Automation Test Engineer at eappstechnologies, Sheffield, 3 Months, £Negotiable Rate

Anvole is urgently seeking Automation Test Engineer for Coforge/HSBC.

Please share your C.V. (see below) if you are interested.

Job title: Automation Test Engineer

Client: HSBC

Location: Sheffield, UK

Work mode: Hybrid - 3 days weekly from office

Day rate: Negotiable (Inside IR35)

About the role:

At HSBC we're redefining Identity and Access Management (IAM) on a global scale and launching a transformational programme to bridge modern IAM technology and solutions with big bank scale and complexity. The IAM Transformation program is forecast to be 5 years plus with'significant change to be designed, planned and implemented globally. The transformation encompasses all aspects of IAM from Authentication through to elevated access and will cover human and non-human identities

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Test engineerwith expertise in Identity and Access management (IAM) Back End validation. Skilled in identity orchestration, API testing, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. This role focuses on testing secure, scalable identity and access workflows across Google Cloud Platform, integrating identity services with custom APIs, Pub/Sub pipelines, and cloud-native applications.

Using an automation first approach, you will collaborate closely with tech leads, Cloud Security, DevOps, and Application Engineering teams to thoroughly test robust IAM, identity life cycle workflows, and secure service integrations that support enterprise-level cloud and Identity operations.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain an automated test framework and suites for API, event, and graph-based services (Python/PyTest).

Define and execute test plans/cases/data aligned to requirements and technical specs; maintain FR/NFR traceability.

Validate IAM concepts and access models (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC/PBAC) and test decision points as code (policy-as-code).

Perform API automation, contract testing, and replay/reprocessing scenarios.

Validate graph data (nodes/relationships/hop logic) and event lineage/change behaviour. Experience in Neo4J is preferred.

Produce regulatory evidence as required; support entry/exit criteria and test governance activities.

Create/manage Jenkins pipelines to manage tests executions and reporting as part of CI/CD.

Log, track, and drive defects through triage to closure (JIRA/Zephyr); communicate progress to stakeholders.

Collaborate with Cloud Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams; contribute to improving testability and quality.

Skills required

Must:

• Strong Python coding & PyTest automation experience to build reusable test utilities
• REST API automation; API tooling (Insomnia/Apidog/Postman); API Gateway testing
• Pub/Sub and MQ concepts; replay/reprocessing; idempotency-style validation
• Any GraphDB testing or extensive testing of NoSQLDB
• IAM concepts (auth/access);RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC/PBAC
• Testing decision points as code
• Jenkins pipeline creation/management; shift-left mindset
• FR/NFR traceability; entry/exit criteria; test case review for coverage
• JIRA

Should:

• Playwright exposure
• Batch ETL testing
• Async failure handling patterns
• Neo4j basics; Cypherqueries for assertions; graph data validation.
• Identity life cycle (Joiner/Mover/Leaver); human vs non-human identities
• OPA/Rego policy testing; policy explainability validation
• GitOps repo experience; GitLab CI/CD integration
• Log/metric/trace validation in tests
• Risk-based prioritisation; layered test architecture
• Test tool selection/recommendations

Nice:

• Typescript
• Advanced schema/property-based testing
• Ordering/duplication/retry deep-dive suites
• GDBMS performance analysis
  Reporting query validation
• Federation concepts
• Signal-based failure detection automation
  Allure reporting; Grafanadashboard awareness
• Advanced test data factories
  zephyr defect reporting and triage
  Test tool selection/recommendations
• Licensing/config/dashboard ownership
  JMeter/Gatling/NeoLoadexperience
• Identity warehousing exposure
  SCIM/LDAP/OIDC/CSVexposure