Quality Engineer - Defence Job Central London area,City of Westminster England UK,Software Development

We are seeking a Quality Engineer with automation experience to help build reliable and efficient automated tests for our applications. You will develop automated test scripts, support CI/CD integration, and work alongside developers and Dev Ops teams to improve quality and speed of delivery. You'll use modern test automation tools and programming languages to automate UI, API, and integration tests. If you enjoy problem-solving, building automation that reduces manual effort, and improving the delivery pipeline, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, performance, and API testing.
Build automation frameworks using industry-standard tools and modern programming languages.
Develop optimized test scenarios and ensure comprehensive test coverage aligned to acceptance criteria.
Create automation for test environment setup, test execution, test data management, and environment validation.
Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines, working closely with Dev Ops to enable continuous testing.
Contribute to quality engineering practices aligned with Agile, Dev Ops, and containerized delivery models.
Monitor test execution results, troubleshoot failures, and provide actionable insights to development teams.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve product quality, identify risks, and advocate for automated testing best practices.
Participate in requirement analysis, sprint planning, and backlog grooming to ensure quality is built in from the start.
Drive adoption of automation tools, frameworks, and best practices across teams.
Ensuring that Best Practices are being followed as part of the Test Delivery in the SCRUM Teams (e.g., Test Estimation, Test Coverage, Test Traceability ,Defect Management, Test Evidencing and Test Closure)

Depending on experience

Lead automation strategy for teams or accounts.
Mentor junior engineers in automation techniques and quality engineering practices.
Define and govern QA standards, tooling, and quality gates.
Engage with stakeholders, clients, and leadership to ensure quality alignment with business needs

Experience

Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, Postman).
Programming skills in languages such as Java, JavaScript/Type Script, Python, or C#.
Experience building automation frameworks for UI, API, and integration testing.
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, etc.).
Experience with Agile, Dev Ops practices, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of test design techniques, debugging, and root cause analysis.
Experience with version control tools (Git) and code review practices.
Understanding of performance testing, security testing, or reliability engineering is a plus.
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
Optional for higher levels: technical leadership, coaching, QA strategy definition, stakeholder engagement.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, Postman).
Programming skills in languages such as Java, JavaScript/Type Script, Python, or C#.
Experience building automation frameworks for UI, API, and integration testing.
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, etc.).
Experience with Agile, Dev Ops practices, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of test design techniques, debugging, and root cause analysis.
Experience with version control tools (Git) and code review practices.
Understanding of performance testing, security testing, or reliability engineering is a plus.
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
Optional for higher levels: technical leadership, coaching, QA strategy definition, stakeholder engagement.

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