Automation Engineer

Salary: £116,100 – 116,100 per year

Requirements

• We require experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites for API, event, and graph-based services using Python and PyTest.
• We require experience defining and executing test plans, test cases, and test data aligned to requirements and technical specifications.
• We require the ability to maintain functional and non-functional requirements traceability.
• We require strong knowledge of IAM concepts and access models, including RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, and PBAC.
• We require experience testing decision points as code and working with policy-as-code approaches.
• We require experience in API automation, contract testing, and replay/reprocessing scenarios.
• We require the ability to validate graph data, including nodes, relationships, and hop logic.
• We require experience validating event lineage and change behaviour.
• Experience with Neo4J is preferred.
• We require experience producing regulatory evidence and supporting test governance activities, including entry and exit criteria.
• We require experience creating and managing Jenkins pipelines for test execution and reporting within CI/CD.
• We require experience logging, tracking, and driving defects through triage to closure in JIRA and Zephyr.
• We require strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and security stakeholders.
• We require experience working with Cloud Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• We will build and maintain an automated test framework and suites for API, event, and graph-based services.
• We will define, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test data aligned to business requirements and technical specifications.
• We will maintain traceability between functional and non-functional requirements and test coverage.
• We will validate IAM concepts and access models, including RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, and PBAC.
• We will test decision points as code and support policy-as-code validation.
• We will perform API automation, contract testing, and replay/reprocessing testing scenarios.
• We will validate graph data, including nodes, relationships, and hop logic.
• We will validate event lineage and change behaviour.
• We will produce regulatory evidence as required and support test entry and exit criteria, along with other governance activities.
• We will create and manage Jenkins pipelines to run tests and generate reporting as part of CI/CD.
• We will log, track, triage, and drive defects through to closure using JIRA and Zephyr.
• We will communicate test progress, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders.
• We will collaborate with Cloud Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams to improve testability and overall quality.
• We will contribute to continuous improvement of testing practices, automation, and quality engineering standards.

Technologies

• API
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• IAM
• Support
• JIRA
• Jenkins
• Neo4J
• Python
• RBAC
• Security
• pytest

More

We are seeking a quality engineering professional to support automation and validation across API, event, and graph-based services in a CI/CD environment. Our work involves testing modern access models and policy-as-code implementations, with a strong focus on traceability, governance, and regulatory evidence. We collaborate closely with Cloud Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams to improve testability and delivery quality. Experience with Neo4J is preferred, and the role includes working with Jenkins, JIRA, and Zephyr to manage execution, reporting, and defect resolution.

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