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QA Automation / SDET Engineer

Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Birmingham
money-bag £400 - £450/day Outside IR35
Posted: 25 May 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 24 June 2026
Ref: 225152923

Senior QA Automation / SDET Engineer (SC + NPPV3 Cleared)

Birmingham

6 Month Contract

£400-£450/day (Outside IR35)

 

Hands on Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) engineer needed with both SC and NPPV3 Security Clearance, plus strong hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver.

6 Month Rolling Contract based in Birmingham. Start ASAP in May/June 2026.

Hybrid Working – 3 days/week remote (WFH) + 2 days/week working from the office in Birmingham with occasional travel to Croydon.

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in large-scale Government projects:

Key skills, experience + duties to include:

  • Extensive hands-on experience with JUnit, Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver within complex enterprise environments.
  • Strong understanding of Spring applications, microservices, and distributed architectures.
  • Good understanding in PostgreSQL, including query optimisation, performance tuning, and data validation.
  • Experience using WireMock for service virtualisation and integration isolation.
  • Strong expertise in Performance, Load, and Stress testing using JMeter.
  • Proven experience leading testing activities within Agile delivery teams.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
  • Ability to analyse complex systems, identify risks, and design effective test strategies.
  • Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and related engineering tools.
  • Desirable Skills:  Testing microservices at scale, including contract testing approaches. containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Understanding of BDD/TDD practices and quality driven engineering.Monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

 

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