Job title: Lead Automation Test Engineer Job location: Sheffield, UK Job type: Contract Job mode: Hybrid JD: This role is predominantly required to fulfil the role of Automation test lead, with occasional manual testing where required Solid experience of at least 5 years in the use of automation tooling and framework creation especially with Java and SQL Excellent verbal and written communications skills and stakeholder engagement at all levels Able to develop and execute test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other testing related plans and documentation based on the requirements and technical specifications Plan, develop, execute, maintain and improve Automated Test Frameworks and Automated Test Scripts for Web and Database applications Proven experience in writing automated test scripts using JavaScript Experience of using automation tools such as Selenium web driver IO (WDIO) / Cucumber etc, Selenium for UI testing and RestAssured for API testing Experience of test tool selection/recommendations based on assessment of the environment/landscape. Experience in defining a comprehensive performance test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required. Experience of delivering within both an Agile and Waterfall methodology. Jenkins pipeline creation and management for running automated tests, generating reports and notifying team about test results to streamline the CI/CD process. Web UI Testing Database comparison test experience Experience testing in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Ali Cloud Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling Accurately report and track testing related defects and issues, by writing or automating, effective and thorough bug reports, attend triage meetings and verify bug fixes Identify process and application issues and provide suggestions to improve Learn new technologies and adapt to them as needed Identify and deploy automation solutions based on changing project needs Strong manual test execution experience Identification and collating test entry and exit criteria Good experience of executing defined test plans including coordination, tracking and reporting Positive team player working as part of the overall test team, both manual and automated Test case review/QA for coverage and traceability to requirements/design Liaison with business areas/technical leads re SIT/OAT/UAT scenario definitions as required Analysis of design and other documents for testability Previous experience within Identity and Access Management- preferable Any exposure to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity warehousing, and working with protocols and formats for data ingestion such as SCIM, REST API, LDAP, OIDC and CSV Experience of testing graph database management systems (GDBMS) ServiceNow, AD, AWS, Azure integrations Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code Experience of GitOps Repos API Testing, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing Team Leadership & Management - Proven ability to lead, mentor, and manage other engineers within the team DevOps & CI/CD Integration - Ability to integrate automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift-left testing practices Pub Sub and MQ GCP (Cloud) testing approaches and methodology. SaaS Testing Process Improvement - Establish performance testing standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across the organization Skill set ideally including several of: Java, Cypher, Python, JavaScript, PHP, .NET, Go, SQL Server, MySQL API QMetry Test Rail BDD/TDD Jenkins Postman Insomnia