DV-Cleared QA Engineer for Critical Infrastructure

BT Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technical progression

DV allowance up to £5k/yr

Training & development

10% annual bonus

Paid family leave

Job summary

BT Group is seeking a QA Engineer for a security‑cleared role based in the UK. The position requires Developing Vetting (DV) level security clearance and is onsite at one of multiple UK locations, including Cheltenham.

You will join a specialist security team protecting critical national infrastructure while delivering high-quality testing across automation and manual disciplines. The role emphasizes test strategy execution, mentoring, and aligning with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Software testing experience across manual and automated approaches.
• Ability to design test cases and write robust test scripts.
• Experience with functional and non-functional testing.
• Programming or scripting skills to support test automation.
• Familiarity with test management tools.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes first level diagnostics and writes test scripts as per strategy.
• Supports full lifecycle integration testing for projects.
• Executes automation and regression testing to validate applications.
• Maintains test suites for high-velocity production pushes.
• Mentors QA engineers and shares best practices.

Skills

Software Testing

Programming / Scripting

Manual / Automated Testing

Test Case Design / Writing

Functional / Non-Functional Testing

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

XRAY

Ansible

Job description

BT Group is seeking a QA Engineer for a security‑cleared role based in the UK. The position requires Developing Vetting (DV) level security clearance and is onsite at one of multiple UK locations, including Cheltenham.

You will join a specialist security team protecting critical national infrastructure while delivering high-quality testing across automation and manual disciplines. The role emphasizes test strategy execution, mentoring, and aligning with industry standards.