eDV Cleared Automation Test Engineer

IO Associates; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

iO are looking for an experienced AutomationTestEngineer with active eDV Clearance for a client in the National Security space. Location is London & Milton Keynes, on a 6‑month contract with a daily rate of £600–£675 outside IR35.

The role involves test automation across APIs, UIs and microservices, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and collaborating with security teams to automate security testing.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an AutomationTestEngineer, Software Development Engineer inTest(SDET), QA Automation Engineer or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience developing automatedtests using Python 3.13+.
• Experience testing containerised applications using Docker.
• Experience building and maintaining automatedtestframeworks such as PyTest, Playwright, Selenium or Robot Framework.
• Experience testing APIs, user interfaces, integration points and microservices.
• Experience integrating automatedtesting into GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience working alongside security teams to automate securitytesting within delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with Git and requirements/testmanagement tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence orTestRail.

Skills

Automation testing

SDET

Python 3.13+

Docker

PyTest

Playwright

Selenium

Robot Framework

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Git

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

TestRail

eDV Clearance

Tools

Docker

PyTest

Playwright

Selenium

Robot Framework

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Git

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

TestRail

Job description

iO are looking for an experiencedAutomationTestEngineer with active eDV Clearancefor a client of ours in the National Security space. This role offers the chance to work across some very exciting projects, on multi-year programmes of work.

Start: ASAP

Location: London & Milton Keynes

Duration: 6 months

Rate: £600 - £675 per day, Outside IR35

Essential experience

• Proven experience as an AutomationTestEngineer, Software Development Engineer inTest(SDET), QA Automation Engineer or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience developing automatedtests usingPython 3.13+.
• Experiencetesting containerised applications usingDocker.
• Experience building and maintaining automatedtestframeworks such asPyTest, Playwright, Selenium or Robot Framework.
• Experiencetesting APIs, user interfaces, integration points and microservices.
• Experience integrating automatedtesting intoGitLab CI/CD, Jenkins or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience working alongside security teams to automate securitytesting within delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with Git and requirements/testmanagement tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence orTestRail.

Desirable skills

• Exposure to Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm and ArgoCD.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Familiarity with compliance and security frameworks including ISO 27001 or NIST.
• Experience with performance and loadtesting tools.