Quality Engineer: Test Automation & CI/CD for Government

TXP; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

TXP is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join a government-facing digital transformation programme in the UK. The role focuses on building automated testing across UI, API and system levels, integrating with CI/CD, and promoting shift-left quality practices.

The candidate will design test strategies, mentor teams, and work in an Agile environment using Playwright, JUnit and Java, with initial on-site presence in Telford and BPSS clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• Quality engineering experience and software testing.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation.
• Experience designing automated testing frameworks and working in Agile.
• Strong Git/GitLab knowledge and excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks.
• Apply TDD/BDD and risk-based testing.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and shift-left QA.
• Coach teams on quality engineering practices.
• Develop test strategies from requirements.
• Create automated end-to-end tests using Playwright and Java.

Skills

Quality engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Automated testing

Git/GitLab

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Quality mindset

Tools

JUnit

Playwright

Selenium

Cucumber

Gatling

OWASP ZAP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

TXP is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join a government-facing digital transformation programme in the UK. The role focuses on building automated testing across UI, API and system levels, integrating with CI/CD, and promoting shift-left quality practices.

The candidate will design test strategies, mentor teams, and work in an Agile environment using Playwright, JUnit and Java, with initial on-site presence in Telford and BPSS clearance preferred.