SC-Cleared Senior Test Automation Engineer - Hybrid

Quality Ai; Leeds, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid – 50% office attendance

Job summary

QualityAI, formerly Qualitest, is seeking a SC-cleared Senior Test Automation Engineer to join a Digital Assurance & Productivity team supporting a leading UK bank. The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing solutions and frameworks across multiple platforms.

You will work closely with developers, analysts and business stakeholders in an Agile environment, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and driving the automation strategy and tooling

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of software testing principles and methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
• Proficiency with Selenium, Karate, SOAP UI or Postman.
• Programming/scripting in Python or Java or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD and version control (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience in Agile environments and with BDD (Cucumber).
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with developers, analysts and stakeholders to define test coverage.
• Troubleshoot automation failures and investigate defects.
• Contribute to automation framework improvements and tooling.
• Support effective testing strategies across applications and services.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation coverage and reliability.
• Maintain documentation around test automation and processes.
• Work within an Agile delivery environment.
• Support continuous improvement across testing and quality engineering.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Cucumber/BDD

CI/CD

Python/Java

Agile teamwork

Education

ISEB Intermediate qualification

Tools

Selenium

Karate

SOAP UI

Postman

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

QualityAI, formerly Qualitest, is seeking a SC-cleared Senior Test Automation Engineer to join a Digital Assurance & Productivity team supporting a leading UK bank. The role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing solutions and frameworks across multiple platforms.

You will work closely with developers, analysts and business stakeholders in an Agile environment, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and driving the automation strategy and tooling