Senior QA & Automation Engineer - Remote & SC Cleared

Version 1; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Career progression and mentorship

Flexible/remote working

Pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Financial advice and employee discount

Gym discounts and wellness initiatives

Mindfulness workshops

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous holiday allowance

Maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

Version 1 in United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to design and execute automated and manual testing within an agile team. You will define test strategies, monitor issues, and support scrum teams in automation to guide development.

The role emphasizes strong QA practices, CI/CD integration, and security awareness, with SC clearance required. Excellent benefits and flexible remote working are offered.

Qualifications

• Highly skilled in creating, maintaining and peer reviewing test automation code, preferably in Java or C#.
• Experience supporting and enhancing extensive Java-based Selenium test frameworks.
• Experience with performance testing using JMeter.
• Knowledge of security testing techniques & tooling and awareness of OWASP Top 10.
• Experience with BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) software development methodology.
• Excellent knowledge of software testing and industry best practices.
• Experience with Agile Scrum and backlog refinement for sprint planning.
• Experience with CI/CD and testing integrations.
• Experience defect management, debugging and team remediation.
• Candidates must be SC Cleared.

Responsibilities

• Defining and executing test strategies, plans and scripts.
• Accurate recording and monitoring of issues.
• Providing support to the development of scrum teams to automate tests to guide development.
• Reviewing test environments and processes to facilitate continuous improvement and maintenance of quality standards.

Skills

Test automation

Java

C#

Selenium

JMeter

BDD

Agile Scrum

CI/CD

Defect management

OWASP Top 10

Tools

Selenium

JMeter

Job description

Version 1 in United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to design and execute automated and manual testing within an agile team. You will define test strategies, monitor issues, and support scrum teams in automation to guide development.

The role emphasizes strong QA practices, CI/CD integration, and security awareness, with SC clearance required. Excellent benefits and flexible remote working are offered.