Senior Automation Test Engineer - Identity & Access Management

Som3
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
3 days ago
£400 – £600 pd

Salary

£400 – £600 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
27 May 2026 (3 days ago)

Senior Automation Test Engineer

Contract - Rate (D.o.E)

Sheffield - Hybrid (up to 3 days in office)

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Test engineer with 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 lifecycle 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

Deep IAM domain knowledge

Solid experience of at least 3 years in a senior automation role, skilled in creating frameworks with strong coding experience e.g Java, Playwright, Python, Typescript, Cypher, Scala and API tooling (such as Insomnia, Apidog or Postman)

Graph and event-driven validation

Automation-first test experience

Layered test architecture

Risk-based test prioritisation

RBAC / ABAC / ReBAC / PBAC

OPA / Rego policy testing

Policy explainability validation

REST API automation, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing

Consumer-driven contract testing

Replay and reprocessing testing

Graph data validation (Neo4j)

Containerised test execution

Cloud testing approaches and methodology, especially GCP, but also AWS, Azure, Entra, Ali Cloud and other systems such as ServiceNow, AD, ADLDS

Some knowledge of JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, NeoLoad or similar tools for load, stress, and volume testing including any licensing requirements, configuration, dashboards and reporting

Experience of testing graph database management systems (GDBMS) Graph platform engineering, Neo4j Basics

GDBMS Performance Analysis

Testing functions and decision points "As Code", such as Policy as code

Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling

Good experience of executing defined test plans including coordination, tracking and reporting

Positive team player working as part of the overall test team,

Any exposure to SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity warehousing, and working with protocols and formats for data ingestion such as SCIM, REST API, LDAP, OIDC and CSV

DevOps & CI/CD Integration - Experience of GitOps Repos. Ability to integrate automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift-left testing practices

Pub Sub and MQ

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