Automation Test Engineer - 6 month contract

  • Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
  • Oct 07, 2025
Full time Telecommunications

Job Description

I am working with a consultancy feeding into a public sector end client, who are on the lookout for an automation test engineer to join a 6 month contract.Inside IR35Around £400 per day1x a week in NewcastleEssential skills:• Functional and non-functional testing• Development and maintenance of automated test suites• Test Infrastructure - e.g. Docker and containerisation• TDD and BDD principles• CI/CD pipelines• Knowledge of Java 11/17/21, plus testing frameworks like Cucumber, Wiremock, REST Assured etc. (and JavaScript equivalents).• Front-end testing principles.• Infrastructure-as-Code testing principles.• Terraform, and appropriate testing tools such as Kitchen• Testing frameworks such as Cucumber, REST assured, Wiremock