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Lead Automation Test Engineer

Lead Automation Test Engineer

Hybrid

Sheffield, United kingdom

Senior

Freelance

04-12-2025

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Skills

Leadership Python Java JavaScript PHP Go SQL MySQL GitLab CI/CD DevOps Jenkins Test Selenium Performance Testing Organization SQL Server Team Leadership Process Improvement api testing Postman Manual Testing .NET GCP CI/CD Pipelines Gitlab CI GitLab CI/CD

Job Specifications

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

· 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

· 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

About the Company

Vallum Associates offer best in class talent acquisition on a contingency, retained, or project basis. Through our dedicated sector consultants, our specialised brands have the knowledge and connections to provide tailored hiring and project services across industries : * Banking & Financial * Energy, Utilities & Commodities * Engineering & Renewable * Insurance Services Our specialised industry and sector specific consultants are able to offer a personalised experience to fit your needs. Our unique associate consultativ... Know more