Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer
Posted Today by Salt
£56 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role is for an experienced SC Cleared Senior Automation Test Engineer tasked with supporting secure, enterprise-grade digital services within UK Central Government. The position involves working in Agile teams to deliver cloud-based systems while adhering to government standards and security policies. Candidates must have a strong background in automation testing and experience in regulated environments. The role requires active SC clearance and expertise in various technical skills related to automation and cloud services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build automated UI and API test frameworks from scratch
- Deliver functional and non-functional testing within CI/CD pipelines
- Test complex data processes
- Collaborate with developers to improve unit test coverage
- Manage defects, risks, and incidents in line with Government standards
- Apply HMG security controls and DevOps best practice
- Engage stakeholders and take full ownership of delivery
Key Skills:
- Active SC Clearance
- Proven Central Government testing experience
- Experience working within secure, regulated environments
- Strong experience delivering automation within large-scale programmes
- Automation testing: C#, Selenium, MSTest, BDD, RestSharp, JavaScript UI and API test automation
- Non-functional testing: JMeter, Azure Load Testing
- Microsoft Azure cloud experience
- Azure DevOps and GitHub
- SQL and data model testing
- Strong understanding of architectural principles and design patterns
- Agile delivery experience
- ISTQB, Unit Testing, Docker, Python, DevOps advocacy
Salary (Rate): £56.00/hr
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are seeking an experienced SC Cleared Senior Automation Test Engineer with proven UK Central Government testing experience to support secure, enterprise-grade digital services. You will work within Agile, multi-disciplinary teams delivering cloud-based systems aligned to Government governance, ISO 27001, and Security Policy Framework standards
Essential Requirements
- Active SC Clearance (mandatory)
- Proven Central Government testing experience
- Experience working within secure, regulated environments
- Strong experience delivering automation within large-scale programmes
Technical Skills
- Automation testing: C#, Selenium, MSTest, BDD, RestSharp, JavaScript UI and API test automation
- Non-functional testing: JMeter, Azure Load Testing
- Microsoft Azure cloud experience
- Azure DevOps and GitHub
- SQL and data model testing
- Strong understanding of architectural principles and design patterns
- Agile delivery experience
- ISTQB, Unit Testing, Docker, Python, DevOps advocacy.
Responsibilities
- Design and build automated UI and API test frameworks from scratch
- Deliver functional and non-functional testing within CI/CD pipelines
- Test complex data processes
- Collaborate with developers to improve unit test coverage
- Manage defects, risks, and incidents in line with Government standards
- Apply HMG security controls and DevOps best practice
- Engage stakeholders and take full ownership of delivery
If you are an SC Cleared Automation Test Engineer with strong Azure and Central Government experience, we encourage you to apply.