OverviewAutomation Tester – Public Sector Project. Start Date: 1 September 2025. Our client, a major technology consultancy delivering large-scale digital transformation projects for UK Government, is looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join an ongoing programme with a high-profile public sector department.

What You''ll Be Doing

Define acceptance criteria and test coverage with the Product team

Build, maintain and run automated test suites using modern frameworks

Conduct exploratory and non-functional testing across the application stack

Create and maintain reusable stubs and mocks to simulate external interfaces

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and overall test strategy

Provide test assurance across sprint planning, retrospectives, and delivery milestones

Use tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, WireMock and more to validate both frontend and backend functionality

Champion a test-first approach and quality culture across your Agile team

Experience Required

5+ years

hands-on automation testing experience in modern Agile environments

Strong experience with

BDD ,

Cypress ,

Selenium ,

Cucumber , and

Postman

Confident working with

GitLab ,

Docker ,

Jenkins ,

SonarQube , and

Splunk

Proficiency in writing and maintaining automated test scripts using Java (TDD)

Familiarity with

CI/CD pipelines

and

DevOps principles

Understanding of

contract testing

using frameworks such as

PACT

(nice to have)

Exposure to

AWS CloudWatch ,

WireMock ,

Hamcrest , and

Serenity

reporting

Experience with scripting on

Linux or Windows

Must-Have Requirements

Current active SC clearance

(NPPV3 clearance highly desirable)

Ability to hit the ground running in fast-paced Agile teams

Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills

What We''ll Offer You

7-month initial contract with potential to extend

Hybrid working: remote with occasional London office presence

Opportunity to work on a high-impact project within a secure government environment

If you’re a proven automation specialist with active SC clearance, comfortable navigating complex public sector programmes, and want to contribute to a project of real-world significance—this is a strong opportunity.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Contract

Job function

IT Services and IT Consulting

Data Infrastructure and Analytics

#J-18808-Ljbffr