Test Automation Engineer

Leidos, Inc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services firm in the UK is looking for an experienced Automation Test Engineer to execute tests across software products and identify defects. This role requires strong testing experience, including proficiency in automation tools. Candidates must have SC Clearance or be eligible for it, with extensive experience in integration testing. The position offers a hybrid work environment with a competitive salary ranging from £70,000 to £90,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in systems and integration testing of IT solutions.
• Experience in functional, non-functional, and integration testing.
• Ability to analyse and review test evidence from suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and design documents to generate automated test cases.
• Create and review test plans and designs.
• Execute automated test cases to test system and non-functional requirements.

Skills

Strong test experience

Automation tools (Robot Framework, Selenium, JMeter)

Excellent understanding of testing lifecycle

Manual and automated testing experience

Strong communication skills

Self-motivated and proactive attitude

Education

ISTQB Foundation Certificate in software testing

Tools

Robot Framework

Selenium

JMeter

Appium

SoapUI

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Automation Test Engineer

Clearance Required: This role will require attainment and maintenance of SC clearance. Applicants will either have SC Clearance, or be eligible for that clearance level, and have experience of testing a safety critical or high integrity system. The role will require the ability to effectively communicate with all members of the team, ranging from technical personnel to programme leadership. The role includes executing tests across a variety of software products and network & infrastructure configurations and identifying and managing defects.

Salary & Location

Permanent location: London / Home (Hybrid). Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 (+ benefits).

Responsibilities

• Reviewing of requirements and design documents to generate automated test cases including identifying test data and defining test environment needs.
• Creating and reviewing test plans and test designs, working with third‑party suppliers to ensure requirements coverage.
• Preparation and execution of automated test cases using a range of test techniques and technologies to fully functionally test across the software, network and infrastructure solution stack at all levels.
• Preparation and execution of automated test cases to test the system and non‑functional requirements.
• Producing test reports and reporting on interim progress.
• Documenting test results and any defects.
• Reporting progress, risks & issues to team leads.
• Identifying and managing defects, including classification, reporting and confirmation testing.
• Investigating issues and working with suppliers to identify root cause and resolution.
• Analysing data and test evidence from suppliers to show compliance to requirements.
• Identifying improvements in new and existing processes.

Qualifications

• Strong test experience (including ISTQB Foundation Certificate in software testing) and a period in systems and/or integration testing of IT solutions.
• Hands‑on experience of automation tools such as Robot Framework, Selenium, JMeter, Appium, SoapUI, Cucumber, Ranorex, PyCharm, GitLab, Sikuli, Jenkins, JavaScript.
• Demonstrable testing experience with IT systems and services.
• Excellent understanding of the testing lifecycle and different types of testing such as functional, non‑functional and integration testing.
• Demonstrable systems integration experience, including integrating third‑party systems or components.
• Experience of creating test cases based on requirements and design documents.
• Experience of both manual and automated testing and how to apply them to IT applications and infrastructure solutions.
• Experience of both manual and automated test tools and techniques, and how to use these to verify IT applications and infrastructure solutions.
• Familiarity with agile software development processes and products (continuous integration/continuous development pipeline, release and sprint planning, product backlog management/refinement, retrospectives, etc.) and SecDevOps.
• Strong oral and written communication skills – ability to communicate with technical and non‑technical team members.
• Self‑motivated and willing to cooperate with colleagues to find missing information.
• Ability to identify, troubleshoot and debug issues across interfaces.
• Ability to analyse and review test evidence from suppliers.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, troubleshooting attitude with a willingness to learn new technologies.