Test Automation Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Test Automation Engineer to work with an Investment Bank in Glasgow or Bournemouth, tasked with supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for a Market Expansion programme in Payments. As a Test Automation Engineer, you will focus on building and maintaining automated solutions for end-to-end (E2E) flows, ensuring robust deployment and operational excellence across our engineering landscape. Responsibilities

• Maintain and deploy automation services, ensuring stability and reliability across environments.
• Investigate and resolve failures in automated flows, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Extend proof-of-concept (POC) code into robust services and ensure ongoing sanity testing post-deployment or changes.
• Collaborate with users to capture, analyse, and resolve issues encountered during UAT.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive FAQ documenting common issues and their resolutions.
• Monitor and track the performance of tool releases to ensure no degradation in service quality.
• Work closely with the test engineering team to share knowledge and drive best practices in automation.
  Strong programming skills in Python and/or Java.
• Experience with cloud hosting platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for deploying and managing services.
• Proven ability to maintain and troubleshoot automated testing solutions.
• Basic understanding of payments processes and business flows.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Beneficial Skills and Experience
• Prior experience in a User Acceptance Testing environment.
• Familiarity with automation frameworks and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience in building user-facing documentation and FAQs.
• Broader business knowledge within payments or investment banking.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
  As a means of managing tax, commercial and reputational risks, Deloitte prohibits the use of Associates through Personal Service Companies ('PSCs'). All Associates must contract under PAYE arrangements through a Deloitte approved 'Employment Company' (aka 'umbrella company.')