Lead Automation Test Architect
Location: Sheffield
Work Mode: Hybrid
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Automation Test Architect with strong expertise Identity and Access management (IAM), skilled in identity orchestration, API testing, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. This role focuses on testing secure, scalable identity and access workflows across Google Cloud Platform, integrating identity services with custom APIs, Pub/Sub pipelines, and cloud-native applications.
Key Responsibilities
* Create an overall testing strategy where the focus is Automation First with minimal manual effort required.
* Plan, develop, execute, maintain and improve Automated Test Framework and Automated Test Scripts for Web and Graph Database applications.
* Jenkins pipeline creation and management for running automated tests, generating reports and notifying team about test results to streamline the CI/CD process.
* Lead, mentor, and manage other engineers within the team.
* 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.
* Test data generation.
* 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.
* Communicate progress regularly to senior stakeholders and programme leads, understanding the level of information relevant to the recipient.
* Generate regulatory evidence as needed.
* FR / NFR traceability.
* Identification and collating test entry and exit criteria.
* 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.
* Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code.
* Strong technical leadership and process improvement - Establish automation testing standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across the organization.
Skills Required
* 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.
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