Senior test engineer

LA International; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to execute and manage testing processes for AWS services. This role demands expertise in testing and security protocols, particularly for candidates with experience in high-level security clearance. The candidate will collaborate closely with teams on CI/CD and would need to adapt to a remote working environment, with occasional travel to Croydon. An understanding of various testing skills, including API and operational monitoring, is critical.

Qualifications

• Must hold or have held high-level security clearance.
• Experience in security operations and management.
• Ability to analyze and design effective test cases.

Responsibilities

• Conduct testing on services deployed on AWS.
• Collaborate with teams on CI/CD processes.
• Implement and manage security testing protocols.

Skills

Basics of AWS

Terraform Basics

Expertise in Linux

Proficient in Gitlab

Basic Programming Skills in Python

Familiarity with Docker

Expertise in API Testing

Knowledge of CI/CD

Standard Test Reporting

Operational Monitoring

Understanding of active directory concepts

Familiarity with identity federation

Knowledge of OAuth2

Basic Networking Concepts

Understanding of Amazon Workspaces

Knowledge of Jira/Confluence

Knowledge of common vulnerabilities

Job description

Role: Senior test engineer
Rate: inside IR35
Location: Remote with occasional travel to Croydon
Duration: Till end of March initially with extensions
SC clearance required

Essential Testing Skills

• Basics of AWS (Core AWS Services, Compute and Networking, Storage and Databases, Security and Monitoring, Deployment and Management etc.)
• Terraform Basics
• Run Infra as Code tests against Terraform
• Expertise in Linux User (Intermediate)
• Proficient in Gitlab version control
• Basic Programming Skills Python, Bash, PowerShell
• Familiarity in containerisation tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Expertise in API Testing and automation as some of the security products have very limited or no UI functionality
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps practices for continuous testing and delivery
• Knowledge of integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab CI
• Standard Test Reporting (eg using Junit reports)
• Ability to understand requirements and analyse code repositories and design effective test cases

Account Management

• Familiarity with AWS Control Tower & Account Factory for Terraform
• Familiarity with AWS Organizations & Organizational Unit (OU) Management
• Understanding of Service Control Policies (SCP) & Resource Control Policies (RCP)
• Basics of VPC Endpoints, Networking Basics & Proxy Management (Squid)

FinOps

• Basics of FinOps Fundamentals & Best Practices
• Understanding of AWS CUR, Tagging and Cost Optimisation
• Understanding of Amazon Quick Suite (formerly Quicksight)

Observability

• Basics of Operational Monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus
• Basics of Alerting
• Basics of SIEM

Identity and Trust

• Understanding of active directory concepts such as domains, forests, OUs, GPOs (Group Policy Objects)
• Understanding of least privilege principles and RBAC
• Familiarity with identity federation and SSO
• Knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect and SAML protocols

Ingress

• Basics of Core Networking concepts
• Basics of Cloud Networking Concepts

Account Workload

• Understanding of Amazon Workspaces
• Basics of AMIs

CI/CD

• Knowledge of Collaboration tools (Jira/Confluence)
• Basic knowledge of artifact management
• Basic understanding of code analysis and quality gates

EKS

• Basics of GitOps

SecPro

• Knowledge of common vulnerabilities OWASP Top 10, CVE databases etc
• Understanding of network protocols, ports, and services
• Understanding of encryption algorithms AES, RSA etc
• Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), SSL/ TLS certificates
• Basics of SIEM
• Basics of OS Patching

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks.

LA International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.