Agile Quality & Test Automation Lead

Job Description:

Agile Quality and Test Automation Lead

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.

We're looking for an experienced Agile Quality and Test Automation Lead to help shape and lead quality engineering across a complex, secure environment.

You'll work at the intersection of development, security and delivery, championing a shift-left approach and ensuring quality and automated verification are built into solutions from the very beginning.

What you'll be doing

• Defining and continuously improving the overall quality engineering and test automation strategy across Agile Release Trains and Scrum teams.
• Designing scalable automated testing frameworks covering functional, regression, non-functional and security testing.
• Establishing standards and best practices for tools including Selenium, Playwright, Cypress and RestAssured.
• Embedding quality engineering into SAFe Program Increment planning, backlog refinement and Scrum ceremonies.
• Integrating automated test suites and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines using technologies such as GitLab CI, Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
• Driving shift-left testing, early defect identification and defect prevention.
• Establishing automated quality gates, metrics and dashboards that provide meaningful visibility of release readiness, automation coverage and defect leakage.
• Providing senior stakeholders with clear insight into quality, risks and release confidence.
• Mentoring, coaching and upskilling test automation engineers and cross-functional team members.
• Working closely with development, security, architecture and delivery teams across a multi-supplier environment.
• Balancing rigorous quality and security standards with demanding delivery timelines.

What we're looking for

• Experience within software quality engineering, automated testing or a closely related discipline.
• Experience leading QA or quality engineering governance across SAFe/Scaled Agile delivery environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Advanced experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress and/or RestAssured.
• Strong programming or scripting capability using Python, Java and/or JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tooling.
• Strong knowledge of functional, regression, non-functional and security testing approaches.
• Experience establishing automated quality gates and meaningful quality metrics.
• Understanding of secure software development practices and quality requirements within security-focused or UK public-sector environments.
• Practical experience operating within SAFe and Scrum delivery models.
• Strong facilitation skills, particularly across PI planning, backlog refinement and delivery planning.
• The ability to communicate technical quality risks clearly to senior stakeholders.

Leadership strengths

• A strong advocate for shift-left testing, automation and defect prevention.
• Comfortable setting standards and providing quality governance across multiple teams.
• Confident coaching and mentoring automation engineers.
• Able to influence development, security and delivery stakeholders.
• An effective facilitator who can bring quality considerations into planning and refinement.
• Comfortable balancing quality, security and delivery pace in a complex environment.
• Passionate about continuous improvement and modern engineering practices.

Qualifications and professional development

Relevant professional certifications would be advantageous, including:

• ISTQB Test Automation Engineer or Technical Test Analyst
• Certified Agile Tester (CAT)
• SAFe Practitioner, Scrum Master or Agile Software Engineering certification
• ITIL Foundation

Equivalent practical experience is equally important, and we welcome applications from candidates who have developed their expertise through different career paths.

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

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

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