Network Test Automation Engineer - Build Quality at Scale

MRL Consulting Group | Global Niche Technology Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MRL Consulting Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Network Test Automation Engineer to design, automate and validate complex networking platforms in a modern CI/CD environment.

You will build automation frameworks with Robot Framework and Python, validate protocols and configurations, and integrate testing into GitLab pipelines. The role covers functional, regression, integration and performance testing, driving quality and scalable automation practices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing network test strategies and plans.
• Hands-on testing across functional, regression and performance areas.
• Strong automation mindset with a focus on quality and traceability.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing comprehensive network test strategies, plans and test cases
• Building and maintaining automation frameworks using Robot Framework and Python
• Validating network protocols, configurations and end-to-end connectivity
• Integrating automated testing into GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Performing functional, regression, integration, system and performance testing
• Investigating failures, analysing results and driving defects through to resolution
• Working closely with Development, DevOps and Infrastructure teams
• Supporting automated testing throughout release and deployment cycles
• Producing meaningful test reports, defect analysis and quality metrics
• Continuously improving test frameworks, automation coverage and engineering practices

Skills

Network testing

Test automation

DevOps collaboration

Tools

Robot Framework

Python

GitLab CI/CD

Linux/Unix

Selenium

Job description

MRL Consulting Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Network Test Automation Engineer to design, automate and validate complex networking platforms in a modern CI/CD environment.

You will build automation frameworks with Robot Framework and Python, validate protocols and configurations, and integrate testing into GitLab pipelines. The role covers functional, regression, integration and performance testing, driving quality and scalable automation practices.