Deloitte
Consultant, Senior Consultant, Automation Test Engineer, Government and Public Sector

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Do you want to help deliver some of the UK’s largest and most ambitious programmes, using technology to deliver essential services to the nation, that are secure, resilient and ready for the future?
At Deloitte, our engineers build the digital foundations behind some of the most complex systems in government – from critical infrastructure to advanced data platforms.
We don’t just test software – we engineer quality into products that matter. As an SDET here, you’ll combine strong software development skills with deep quality engineering expertise: contributing production-quality code, designing scalable automation and tooling, improving testability, and helping teams deliver secure, resilient services with confidence.
We’re growing rapidly across our Government and Public Sector. If you already hold active UK SC clearance or are eligible (5+ years UK residency) and want to design, build, and test solutions that make an impact across the nation, we’d love to meet you.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte?
It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
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This team is focused on the technical delivery of new solutions that solve complex challenges for clients. Join us to drive innovation and technology forward, collaborating with cross-functional teams and using cutting-edge tools. Offering excellent development opportunities, you will have the chance to hone your technical craft, gain new skills, and complete qualifications and certificates. This is your chance to make a real impact.
We’re looking for software engineers who are passionate about quality. As an SDET, you’ll apply sound engineering principles to build software, automation frameworks, test infrastructure and developer tooling that improve products throughout the delivery lifecycle. You’ll help clients deliver faster and with confidence across some of the largest and most technically ambitious programmes in the country.
You’ll work as part of a cross-functional engineering team alongside software engineers, DevOps engineers and business analysts – designing and implementing maintainable solutions, reviewing code, shaping architecture for testability, and building scalable automation that works in the real world. You’ll be trusted to make technical decisions, explore and implement new tools, and influence how our teams engineer quality from design through to production.
You might find yourself:
- Designing, developing and maintaining production-quality software, test infrastructure and reusable engineering tools for APIs, microservices and front-end applications.
- Applying software engineering principles such as modular design, clean code, design patterns, code review and appropriate automated testing.
- Designing scalable automation frameworks and libraries that improve testability, developer feedback and delivery speed.
- Embedding automated quality checks in CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
- Collaborating on solution design, acceptance criteria and technical approaches so that quality, security, performance and operability are considered from the outset.
- Diagnosing failures across application code, integrations, environments and pipelines, identifying root causes and implementing durable improvements.
- Using appropriate functional, integration, contract, end-to-end, exploratory and non-functional testing techniques to manage risk.
- Identifying and assessing technical dependencies and communicating delivery and quality risks clearly.
- Mentoring others and contributing to Deloitte’s internal tools, accelerators and communities of practice.
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Your work will have national impact – the software and engineering capabilities you help build support services used by millions of people every day, often in mission-critical environments.
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You’re curious, collaborative, and hands-on.
You care about clean, secure, maintainable and testable code. You understand how sound design, reliable automation and rapid feedback work together to create quality. You take initiative and are pragmatic – you know when to automate, when to refactor, when exploratory testing adds value, and when a solution is ready to ship. You bring clarity to complexity through strong communication and enjoy helping teams improve their engineering practices.
Essentials
- Active UK SC clearance or eligible (Proven years UK residency).
- Strong software development skills in at least one of Java, C#, Python or JavaScript/TypeScript, with experience producing readable, maintainable and well-structured code.
- A practical understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented or functional design, SOLID principles, design patterns, refactoring and code review.
- Experience developing software, automation frameworks, libraries or engineering tools for APIs, web applications, mobile applications or distributed services.
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle and experience contributing within an agile, cross-functional engineering team.
- Experience with source control such as Git, including branching, pull requests and collaborative code review.
- Experience designing automated tests at appropriate levels, including unit, component, API, integration and end-to-end testing.
- Familiarity with quality-engineering frameworks, methodologies and tooling such as Selenium, RestAssured, Appium, Cucumber or Playwright.
- Ability to diagnose defects and technical failures using logs, debugging techniques and root-cause analysis.
- Familiarity with the fundamentals of generative AI and associated AI tooling and accelerators.
- A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills.
Desirables
- Practical experience of CI/CD pipelines and incorporating build, test and quality controls into delivery workflows.
- Understanding of API design, microservices, asynchronous integration and container-based architectures.
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
- Experience using observability tooling, logs and metrics to understand system behaviour and diagnose failures.
- Exposure to infrastructure as code or container orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes or Terraform.
- Knowledge of performance, security or accessibility engineering and associated tooling.
- Experience testing SaaS platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Salesforce or ServiceNow.
- Experience or interest in working with Government and Public Sector organisations.
- Contributions to open-source projects or developer communities.
- Relevant software engineering, cloud or testing certifications, including ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level or ISTQB Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI.


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Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
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“What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte’s clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.” – Dan, Technology and Transformation
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in Belfast with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’
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