QA Automation Engineer (DV Cleared)

Salt; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a DV Cleared QA Engineer with automation experience to join on-site teams in Ipswich, London, Manchester or Cheltenham. The role focuses on building and maintaining automated test frameworks, API and end-to-end testing, and CI/CD collaboration.

You will write tests, investigate defects, and help engineering teams ship high-quality software in critical environments. Active DV clearance is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Active/current valid DV clearance required.
• Solid commercial QA/testing experience.
• Strong test automation skills.
• Experience with CI/CD and modern testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites.
• Functional, integration and API testing.
• Investigate defects and drive to resolution.
• Collaborate with CI/CD pipelines and development teams.

Skills

QA testing

Test automation

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST Assured

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST Assured

Job description

Candidates MUST have active, current and valid DV clearance - nothing less

DV Cleared, QA Engineer, Automation, On Site 5 days a week at any of the following location; Ipswich, London, Manchester, or Cheltenham.

A global firm are looking for a DV Cleared QA Engineer with strong automation experience to work on technology that supports some of the UK's most critical services.

You’ll be hands-on - writing and maintaining automated tests, testing APIs and integrations, investigating defects and helping engineering teams build quality in from the start.

You’ll be doing things like:

• Building and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites
• Functional, integration and regression testing
• API and end-to-end testing
• Working with CI/CD pipelines and development teams
• Investigating issues and driving defects through to resolution
• Improving testing processes, tooling and automation

You’ll bring:

• Active/ current valid DV clearance
• Solid commercial QA/testing experience
• Strong test automation skills
• Experience with tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured or similar
• Good understanding of CI/CD and modern testing practices
• A curious, hands‑on approach to problem solving
• Experience in secure, regulated or mission-critical environments is a bonus, not a must.

If you enjoy breaking things, automating the boring stuff and making sure technology works when it really matters, we'd like to hear from you.

DV Cleared, QA Engineer, Automation, On Site 5 days a week at any of the following location; London, Manchester, Ipswich or Cheltenham.

• Rates depend on experience and client requirements