Test Automation Engineer

Test Automation Engineer (Scrum)

Location: Hampshire (onsite 5 days per week)

Due to the nature of the work and the customers we support, successful candidates must be eligible to meet UK Government and contractual security requirements, including applicable residency requirements, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Some roles may also be subject to nationality requirements were permitted by law and necessary to satisfy government or contractual security obligations.

 

DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.

 

As a Test Automation Engineer, you design, develop, and execute automated test scripts to verify system functionality, performance, and security throughout each sprint. You ensure automated tests are reliable and seamlessly integrated into CI/CD pipelines, supporting faster releases and confident, high-quality deployments.

 

What you'll be doing:

 

You'll work closely with developers, testers and other technical specialists throughout the Agile delivery lifecycle. Your responsibilities will include:

 

• Designing and developing maintainable, reusable and robust automated test scripts.

• Building automated tests for APIs, microservices and user interfaces.

• Working with automation technologies such as Selenium, Playwright, Postman and RestAssured.

• Integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, enabling regression tests to run as part of the build and deployment process.

• Executing automated tests throughout development sprints and analysing the results.

• Investigating test failures and identifying potential underlying causes.

• Raising clear, detailed defects with appropriate reproduction steps and supporting information.

• Retesting defects and verifying fixes delivered by development teams.

• Contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement and the development of clear acceptance criteria.

• Identifying edge cases and helping improve overall system resilience, quality and test coverage.

• Working collaboratively across a secure, multi-supplier technology environment.

 

What you'll bring:

 

• Experience in software testing and test automation.

• Hands-on experience developing automated test suites.

• Experience with tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Postman and/or RestAssured.

• Coding or scripting experience using Python, Java or TypeScript.

• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery teams.

• Good working knowledge of Git or comparable version-control tools.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and an interest in exploring edge cases.

• The ability to communicate defects and technical issues clearly.

• A collaborative approach and commitment to continuous improvement.

 

Experience with performance or security testing tools would be particularly advantageous.

 

Qualifications

 

Professional certifications such as the following would also be desirable:

 

• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)

• BCS Software Testing certification

• ITIL Foundation

• Automation-specific accreditation such as Tricentis Tosca AS1/AS2 or Selenium

 

Equivalent hands-on experience will also be considered.

What We Offer:

 

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Company pension scheme

• Private medical insurance and wellbeing support

• Professional training and certification opportunities

• Access to enterprise-scale environments and technologies

• Employee recognition programmes

• Team events and social activities

• Supportive and collaborative working environment