Software Tester
Posted Today by Yolk Recruitment Limited
£700 Per day
Inside
Onsite
Portsmouth (PO1)
Summary: The Software Tester (SFIA 4) role at a leading Central Government defence organisation in Portsmouth involves supporting the assurance, automation, and validation of complex software systems. The position requires active DV clearance and focuses on designing and maintaining automated test frameworks while ensuring software quality in a highly regulated environment. The role is hands-on and technical, emphasizing both functional and non-functional testing. The successful candidate will contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes and overall system quality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and maintain automated regression test suites across key system components
- Design and implement functional and non-functional testing approaches including robustness and results verification
- Support user acceptance testing readiness aligned to agreed operational use cases
- Ensure defects are clearly reproducible, properly tracked, and verified through to closure
- Strengthen release confidence through structured test reporting and clear documentation
- Embed quality assurance practices across the software lifecycle including testing, verification and validation standards
- Ensure outputs meet customer acceptance criteria in regulated and security constrained environments
- Work closely with developers and engineers to identify issues early and improve overall system quality
- Contribute to continuous improvement of test processes, tooling and automation coverage
Key Skills:
- Experience in a QA or test automation role within complex software environments
- Strong understanding of automated testing frameworks and regression testing approaches
- Experience working with defect tracking, test reporting and structured QA processes
- Ability to design both functional and non-functional test cases with a focus on reliability and robustness
- Comfortable working in secure or regulated environments, ideally defence or government
- Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem solving
- Active DV clearance is essential for this role
Salary (Rate): £700 per day
City: Portsmouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
MERITUS are recruiting for a Software Tester (SFIA 4) to join a leading Central Government defence organisation in Portsmouth, supporting the assurance, automation, and validation of complex, mission critical software systems.
SOFTWARE TESTER (SFIA 4) - PORTSMOUTH - Contract - UP TO £700pd - ACTIVE DV CLEARANCE REQUIRED - 3 DAYS ONSITE
This role sits within a highly regulated engineering environment where software quality is critical to operational confidence and system reliability. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, strengthening regression coverage, and ensuring that every release is supported by clear, repeatable and auditable validation evidence. The work is hands on and technical, requiring a strong understanding of both functional and non functional testing in complex software environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and maintain automated regression test suites across key system components
- Design and implement functional and non functional testing approaches including robustness and results verification
- Support user acceptance testing readiness aligned to agreed operational use cases
- Ensure defects are clearly reproducible, properly tracked, and verified through to closure
- Strengthen release confidence through structured test reporting and clear documentation
- Embed quality assurance practices across the software lifecycle including testing, verification and validation standards
- Ensure outputs meet customer acceptance criteria in regulated and security constrained environments
- Work closely with developers and engineers to identify issues early and improve overall system quality
- Contribute to continuous improvement of test processes, tooling and automation coverage
About You
- Experience in a QA or test automation role within complex software environments
- Strong understanding of automated testing frameworks and regression testing approaches
- Experience working with defect tracking, test reporting and structured QA processes
- Ability to design both functional and non functional test cases with a focus on reliability and robustness
- Comfortable working in secure or regulated environments, ideally defence or government
- Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem solving
- Active DV clearance is essential for this role
This is a strong opportunity for a test engineer who wants to operate in a high trust environment, take ownership of automation strategy, and directly influence the quality and reliability of critical national systems.