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# Senior Automation Test Engineer

- **Company:** CACI
- **Location:** Bristol, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £35,000.0 - £40,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Automation of Tests, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Open Source Technology, Robotic Automation Software, Selenium, Performance Testing
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840589792-senior-automation-test-engineer

## About the Role

Our Test Engineers enjoy working on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, so we want our team to have a proactive and can-do attitude to our work. We pride ourselves on keeping up with emerging technologies and deliver best-practice, so it is important that you enjoy learning and continuous improvement. For this opportunity:

 * We are looking for experienced Test Engineers with a passion for Manual & Automation testing, with expertise using Selenium & Java.
 * You will be comfortable working as part of an Agile team, working autonomously and instilling best practice into an Agile working environment.

Due to nature of the sector this role would prefer applicants to hold high level security clearance. To qualify for this, you must be a British passport holder and have lived permanently in the UK for the last 5 years.

## Description

As an experienced Test Engineer, you will join one of our small, fast-paced, agile delivery teams. Working on one of our inflight projects, you will play a key role to ensure continuous automated testing is implemented, early and often, as a part of a CI/CD lifecycle.

Testing at IIG consists of a wide range of responsibilities, the list below gives a flavour of some of the tasks you may be asked to undertake;

 * Use a wide range of technologies, specialising in the use of open source Tools and Frameworks.
 * Manual & Automation software testing
 * Working with DevOps and agile methodologies - TDD, BDD, ATDD and continuous testing through CI/CD pipelines and supported by manual/exploratory testing skills where required.
 * Design and Implementation of Automated Test Frameworks across UI & API.
 * Contributing to the wider QA team, bringing forward new ideas and taking accountability for improvements to the test framework and processes.
 * Non-Functional testing as required using a wide variety of test tools across, Security, Performance, Accessibility and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT).


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