Test Engineer

Contract | £370 per day | Inside IR35 | Hybrid | London / Manchester | Active SC Clearance Required

We are looking for an experienced
Test Engineer
with a strong focus on
test automation and data validation
to support data and cloud transformation programmes.

You’ll help design, develop and improve automated testing solutions, ensuring data quality, reliability and alignment with delivery objectives.

• Design and implement automated tests for data pipelines, ETL processes and cloud platforms
• Perform data validation to ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity
• Develop and maintain test automation using
  Python and pytest
• Work with
  BDD (Behave) and/or TDD
  approaches
• Create and manage test data for ETL and data warehouse validation
• Improve automation frameworks for efficiency and reusability
• Support shift-left testing, peer reviews, code reviews and CI/CD processes
• Work with cloud platforms including
  AWS/Azure
  and technologies such as
  Kafka

• Strong experience in
  test automation for data and ETL processes
• Experience with data validation and large datasets
• Strong
  SQL
  and relational database experience
• Hands-on
  Python and pytest
  experience
• Knowledge of
  ETL, data warehousing and Py Spark or similar
• Experience with
  AWS and/or Azure
• Familiarity with
  Kafka
  or other event-driven/data streaming technologies
• Understanding of CI/CD, version control and modern development practices
• Experience contributing to test automation frameworks
• Active SC clearance is essential

Experience with in government/regulated environments or large-scale data transformation programmes would be advantageous.

We’re looking for someone analytical, detail-focused and collaborative, with strong problem-solving skills and experience working within agile delivery environments.