QA Automation Engineer (DV Cleared) - £100K + Bonus

Salt; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a DV-cleared QA Engineer with strong automation experience to join our on-site team across London, Manchester, Ipswich or Cheltenham. You will write and maintain automated tests, test APIs and integrations, and help engineering teams build quality in from the start.

You’ll work hands-on with test frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and various automation tools to drive robust testing across mission-critical services. DV clearance is required or currently held.

Qualifications

• Solid commercial QA/testing experience.
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Automation

Test automation

Curiosity

Hands-on problem solving

Agile methods

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; London, Manchester, Ipswich 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:

• 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.