DV Security QA Test Infra Engineer - On-Site Outside IR35

Talent Locker; Westhay; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Locker is seeking an Infrastructure Test Engineer to join Defence/National Security projects in Somerset, UK. You will test and validate infrastructure across physical, virtualised and cloud environments, ensuring security and resilience before production.

Responsibilities include creating test strategies, performing functional, integration, and security testing, and integrating infrastructure validation into CI/CD pipelines. DV clearance is required for this on-site role.

Qualifications

• DV security clearance required.
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, VLANs, and firewalls.
• Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting.
• VMware and virtualised infrastructure experience.
• Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure as code.
• Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions in CI/CD pipelines.
• Automated infrastructure validation and environment readiness testing.
• Security-by-Design, IAM, OS hardening and network segmentation.

Responsibilities

• Create infrastructure-focused test strategies, plans and test cases.
• Carry out functional, integration, regression, resilience and security testing.
• Test and validate Infrastructure as Code deployments.
• Validate physical, virtualised and cloud infrastructure.
• Provision and verify test environments with DevSecOps teams.
• Build infrastructure validation and readiness testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify defects, risks and infrastructure issues before production.
• Support security assurance, compliance and accreditation activities.

Skills

DV Security Clearance

Networking

Linux/Unix

VMware

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD Tools

Infrastructure testing

IAM & Sec hardening

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

VMware

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Talent Locker is seeking an Infrastructure Test Engineer to join Defence/National Security projects in Somerset, UK. You will test and validate infrastructure across physical, virtualised and cloud environments, ensuring security and resilience before production.

Responsibilities include creating test strategies, performing functional, integration, and security testing, and integrating infrastructure validation into CI/CD pipelines. DV clearance is required for this on-site role.