Senior QA Engineer

A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role.  If you don’t hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. Due to the nature of the project it is also required you hold a British Citizenship or Dual Citizenship.

We’re looking for aSenior QA Engineerto play a key role in delivering high-quality software in fast-paced, agile environments. As part of our technical team, you will work closely with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders to design, execute, and enhance both manual and automated testing practices across data-centric systems and applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review requirements and technical designs to create effective and comprehensive test plans and cases.

• Define and execute testing activities usingBDD/TDD approachesto validate functional and non-functional requirements.

• Conduct manual and automated testing of backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines.

• Design and execute performance and regression tests.

• Work collaboratively within cross-functional Agile teams to ensure quality is embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle.

• Investigate and triage defects, work with developers to isolate issues, and verify fixes.

• Generate clear and detailed test reports and documentation, including risks and mitigation strategies.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA practices and frameworks.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Solid experience in testing withindata-centric environments, includingETL pipelines, data migration, and streaming platforms.

• Strong backend testing experience, particularly onLinux-based systems.

• Understanding ofKafka and Dockerfrom a QA perspective.

• Hands-on experience with tools such asJira, Maven, Selenium, SoapUI, Cucumber, and any ofPython, Shell, Java, MySQL, or Perlfor test scripting.

• Familiarity withBDD and TDD methodologies, including writing feature files and acceptance criteria.

• Experience creating automated regression test suites and integrating them into CI tools such asGitLab, Jenkins, or Drone.

• Ability to create test strategies and execute tests across cloud platforms likeAWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to trace test failures to system-level issues.

• Strong communication skills for collaboration with developers, analysts, and stakeholders.

Nice to Have:

• Experience withLoadRunneror similar tools for performance testing.

• Exposure to testing strategies in government or secure cloud environments.

• Participation in release test planning and coordination with client test leads or managers.