Senior Automation Test Engineer - Maximo & Performance QA

International Business Machines Corporation; Hursley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to deliver high-quality, secure, scalable testing for public sector projects. You will lead test automation strategies, focus on IBM Maximo MAS, non-functional testing, and work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust assets and services.

Active UK Security Check (SC) clearance is required. You will engage with clients and developers to define strategies, maintain automated frameworks, and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software testing, test automation, and non-functional testing within complex enterprise IT environments.
• Strong experience developing, executing, and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks for functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Strong knowledge of IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS), Maximo Manage, and enterprise asset management processes, including assets, work orders, preventive maintenance, job plans, inventory, and purchasing.
• Experience testing Maximo configurations, customisations, automation scripts, workflows, security roles, and business rules.
• Knowledge of Maximo integrations, REST APIs, web services, and the Maximo Integration Framework (MIF).
• Experience testing Maximo upgrades, data migrations, system integrations, and end-to-end business processes.
• Practical experience in performance, load, stress, scalability, and reliability testing using tools such as Apache JMeter or LoadRunner.
• Experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, or equivalent frameworks.
• Proficiency in SQL, database validation, test data management, application logs, and defect investigation.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement effective test automation strategies for public sector projects.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and suites.
• Support performance, load, and reliability testing.
• Identify and mitigate testing risks; analyse results and troubleshoot defects.
• Ensure alignment with business requirements, security, and governance standards.
• Collaborate with developers, infrastructure, and Maximo teams in an Agile environment.

Skills

Software testing

Test automation

Non-functional testing

Selenium

JMeter

CI/CD

SQL

Maximo MAS knowledge

Stakeholder management

Agile

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Apache JMeter

LoadRunner

Selenium

Git

Jenkins

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to deliver high-quality, secure, scalable testing for public sector projects. You will lead test automation strategies, focus on IBM Maximo MAS, non-functional testing, and work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust assets and services.

Active UK Security Check (SC) clearance is required. You will engage with clients and developers to define strategies, maintain automated frameworks, and drive continuous improvement