Hybrid SDET Engineer for Govt Systems | CI/CD & QA

Solirius Reply; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus Scheme

Private Healthcare Insurance

25 Days Annual Leave

Pension

Job summary

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer (SDET) to work with government clients on critical projects in the Midlands. You will lead test planning, automation, and collaboration with client teams to ensure quality.

This role is hybrid, with two days on-site in Coventry (Wednesday and Thursday). You will apply CI/CD practices, test data management, and hands-on testing in .NET or Java environments.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and ability to raise and manage issues to stakeholders.
• Proven experience of Functional Testing: running and managing tests to ensure requirements are met.
• Understanding of CI/CD and agile working environments.
• Hands-on working experience in a .NET or Java environment.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, JIRA, or similar tools.
• Ability to identify, research and implement effective testing techniques and tools.
• Experience creating and managing Test Data.
• Proven experience in defining and implementing test improvement strategies.
• Flexible and able to adapt to changing objectives and work well under pressure.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, execution and coordination of all testing activities.
• Analyzing test requirements, designing and producing reusable test scripts.
• Creating and managing test regression packs.
• Test data creation to plan and manage test scripts.
• Overcoming obstacles and ensuring bugs are resolved to deliver quality testing on time.
• Reviewing test artefacts produced by peers.
• Reviewing test results and modifying test suites as necessary.
• Capturing, reporting and supporting the analysis of software bugs.
• Executing test scripts from plans and reporting if requirements are unmet.
• Defining and implementing key test KPIs to ensure high-quality standards.
• Contributing to release, deployment and change planning.

Skills

Communication

Functional Testing

CI/CD

NET/JAVA

Azure DevOps/JIRA

Test Data

Testing Techniques

Adaptability

Problem Solving

Tools

HttpClient

Playwright

C#

LambdaTest

Job description

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer (SDET) to work with government clients on critical projects in the Midlands. You will lead test planning, automation, and collaboration with client teams to ensure quality.

This role is hybrid, with two days on-site in Coventry (Wednesday and Thursday). You will apply CI/CD practices, test data management, and hands-on testing in .NET or Java environments.