Senior Automation Engineer 6 Month Initial Contract Leominster Outside IR35VIQU are supporting a growing UK-based software provider within the education technology sector who are seeking a hands-on Senior Automation Engineer to strengthen their product engineering capability.This role is focused on increasing delivery output and improving existing automation capability within a fast-paced product environment. The successful Senior Automation Engineer will work closely with developers, contributing within the C# codebase while reviewing and enhancing current automation frameworks.The Role: Assess and improve existing automation frameworks and test coverageBuild and enhance automated UI and API tests using C# and SeleniumWork closely with developers to embed quality within the development lifecycleIdentify gaps in current automation and suggest practical improvementsCreate and execute SQL queries for backend validation and data-driven testingIntegrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelinesSupport integration testing and UAT where requiredDeliver at pace while balancing quality and risk Key Skills and Experience: Strong experience as Senior Automation Engineer / SDET / Automation Test EngineerHands-on coding ability in C# / .NETSolid Selenium WebDriver experienceExperience working with and improving existing automation frameworksAPI testing experience (REST / Postman or similar)Good SQL skills for data validationExperience working within CI/CD environments (Azure ..... full job details .....