Automation Tester - Public Sector - Newcastle

Newcastle Upon Tyne, gb on site Until 8/23/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description

Automation Tester – Public Sector – Newcastle (PYTHON ESSENTIAL) 

We at Difrent, a digital consultancy, are excited to announce that an opportunity has arisen for an Automation Tester to join our rapidly expanding team on a permanent basis. The successful applicant will be joining one of our exciting discovery projects with our public-sector customer based in Newcastle 

As the automation tester, you will ensure that the entire end product works correctly, i.e. all the systems involved, and their interfaces, conform to requirements. The candidate should have good functional/API /Automation/Performance Testing knowledge.


Essential Skills

·Selenium, Webdriver or similar 2+ years

·Django Behave or similar 2+ years

·Python (Essential)

·Demonstrable knowledge of API structures xml, json, or similar 2+ years

·Demonstrable knowledge of Docker

·Browser developer tools 2+ years

·GIT 1+ year

Desirable Skills 

·Understanding of CI server Jenkins, TeamCity, Travis or similar

·Understanding of accessibility testing

·BackstopJS

·Unit Testing

·SharePoint

Salary: 45k-55k

Location: Newcastle 

Start date: Immediate


About this role

Summary

Perform automation, API, and performance testing to ensure system quality in public sector project.

Job title

Automation Tester

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

public sector

Location requirements

must be in Newcastle, no remote work specified

Salary

45k-55k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PythonSeleniumWebdriverDjango BehaveAPIxmljsonDockerbrowser developer toolsGIT

Preferred skills

accessibility testingBackstopJSUnit TestingSharePoint

Specializations

AutomationAPI testingperformance testingpublic sector
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

On-site City