Digital Delivery Automation Tester - IPO - HEO

Manchester Digital; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A government organization in the UK is seeking a Digital Delivery Automation Tester. This full-time role in Newport involves utilizing cutting-edge cloud technologies and modern delivery processes. Candidates should possess experience in technical solutions, Agile methodologies, and automated testing frameworks. The position offers opportunities for innovative contributions and skill development, with hybrid working arrangements in place.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering technical solutions.
• Proficient with Scrum and Agile methodologies.
• Understanding of DevOps principles and frameworks.
• Good understanding of testing frameworks like Selenium WebDriver.
• Experience in a mainstream development language.

Responsibilities

• Write, execute and maintain automated UI and API tests aligned against acceptance criteria.
• Design and maintain scalable solutions that deliver exceptional user experience.
• Investigate problems and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Work closely with developers to ensure test coverage.
• Identify defects and risks in line with IPO standards.
• Explore innovative ways to solve problems in a fail-fast manner.
• Mentor colleagues on automation and testing standards.
• Implement toolkits and APIs for integration and performance.

Skills

Experience in delivering technical solutions

Experience with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile

Understanding of DevOps principles

Good understanding of mainstream testing frameworks/libraries such as Selenium WebDriver

Experience in a mainstream development language

Job description

Digital Delivery Automation Tester - IPO - HEO

£36,736 up to £46,743 with additional allowances
Published on

Full-time (Temporary) £36,736 up to £46,743 with additional allowances
Published on 14 November 2025 Deadline 25 November 2025

Location

Newport, NP10 8QQ

About the job

Job summary

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Digital Delivery Automation Tester

The IPO is a modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively. In order to provide up to date services to our customers both nationally and internationally systems need to be developed, improved and maintained. You will have the opportunity to work on the latest cutting-edge cloud technologies, use modern delivery processes and work on innovative projects some including the use of AI and ML. Working alongside experts in their fields you will have the opportunity to make valuable contributions without compromising on quality.

You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role you will work within a multi-disciplinary squad using several technologies to build enterprise grade services. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for assigned deliveries. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. Opportunities to contribute to the technical strategy are also available.

As a multi-skilled individual, you will have the opportunities to develop and mature skills in a core role but extend this to skills typically aligned to other role types. You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop.

Working Style

This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office.

The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.

Main duties consist of but are not limited to:

• Responsible for writing, executing and maintaining functional/non-functional automated UI and API tests/suites aligned against acceptance criteria to support our continuous deployment environment
• Be responsible for the design, coding, testing, maintenance, and documentation for robust, scalable and reusable solutions that deliver exceptional user experience using DevOps best practice
• Proactively investigate problems and opportunities in existing processes, evaluating and communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholdersWork closely with software developers to reach a common understanding of the code base and test coverage at unit level
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver highly user focused and successful digital services ensuring governance standards are adhered to.
• Identify defects, incidents, risks and issues in line with IPO standards
• Keeping an open mind and exploring innovative ways to solve problems, working in a fail-fast fashion to provide required functionality.
• Mentor colleagues in automation/test standards and business processes following agreed governance and best practice
• Assist in implementing toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability

Person specification

• Experience in delivering technical solutions
• Experience with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile
• Understanding of DevOps principles
• Good understanding of mainstream testing frameworks/libraries such as Selenium WebDriver, BDD SpecFlow and RestSharp
• Experience in a mainstream development language