Automation Engineer (SDET)

About Us:

Solirius Reply, part of theReply Group, is a technology consultancy and digital transformation partner that helps organisations solve complex challenges through strategy, design, engineering, and delivery.

We work closely with our clients to deliver secure, accessible, user-focused services that evolve with their needs. By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.

Our consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.

Past and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI.

We operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact

About You:

You are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you’re comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Automation Test Engineer (SDET) to work with our government clients on delivering critical projects. You will be instrumental in delivering testing projects, working directly with clients and stakeholders and working closely with wider testing and technical teams.

You will ideally have a strong understanding of test planning and delivery, and be able to apply this in a hands-on approach.

This role will require 2 days per week, working from Coventry(Wednesday and Thursday). This would therefore suit someone located in the Midlands.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with planning, execution and coordination of all testing activities
• Analysing test requirements, designing and producing reusable test scripts.
• Creating and managing test regression packs.
• Test data creation to plan and manage test scripts.
• Overcoming obstacles, such as working with the team on clarification of requirements or seeing bugs through to resolution to deliver quality testing on time.
• Reviewing test artefacts produced by peers.
• Reviewing test results and modifying the test suites as necessary.
• Capturing, reporting & supporting the analysis of software bugs.
• Executing test scripts from plans and accurately reporting where requirements are not being met.
• Defining and implementing key test KPIs to ensure high-quality standards are achieved
• Contributing to release, deployment and change planning.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to raise and manage issues/defects to stakeholders.
• Proven experience of Functional Testing: running and managing appropriate tests to ensure requirements are met.
• An understanding of CI/CD and agile working environments
• Hands-on working experience in a .NET or Java environment
• Previous use of Azure DevOps, JIRA, or similar tool
• Ability to identify, research and implement effective testing techniques and tools.
• Experience in creating and managing Test Data.
• Proven experience in defining and implementing test improvement strategies.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing objectives, and able to work well under pressure
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Desirable Skills

• Proven experience in improving processes, setting strategy, delivering improvements, maintaining a quality service, and driving change.
• Experience with API testing utilising HttpClient or similar
• Experience with BDD, LambdaTest, Playwright, C#
• Experience with performance testing, JMeter & Accessibility testing

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Healthcare Insurance
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days)
• Contributory Pension
• EAP with Help@Hand
• Gym Membership Benefits
• Flexible Benefits Allowance
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes
• Flexible Working
• Annual Away Days/Company Socials

Diversity and Inclusion

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.

Encouraging high social mobility is really important to us. We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and promoting open dialogue. This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as our gender diversity group and our focus on mental health and wellbeing. Whatever stage you are at, you will find an environment where you can thrive.

Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive, enabling all candidates to demonstrate their skills, experience and potential.