Job Title: Automation Test Specialist Minerva VAT TxR)Rate: 472 per day inside ir35Duration: 6 monthsLocation: Telford/hybrid (2 days per week in the office) SC security clearance is required for this role We are seeking a proactive Test Automation Specialist to join an IT consultancy and digital transformation organisation working on a long-standing UK government programme. You''ll focus on designing, developing and maintaining automated test frameworks and pipelines to support analytics solutions on the SAS Viya 4 platform. Key Responsibilities:Working as part of an Agile team participate in ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, retrospectives, demos and reporting.Utilise strong Stakeholder Management and communication skills to collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, and Business Analysts to ensure test coverage aligns with business requirements and technical specificationsEnsure that appropriate automation tooling is implemented and utilised to meet business and technical needs.Design and implement automation test strategies and plans for SAS Viya 4 applications, for UI based Visual Analytics (VA) and Intelligent Decisioning (ID), as well as for integration testing of data pipelines.Develop and maintain test scripts using appropriate automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, PyTest, JUnit) and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.Essential Skills and Experience:Strong experience in test automation for data-driven or analytics platforms.Hands-on experience with