Role: IAM - Lead Automation Test Architect
Employment: Contract - Inside IR35
Location: Sheffield,UK - Hybrid
Skills:
Extensive experience within Identity and Access Management
Solid experience of at least 5 years in a lead automation role, skilled in creating frameworks with strong coding experience e.g Java, Playwright, Python, Typescript, Cypher, Scala and API tooling (such as Insomnia, Apidog or Postman)
Deep IAM domain knowledge
Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code
Graph and event-driven validation
Automation-first test experience
Layered test architecture
Risk-based test prioritisation
RBAC / ABAC / ReBAC / PBAC
OPA / Rego policy testing
Policy explainability validation
REST API automation, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing
Consumer-driven contract testing
Idempotency testing
Replay and reprocessing testing
Graph data validation (Neo4j)
Containerised test execution
Excellent verbal and written communications skills and stakeholder engagement at all levels
Experience of using a range of automation tools and experience of test tool selection/recommendations based on assessment of the environment/landscape.
Experience in creating an overall test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required.
Experience of delivering within an Agile methodology.
Cloud testing approaches and methodology, especially GCP, but also AWS, Azure, Entra, Ali Cloud and other systems such as ServiceNow, AD, ADLDS
Some knowledge of JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, NeoLoad or similar tools for load, stress, and volume testing including any licensing requirements, configuration, dashboards and reporting
Experience of testing graph database management systems (GDBMS) Graph platform engineering, Neo4j Basics
GDBMS Performance Analysis
Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling
Good experience of executing defined test plans including coordination, tracking and reporting
Positive team player working as part of the overall test team,
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
Team Leadership & Management - Proven ability to lead, mentor, and manage other engineers within the team
DevOps & CI/CD Integration - Experience of GitOps Repos. Ability to integrate automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift-left testing practices
Pub Sub and MQ