Senior Test Automation Engineer

Colonial Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

L&D budget

Social culture

Pension

25 days holiday

Job summary

CACI UK’s Information Intelligence Group (IIG) is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join a live public sector project in London. You will drive automated testing within a fast-paced agile team, delivering robust UI and API test automation in a CI/CD environment.

Key tech includes Java, Selenium WebDriver and AWS, with experience in TDD/BDD/ATDD. The role requires eligibility for high level security clearance and UK residency for the last five years.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in test automation engineering with strong hands-on expertise in Java and Selenium WebDriver.
• Experience designing, developing and maintaining scalable UI and API automation frameworks using industry-standard tools.
• Commercial experience with AWS cloud environments and testing cloud-native applications, services and integrations.
• Practical experience in Agile and DevOps delivery teams, applying TDD, BDD, ATDD and continuous testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test solutions using Java, Selenium WebDriver and open-source tools.
• Design, build and execute automated UI and API test frameworks across complex digital delivery programmes.
• Perform testing within AWS cloud environments and validate cloud-based applications and integrations.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Deliver automation using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, WebdriverIO and related frameworks.
• Execute functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing with manual testing when appropriate.

Skills

Java

Selenium WebDriver

AWS

Jira

Confluence

TDD

BDD

ATDD

Cucumber

Rest Assured

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Playwright

Cypress

WebdriverIO

Robot Framework

Rest Assured

Job description

Role: Senior Test Automation Engineer

Offices: Bristol, Kensington, Bromley, Manchester

Job Type: Permanent

We are the Information Intelligence Group (IIG) of CACI UK, a specialist software consultancy providing new bespoke solutions to solve our customers complex operational problems. As our business continues to grow, we are interested in speaking with an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to join one of our live projects in our public sector streams.

At IIG, we’re looking for talent that can keep up with our clients’ challenges and work effectively in fast paces, complex environments. We value intelligence and fast learners, flexibility and excitement about tackling every new opportunity. Our work is highly collaborative, so friendly relationship builders are vital to our teams. The core tech stack for this role is Java, Selenium & AWS.

Due to nature of the sector this role would be part of, we require all our team to be able to obtain high level security clearance. To qualify for this, you must be a British passport holder only and have lived permanently in the UK for the last 5 years.

The Role:

As a Senior Test Engineer, you will join one of our, fast-paced, agile delivery teams. Working on one of our in flight projects, you will play a key role to ensure continuous automated testing is implemented, early and often, as a part of a CI/CD lifecycle.

Testing at IIG consists of a wide range of responsibilities, the list below gives a flavour of some of the tasks you may be asked to undertake;

• Develop and maintain automated test solutions using Java, Selenium WebDriverand a range of open-source testing tools and frameworks.
• Design, build, and execute automatedUI and API test frameworks to support quality assurance across complex digital delivery programmes.
• Perform testing withinAWS cloud environments, validating cloud-based applications, services, and integrations.
• Work withinAgile and DevOps teams, applying TDD, BDD, ATDD, and continuous testing practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient, reliable, and repeatable software delivery.
• Deliver automation using other technologies such asSelenium, Playwright, Cypress, WebdriverIO, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, Robot Framework, and Rest Assured.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing, supported by manual and exploratory testing where appropriate.
• Collaborate with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and wider delivery teams to define test scenarios, acceptance criteria, and quality outcomes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, automation frameworks, tooling, and testing standards across projects.

Experience/Skills required:

Our Test Engineers enjoy working on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, so we want our team to have a proactive and can-do attitude to our work. We pride ourselves on keeping up with emerging technologies and deliver best-practice, so it is important that you enjoy learning and continuous improvement.

• Proven experience in test automation engineering, with strong hands-on expertise in Java and Selenium WebDriver.
• Experience designing, developing and maintaining scalable UI and API automation frameworks using industry-standard open-source tools.
• Commercial experience/certification with AWS cloud environments and experience testing cloud-native applications, services and integrations.
• Practical experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery teams, applying TDD, BDD, ATDD and continuous testing principles.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, exploratory and API testing.
• Experience working in Agile & ideally with Gherkin, Cucumber
• Extensive working experience with Jira, Confluence.

Why work for us?

• Flexible working
• Hybrid working: Work from one of our offices or from home / travel to customer sites
• L&D: Budget for conferences, training courses and other materials.
• Social: Fantastic culture with monthly social events.
• Future You: Matched pension and health care package.
• 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays

We offer a great L&D package including up to 5 days external training, a career coach and guilds to share innovation and learning. We also offer self-directed career progression, that fosters opportunities for success for us and our business.

Equal Opportunities:

CACI is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Embracing the diversity of our people, we are on a journey to build a truly inclusive work environment where no one is treated less favourably due to ethnic origin, age, gender, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, and disability or health condition, actively working to prevent discrimination.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will;

• Provide reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process where requested (contact a member of the recruitment team on 020 7602 6000 to discuss individual requirements further).
• Offer people with health conditions and disabilities, meeting the minimum criteria for a role, an interview.