Tester (HS)

Introduction

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You’ll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We Offer

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certification
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with u
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.
  
  

Your Role And Responsibilities

We are seeking a motivated Test Quality Engineer to join our quality assurance team and help deliver high-quality testing outcomes. In this role, you will assist in applying structured test practices and technical solutions to support accelerated business results through test optimisation and automation. You will gain hands-on experience with tools such as Cucumber, Java, JIRA, and Confluence, and learn performance testing techniques. Guided by senior engineers, you will help implement model-based test design approaches and accelerate test automation using the IGNITE platform. You will also support the use of cognitive tools to shift from detection-based testing to prevention-based quality engineering. This is an excellent opportunity to build foundational skills in test quality, quality planning, and continuous improvement across the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing structured test practices and automation scripts.
• Support test optimisation activities to improve efficiency and coverage.
• Help prepare quality plans for projects under guidance.
• Participate in performance testing activities.
• Document and track test progress using JIRA and Confluence.
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Basic understanding of Cucumber and Java for automation.
• Awareness of performance testing concepts.
• Interest in learning model-based test design and IGNITE platform usage.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn.
• Ability to follow structured QA processes.
  
  

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 5 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 5 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.