Automation Assurance Specialist - Consultant - Digital Excellence in London

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting‐edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Our Automation Assurance Specialists play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and quality of technical solutions delivered to our clients. Their work provides confidence that implementations meet expectations and adhere to specifications. Responsibilities include executing comprehensive testing across areas such as Accessibility, Performance, Security, and Functional validation.

We value continuous improvement, so the role requires strong experience in designing and maintaining clean, robust automation test suites and integrating them into a continuous integration pipeline. They will be able to work on a vast variety of projects and get exposure to a variety of technologies such as NodeJS, Java, Kotlin, Spring boot framework, RESTful microservices, NoSQL databases.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake cross‐functional engineering projects, working in small teams with other engineers in different knowledge spheres, building supportable, sustainable, and reliable services.
• Be part of a community of engineers within Capgemini Invent. Work together as a community and help each other deliver and develop as professionals on large scale, technically challenging projects.
• Take personal responsibility for assuring confidence in the technical delivery – collaborating with other engineers and the design team.
• Continually improve our teams' processes, practices, tools, and techniques.
• Share your knowledge and experience with colleagues, coaching and mentoring them, and developing your own skills through experimenting with and learning new technologies.
• Encourage innovation, inclusion, teamwork, self‐organisation, and diversity.
• Work with clients and internal teams to develop new opportunities and open‐source projects and initiatives.

Business & Personal Growth Opportunities:

• Business Development – Contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think‐tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications, etc.

Your Profile:

• Required: Certified ISTQB background; ISTQB Foundation at a minimum. Equivalent qualifications or experience may be considered.
• Experience with core testing techniques: Exploratory, Integration, Manual, Functional.
• Experience setting up and contributing to test frameworks in Java or JavaScript.
• Experience writing a variety of backend and frontend automated tests using Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, REST, etc.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience using online version control tools – GitHub, GitLab, etc.
• Experience with self‐managing and being able to identify areas that need work.
• Desirable: Experience with a wider range of testing techniques (Accessibility, Performance, Security, etc.).
• Experience with applying structured evaluation methods (AI evals) to validate outputs in real‐world scenarios.
• Experience using Docker to aid testing.
• Experience using Maven to run your automated tests.
• Experience with CI/CD (Gitlab, GitHub, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with web standards, accessibility, and test automation best practices.
• Knowledge of the GOV.UK design system.

What You'll Love About Working Here:

• Exposure to high‐profile transformations and hands‐on experience with leading technologies.
• Formal training by industry experts in consulting and client delivery, coupled with a wide range of certifications (Cybersecurity, Cloud, Agile, etc.).
• Unique training environment at Les Fontaines just outside Paris.
• Monthly showcases of digital transformation initiatives.
• Monthly team drinks and away days for team bonding and learning.

Need to Know:

We actively promote diversity & inclusion and embed hybrid working. All UK employees can request flexible working arrangements. We support employee wellbeing with mental health champions and wellbeing apps. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria will receive an interview. Please opt‐in during the application process.

Corporate Responsibility: We focus on reducing our carbon footprint and improving digital access. We were named one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.

Location: London, Manchester, or Glasgow (flexible). Must be flexible for assignment location, including periods away from home.

Remuneration: Flexible benefits options plus variable element dependent on grade and performance.

About Capgemini: Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world. With a heritage of over 55 years and 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries, we unlock value through AI, cloud, and data.