QA Engineer

Job Title: QA Engineer

Role Type: Contract

Length: 6 Months initial

Location: UK wide (Bi-monthly - sites may vary)

Our client is looking for an experienced QA Engineer to build robust automated testing solutions for cloud-native applications and microservices. You'll work closely with development teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and support reliable, secure releases.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and suites.
Create functional, regression, integration, API and end-to-end tests.
Test AWS-hosted, cloud-native applications and distributed microservices.
Embed quality across the SDLC, CI/CD pipelines and shift-left practices.
Analyse results, manage defects and support root cause analysis.
Help ensure solutions meet functional, performance, security and other non-functional requirements.Essential Skills & Experience:

Strong QA and test automation experience using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Java and BDD.
Hands-on experience testing RESTful APIs and microservices.
Good knowledge of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integration.
Experience working in AWS environments and Agile delivery teams.
Strong troubleshooting and defect management skills.
Experience delivering Government or Public Sector programmes.Desirable:

AWS certification and experience with performance testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, security or accessibility testing, and GDS-aligned delivery would be advantageous.

If this sounds like an ideal opportunity for you, apply now and provide an up to date CV for consideration
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed