Senior Software Test Engineer - DV

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Bristol Remote Status: partially remote

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Annual Salary Salary: /UK Pound Sterling Occupational Categories:
Government Industry(ies):
Aerospace / Defense,Consulting Services,Information Technology Are you passionate about quality engineering and ensuring software is secure, reliable, and built to the highest standards?

Do you enjoy working with modern automation frameworks, influencing engineering best practice, and solving complex technical challenges alongside talented multidisciplinary teams?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

About Our Client Our client is a leading technology consultancy delivering secure, mission-critical solutions to the UK Government and Defence sector. Their work supports some of the nation's most important programmes, helping government departments make critical decisions that strengthen the UK's security and prosperity.

With a team of more than 450 highly skilled professionals, they combine technical excellence with a collaborative, people-first culture. Every project delivers real-world impact, giving engineers the opportunity to work on challenging problems while contributing to the UK's national security.

This is more than just software testing—it's an opportunity to help deliver technology that matters.

The Role As a Senior Test Engineer, you'll become part of a small, agile delivery team responsible for assuring the quality of secure, mission-critical software throughout the entire development lifecycle.

Working closely with software engineers, Dev Ops specialists, architects, and product teams, you'll champion quality from the earliest stages of development, ensuring testing is embedded throughout modern CI/CD pipelines.

You'll have the opportunity to influence engineering standards, improve automation frameworks, and contribute to the continuous evolution of testing practices across multiple high-impact projects.

What You'll Be Doing Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing.

Deliver both manual and automated testing across complex software solutions.

Embed quality engineering practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle.

Work within Agile teams using modern engineering approaches including TDD, BDD, ATDD, and Continuous Testing.

Design and execute functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing.

Perform non-functional testing including performance, security, accessibility, and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT).Collaborate with developers and Dev Ops engineers to ensure quality is integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

Contribute to improving QA processes, automation frameworks, tooling, and engineering standards.

Mentor colleagues and promote best practice across delivery teams.

What We're Looking For We're looking for experienced Test Engineers who enjoy tackling complex technical challenges and continuously improving the way software is delivered.

Essential Experience Strong commercial experience in both manual and automated software testing.

Experience designing and maintaining automated test frameworks.

Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies.

Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Knowledge of API, UI, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Experience with technologies such as Playwright Selenium Cypress Webdriver IO Cucumber

Robot Framework Serenity BDDRest Assured Experience across cloud environments, Dev Ops practices, and modern software delivery pipelines would also be beneficial.

Security Clearance Due to the highly sensitive nature of…