DV-Cleared QA Engineer: Automation & API Testing (On Site)

Salt Digital Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a DV Cleared QA Engineer for on-site work across multiple UK locations, including Manchester. You will write and maintain automated tests, test APIs and integrations, investigate defects and help engineering teams build quality in from the start.

The role requires hands-on testing, strong automation skills with Selenium/Playwright/Cypress, familiarity with CI/CD, and experience in secure or mission-critical environments is a bonus.

Qualifications

• Active DV clearance or eligibility to obtain DV.
• Solid commercial QA/testing experience.
• Strong test automation skills.
• Experience with tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or REST Assured.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites.
• Functional, integration and regression testing.
• API and end-to-end testing.
• Working with CI/CD pipelines and development teams.
• Investigating issues and driving defects through to resolution.
• Improving testing processes, tooling and automation.

Skills

DV clearance

QA/testing

Test automation

CI/CD understanding

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST Assured

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a DV Cleared QA Engineer for on-site work across multiple UK locations, including Manchester. You will write and maintain automated tests, test APIs and integrations, investigate defects and help engineering teams build quality in from the start.

The role requires hands-on testing, strong automation skills with Selenium/Playwright/Cypress, familiarity with CI/CD, and experience in secure or mission-critical environments is a bonus.