eDV-Cleared Automation Test Engineer | CI/CD & Cloud

iO Associates; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

iO Associates is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer with active eDV clearance for a client in the National Security space. This role offers the chance to work across exciting projects on multi-year programmes. Start: ASAP.

Location: London & Milton Keynes. Duration: 6 months. You will develop automated tests in Python 3.13+, build and maintain test frameworks (PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, Robot Framework) and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins,

Qualifications

• Proven experience in automation testing roles (Automation Test Engineer, SDET or QA Automation).
• Hands-on Python 3.13+ for automated tests.
• Experience testing containerised apps with Docker.
• Build/maintain test frameworks (PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, Robot Framework).
• Test APIs, UIs, integration points and microservices.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, etc).
• Collaborate with security teams to automate tests in pipelines.
• Familiarity with Git and tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, TestRail.
• Exposure to Kubernetes/OpenShift/Helm/ArgoCD.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Knowledge of Terraform/Ansible.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001/NIST.
• Experience with performance/load testing tools.

Skills

Automation testing

Security testing

SDET

CI/CD collaboration

Teamwork

Tools

Python 3.13+

Docker

PyTest

Playwright

Selenium

Robot Framework

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

TestRail

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Helm

ArgoCD

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

ISO 27001

NIST

Job description

iO Associates is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer with active eDV clearance for a client in the National Security space. This role offers the chance to work across exciting projects on multi-year programmes. Start: ASAP.

Location: London & Milton Keynes. Duration: 6 months. You will develop automated tests in Python 3.13+, build and maintain test frameworks (PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, Robot Framework) and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins,