Senior test engineer

LA International; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to conduct testing for cloud services and security solutions. The role requires proficiency in AWS, Terraform, and API testing, and candidates must hold SC clearance or have had high-level security clearance previously. Successful applicants will have teamwork experience and understanding of Agile methodologies. This position is primarily remote with occasional travel to Croydon and offers strong growth opportunities in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• SC clearance required.
• Proficient in Gitlab version control.
• Ability to understand requirements and design effective test cases.

Responsibilities

• Conduct tests based on Terraform and cloud infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain automation for software testing.
• Collaborate with teams to refine development processes.

Skills

Basics of AWS

Terraform Basics

Expertise in Linux

Proficient in Gitlab

Familiarity with containerisation tools

API Testing and automation

Understanding of Agile and DevOps practices

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines

Understanding of active directory concepts

Tools

Docker

Gitlab CI

Grafana

Prometheus

Jira

Confluence

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

Team Specific Technical Skills

• 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.