SC Cleared Platform Test Engineer
Posted Today by 1763112537
£750 Per day
Undetermined
Remote
Great Malvern
Summary: The Cloud Test Engineer will focus on creating and executing tests for cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and services, ensuring compliance with security and governance requirements. This role requires collaboration with engineering and assurance teams and involves performance testing, automation, and documentation of test processes. The position is remote with occasional visits to Malvern and is expected to last until March 31, 2026, with a likely extension. The role demands strong cloud skills, particularly in AWS, and experience in Agile environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Test complex backup and restoration processes, including disaster recovery testing.
- Perform performance testing to identify bottlenecks and improve scalability.
- Automate processes via CI/CD pipelines using existing frameworks.
- Capture evidence of data archiving implementation and adherence to requirements.
- Ensure network and infrastructure dependencies are in place for pipeline deployments.
- Develop build verification/smoke test scripts to validate builds and deployments.
- Document test scripts in GitLab and capture evidence of successful execution.
- Promote best practices, mentor colleagues, and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Engage in Agile development and upskill in SAFe practices.
- Support security, safety, and compliance activities throughout the lifecycle.
Key Skills:
- Proficiency in AWS and experience with a broad range of cloud services.
- Competence in Test-Driven Development for software and IaC.
- Scripting skills and automation using tools like Ansible.
- Familiarity with IaC tools and best practices.
- Understanding of cloud security best practices and competency with IAM.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Attention to detail when capturing test evidence or specifying tests.
- Ability to write technical documentation.
- Willingness to mentor junior team members.
Salary (Rate): £750 per day
City: Great Malvern
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Cloud Test Engineer
Location: Remote with Occasional visits to Malvern
Duration: Until 31/03/2026 with likely extension
Rate: Market rates
Role Overview
The Cloud Test Engineer will be responsible for creating and executing tests for cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and services. This role involves close collaboration with engineering and assurance teams to ensure compliance and alignment with security and governance requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Test complex backup and restoration processes:
- Backup and restore data using AWS Backup, including scenarios where recovery involves automated redeployment and data restoration.
- Conduct disaster recovery testing, demonstrating full system recovery from archive.
- Perform performance testing (e.g., multi-user/concurrent user scenarios) to identify bottlenecks, optimize resource usage, and improve scalability.
- Automate processes where practical via CI/CD pipelines using existing frameworks.
- Capture evidence of data archiving implementation and adherence to requirements.
- Ensure network and infrastructure dependencies are in place for pipeline deployments.
- Develop build verification/smoke test scripts to validate builds and deployments.
- Document test scripts in GitLab and capture evidence of successful execution.
- Promote best practices, mentor colleagues, and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Fully engage in Agile development and upskill in SAFe practices (training provided if needed).
- Support security, safety, and compliance activities throughout the lifecycle.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong cloud skills:
- Proficiency in AWS and experience with a broad range of cloud services.
- Competence in Test-Driven Development for softwareandIaC:
- Unit, integration, and functional testing.
- Automation:
- Scripting skills and automation using tools like Ansible.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
- Familiarity with IaC tools and best practices.
- Security:
- Understanding of cloud security best practices.
- Competency with Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills (incident response desirable).
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Attention to detail when capturing test evidence or specifying tests.
- Ability to write technical documentation.
- Willingness to mentor junior team members.
Desirable Skills
- Containers and orchestration:
- Understanding of Docker.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- Certifications:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator, or similar.
- Strong Microsoft skills:
- Deploying and managing Windows Server and Active Directory.