Senior QA Engineer - Automation

Role: Senior QA Engineer - Automation

Work location: Telford, UK (Hybrid)

Job type: full time

Responsibilities

1. Define and evolve the automation approach for your product area, ensuring we test the right things at the right layers (API, UI, contract, component, etc.).
2. Identify weak spots in our quality pipeline and introduce tools or techniques that tighten feedback loops.
3. Drive continuous improvement of automation frameworks-making them cleaner, faster, and easier for others to build on.
4. Lead the design, development, and maintenance of test automation frameworks and scripts
5. Define automation strategies, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency across QA teams
6. Collaborate with development, DevOps, and business teams to integrate automation into continuous delivery pipelines
7. Integrate automation deeply into pipelines; optimise parallel runs and ensure deterministic, stable outputs.
8. Investigate flaky tests, eliminate root causes, and enforce reliability standards.
9. Provide meaningful reporting that highlights real risks, not just raw numbers.
10. Conduct code reviews of automation scripts and provide mentorship to junior and mid-level automation engineers
11. Develop reusable components, utilities, and libraries to improve efficiency and maintainability of test automation assets
12. Analyze and troubleshoot complex automation failures, identifying root causes and corrective actions
13. Provide technical input into test planning, estimation, and overall QA strategy
14. Evaluate and recommend automation tools and technologies that align with enterprise architecture
15. Track and report on automation progress and performance metrics to QA leadership
16. Ensure alignment of automation testing activities with compliance and security requirements relevant to healthcare data systems
17. Collaborate with peers to enhance automation coverage for API, UI, batch, and Back End testing layers
18. Guide mid-level and junior QA/SDET engineers, reviewing their test code and helping them grow.
19. Run short learning sessions on testing techniques, automation frameworks, and debugging skills.
20. Promote good habits like clean test coding, reliable assertions, and defensible test structure.
21. Champion test automation adoption and continuous improvement initiatives across QA and development teams
22. Advocate for shifts-left behaviours such as early test case design, contract validation, and exploratory testing.
23. Recommend improvements to engineering workflows, branching strategies, and test environment usage.
24. Bring fresh ideas from industry trends-new frameworks, patterns, and tooling that could elevate quality

Qualification & Technical Skills:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in software testing
• 5 years in automation-focused roles
• Proven expertise in deg and maintaining automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Tosca, Playwright, or UFT)
• Exposure to dashboard tools like Grafana etc is good to have.
• Expertise in automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber, Postman, Restassured etc.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps pipelines etc.
• Expertise in performance testing tools like JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner etc.
• Working knowledge of security testing tools like SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Prowler, Kali Linux, Fortify, Veracode, Teneble.io, Jfrog Xray etc.
• Strong programming proficiency in Java and Python
• Solid understanding of CI/CD practices, with hands-on experience integrating automated tests into pipelines (eg, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Deep understanding of SDLC, STLC, and Agile methodologies
• Proficient in database validation and complex SQL Scripting
• Experience leading automation initiatives for large, multi-tiered enterprise or healthcare systems