency in test automation frameworks (e.g. Selenium WebDriver, Appium, TestComplete) and tools.
• Experience in creating reusable, maintainable and scalable test automation solutions.
• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Java, C#, Python, JavaScript).
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g. Bash, PowerShell) for automation and orchestration.
• Ability to design, develop and maintain automated test cases including unit, integration and end‑to‑end tests.
• Experience in implementing test automation best practices including modularity, reusability and maintainability.
• Proficiency in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI).
• Experience in automating testing code quality and release.
• Highly experienced in multiple test automation tools and technologies and use these to build and maintain automation solutions to test applications and IT systems across testing levels.
• Understanding of contemporary technology trends such as Agile, DevOps, Containers and the ability to integrate testing automation into overall delivery automation.
• Collaboration with cross‑functional team members to implement test automation best practices.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last five years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.