Automation Tester (Front End) - (Security Cleared)

Solirius LTD; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare insurance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Bonus scheme

Pension

Job summary

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer / SDET to work with clients in the public and private sectors. You will design, develop and deliver test solutions, mentoring team members and promoting testing best practices.

Remote work is available, with travel to London as required for client engagements. The role emphasizes automation framework development, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering robust QA across microservices architectures

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities in a dynamic environment.
• Deep understanding of QA processes and SDLC.
• Proven experience with front-end testing frameworks (Cypress/Playwright).
• Hands-on experience building test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript (3+ years).
• Experience testing web apps across browsers and OS including mobile.
• API testing experience (RestAssured/SoapUI).
• Knowledge of CI/CD and testing in Agile/Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee automated test script development, implementation and maintenance.
• Verify usability, functionality, performance, and scalability of apps.
• Construct automation tools and expand frameworks for team needs.
• Establish automation and performance monitoring processes.
• Contribute to QA teams and client projects with best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address automation challenges.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

QA process

Front-end testing (Cypress/Playwright)

Test automation frameworks

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cross-browser testing

API testing (RestAssured/SoapUI)

Jira/Confluence

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab CI)

Docker/Kubernetes

Testing microservices

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Java

TypeScript

RestAssured

SoapUI

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

About Us:

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.

We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.

Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.

Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI.

We operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact.

The Role:

We are looking for experienced Automation Test Engineers / SDET to work on projects with our clients from both the public and private sectors. You will have a testing background and be confident using your skills to run projects directly with clients with minimal supervision.

You will be a fundamental member of the team, responsible for designing, developing and delivering test solutions whilst supporting and developing other members of the team and fostering best practice, keeping up to date with industry standards and advances.

While most of our work can be done remotely, giving you the flexibility to work where you’re most comfortable, we do expect all of our consultants to be open to travel as required by our clients, primarily to London. This role would therefore be best suited to those within a commutable distance of London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overseeing all aspects of developing, implementing, and maintaining automated test scripts using automation tools.
• As part of this role, you'll verify the usability, functionality, performance, and scalability of our and our clients applications.
• Constructing automation tools and expanding framework functionalities to accommodate unique team requirements.
• Initiating and establishing processes for automation and performance monitoring.
• Actively contributing to both our Quality Engineering teams and our clients in establishing Automation and Testing best practices for the organisation.
• Collaborating with various teams to address their automation challenges and coordinating efforts with diverse teams to resolve performance test failures.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Must have great analytical and troubleshooting skills as well as thrive in a dynamic work environment.
• In depth understanding of QA process and software development life-cycle.
• Proven experience with current front-end testing frameworks and tools, like Cypress or Playwright.
• Hands-on experience of building test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as JavaScript and TypeScript (3+years).
• Experience testing web applications across multiple browsers and operating systems including mobile.
• Experience of API testing, ideally using RestAssured or SoapUI.
• Expertise in establishing and executing testing tools, testing environments, and testing data throughout different stages of the testing process.
• Experience of working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, and other QA team members, to design, develop and enhance automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) for testing microservices in a containerised environment.
• Automated API testing with Java (e.g. RestAssured / SoapUI)
• Experience using collaborative tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar for test case management, documentation, and communication within Agile/Scrum teams.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, including experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or other CI/CD tools for automated testing and deployment.
• Understanding of testing microservices-based applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Understanding of Accessibility testing.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Healthcare Insurance
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
• Contributory Pension
• EAP with Help@Hand
• Gym Membership Benefits
• Flexible Benefits Allowance
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes
• Flexible Working
• Annual Away Days/Company Socials

Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.

Encouraging high social mobility is really important to us. We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and promoting open dialogue. This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as our gender diversity group and our focus on mental health and wellbeing. Whatever stage you are at, you will find an environment where you can thrive.

Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive, enabling all candidates to demonstrate their skills, experience and potential.