Senior Software Test Engineer

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Technologies Recruitment is seeking a Senior Test Engineer for a long-term, on-site contract in Bristol. The role focuses on owning monthly In-Service Release cycles, ensuring new features meet stringent functional and security requirements, with active UK SC clearance.

You will develop release test plans, perform functional and regression testing, manage defects, and produce evidence packs for sign-off, while identifying automation opportunities to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software testing experience in enterprise or defence IT environments.
• Deep expertise in manual functional testing, regression testing, and defect management.
• Working knowledge of UK Defence standards and secure government data boundaries.
• Active UK SC Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Develop monthly release test plans with defined scope, acceptance criteria and environment requirements.
• Execute functional and risk-based regression testing to validate business logic and data flows.
• Manage defects using Jira, Zephyr, or TestRail and participate in defect-triage meetings.
• Produce robust release test summaries and evidence packs for customer sign-off.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive functional test cases where possible.

Skills

Manual testing

Regression testing

Defect management

Test planning

Automation opportunities

Tools

Jira

Zephyr

TestRail

Confluence

Job description

Senior Test Engineer (Active SC Clearance Required)

Location: Bristol, UK (100% Onsite)

Contract Duration: ASAP until June 2027

We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Engineer for a long-term contract supporting a major IT Programme. In this fully onsite role based in Bristol, you will take operational ownership of monthly In-Service Release (ISR) cycles, ensuring all new features and updates meet strict functional and security requirements.

What You'll Do:

• Develop monthly release test plans, defining scope, acceptance criteria, and environment requirements.
• Execute functional and risk-based regression testing to validate business logic, data flows, and system interactions.
• Manage defects using Jira, Zephyr, or TestRail, and run defect-triage meetings.
• Produce robust release test summaries and evidence packs for customer sign-off.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive functional test cases where possible.

What You Need:

• Active UK SC Clearance.
• 5+ years of software testing experience in enterprise or defence IT environments.
• Deep expertise in manual functional testing, regression testing, and defect management.
• Experience with test management platforms like Jira, Zephyr, or Confluence.
• Working knowledge of UK Defence standards and secure government data boundaries.