Senior Test Engineer- National Security Team

Senior Test Engineer – National Security Team

We're a specialist software consultancy delivering bespoke, high‑stakes solutions to complex operational challenges for our clients. As the business grows, we're looking to speak with an experienced Senior Test Engineer to join a live project within our National Security division.

No two problems we solve look the same, so we need people who thrive on pace and fresh thinking. We're after quick learners who bring flexibility and genuine enthusiasm for new challenges. The work is deeply collaborative; strong relationship‑builders do best here.

You'll join a small, fast‑moving agile delivery team working on one of our active projects, with a central role in embedding continuous automated testing early and throughout the CI/CD lifecycle.

Day to day, you can expect to be involved in:

• Working across a broad toolset, with a focus on open‑source frameworks
• Manual and automated software testing
• Dev Ops and agile delivery practices — TDD, BDD, ATDD, and continuous testing via CI/CD pipelines, backed up by manual and exploratory testing where needed
• Designing and building automated test frameworks spanning UI and API layers
• Common tools in our stack include Selenium, Cypress.io, Webdriver.io, Playwright, Cucumber, Robot Framework, Serenity BDD, and Rest Assured
• Feeding into the broader QA function, proposing improvements to frameworks and processes and owning them through to delivery
• Non‑functional testing across security, performance, accessibility, and operational acceptance (OAT), using a range of specialist tools

Our test engineers like variety and welcome a challenge, so we're looking for a proactive, can‑do mindset. Staying current with emerging tools and best practices matters to us, so an appetite for continuous learning is essential.

You'll have solid experience across manual and automated testing, with a track record on complex systems. You should be equally comfortable working within an agile team and operating independently, embedding best practice as you go.

Given the nature of this sector, candidates with high‑level security clearance (eDV) are preferred.

Eligibility typically requires British citizenship and five years’ continuous UK residency.

We invest heavily in our people, aiming for an inclusive, dynamic, team‑first environment where everyone can do their best work. We back self‑directed career growth, with up to 5 days of external training, a dedicated career coach, and guilds for sharing knowledge and innovation across the business.

We're committed to being an equal opportunities employer, building a genuinely inclusive workplace free from discrimination based on ethnicity, age, sex, gender identity, veteran status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or health condition.

As a Disability Confident employer, we:

• Offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process on request
• Guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities or health conditions who meet the minimum role criteria
• Support our people in shaping an ongoing, genuine culture of inclusion