Role Title: Lead Automation Test EngineerDuration: contract to run until 30/11/2026Location: Sheffield, Hybrid 3 days per week onsiteRate: up to 482.30 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Role purpose / summary This role is predominantly required to fulfil the role of Automation test lead, with occasional manual testing where required Solid experience of at least 5 years in the use of automation tooling and framework creation especially with Java and SQL Excellent verbal and written communications skills and stakeholder engagement at all levelsAble to develop and execute test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other testing related plans and documentation based on the requirements and technical specificationsPlan, develop, execute, maintain and improve Automated Test Frameworks and Automated Test Scripts for Web and Database applicationsProven experience in writing automated test scripts using JavaScriptExperience of using automation tools such as Selenium web driver IO (WDIO) / Cucumber etc, Selenium for UI testing and RestAssured for API testingExperience of test tool selection/recommendations based on assessment of the environment/landscape.Experience in defining a comprehensive performance test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required.Experience of delivering within both an Agile and Waterfall methodology.Jenkins pipeline creation and management for running automated tests, generating reports and notifying team about t