Senior Automation Test Engineer - eSC or eDV Clearance Required

IBM

Hursley

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working approaches

25 days holiday

Private medical, dental & optical cover

Life assurance

Group pension plan through salary sacrifice

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer in Hursley, England. In this role, you will deliver reliable automated testing solutions, design test scripts, and collaborate with developers and DevOps teams. You will work with modern automation tools like Java, Python, and Selenium to enhance product quality. Ideal candidates have a strong background in automation frameworks and software testing principles, along with a Bachelor's degree. This position promotes continuous learning and work-life balance with various benefits.

Qualifications

Experience with programming and automation tools.
Ability to maintain detailed documentation of test outcomes.
Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks.
Strong analytical skills and strategic thinking for test automation.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites.
Build automation frameworks using industry-standard tools.
Develop optimized and efficient test scenarios.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve product quality.

Skills

Java

Python

REST assured

Selenium Grid

Serenity

Jenkins

Maven

Postman

Software testing principles

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Test Automation Frameworks

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We Offer

Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Automation Test Engineer to join IBM, supporting our public sector and defence clients. In this role, you will help deliver reliable and efficient automated testing solutions for a range of applications. You will design and develop automated test scripts, support CI/CD integration, and collaborate closely with developers and DevOps teams to enhance product quality and accelerate delivery. You will work with modern automation tools and programming languages to build automated UI, API, and integration tests. If you enjoy solving problems, reducing manual effort through automation, and improving delivery pipelines, we would be interested in hearing from you.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, performance, and API testing.
Build automation frameworks using industry‑standard tools and modern programming languages.
Develop optimized and efficient test scenarios aligned to acceptance criteria, ensuring strong test coverage.
Automate test environment setup, test execution, test data management, and environment validation.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and work with DevOps to support continuous testing.
Contribute to quality engineering practices within Agile, DevOps, and container‑based delivery models.
Monitor automated test execution, troubleshoot issues, and provide clear insights to development teams.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve product quality, identify risks, and promote automation best practices.
Participate in requirement analysis, sprint planning, and backlog refinement to embed quality from the outset.
Encourage and support adoption of automation tools, frameworks, and best practices across teams.
Ensure Best Practices are followed across SCRUM teams, including Test Estimation, Test Coverage, Test Traceability, Defect Management, Test Evidencing, and Test Closure.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Experience of programming and automation tools such as Java, Python, REST assured, Selenium Grid, Serenity Jenkins, Maven and Postman and be able to understand design to define comprehensive test scenarios.
Ability to maintain detailed documentation of the test framework, tests, test outcomes and defects.
Experience of developing and maintaining automation frameworks for API integration and UI based products, and designing, creating and maintaining automated test scripts.
Deep understanding of software testing principles and experience in an event‑driven architecture, with strong analytical skills and the ability to think strategically about test automation.
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving abilities.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience