At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to develop and maintain automated test frameworks using Python and AWS.
- Company: Dynamic tech company in Farnborough, focused on secure solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, flexible onsite work, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with potential for career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring the security and reliability of cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Experience in Python automation, AWS testing, and security testing required.
The predicted salary is between 51485 - 62926 £ per year.
I am currently looking for Test Automation Engineers for a contract role in Farnborough (3-4 days onsite a week).
Location: Farnborough 3-4 days a week on site.
Hours: 37.5 per week
Duration of contract: 4-6 months
Rate: Negotiable depending on experience
IR35: Inside
Clearance Required: DV - suitable candidates must have current, transferrable DV Clearance
Top 3:
- Python Test Automation experience
- AWS Testing Experience
- Security Testing experience
The company are seeking a mid level Test Automation Engineer to join its UK team in the Farnborough area on an initial four-month contractor engagement. The role will support the delivery of secure, reliable technical solutions through a combination of manual testing, Python-based test automation, AWS, database and security-testing expertise. The successful contractor will be a seasoned technical individual contributor who is fully proficient in applying testing principles, theories and concepts, can become productive quickly, and can work independently on technically difficult or unclear problems within a time-bound assignment.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Define, develop, execute and maintain manual and automated test approaches across functional, integration, system and regression testing.
- Design and implement scalable Python test automation frameworks, reusable libraries and supporting utilities.
- Test AWS-hosted services and applications, including interfaces, data flows, permissions, logging and operational behaviour.
- Plan and perform security testing against applicable CIS Security Controls and Safeguards, confirming that required controls are implemented, configured correctly and supported by suitable evidence.
- Assess security controls across AWS, applications, databases and supporting infrastructure, including secure configuration, identity and access management, vulnerability management, audit logging, data protection, network monitoring and application security.
- Document security test plans, control-to-test traceability, findings, evidence, residual risks and remediation recommendations, and verify corrective actions through retesting.
- Validate relational and/or non-relational databases through data interrogation, reconciliation, integrity checks and backend testing.
- Analyse requirements, designs and acceptance criteria to determine test coverage, traceability and risk-based priorities.
- Investigate failures, identify root causes, record high-quality defects and collaborate with engineering teams through resolution and retest.
- Produce clear test plans, test cases, automation assets, evidence, results and completion reports.
- Support estimation, planning, technical reviews and continuous improvement of test practices, tooling and quality controls.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching and constructive review to less experienced technical staff.
- Communicate technical findings, risks and recommendations to internal stakeholders, project leaders and client team members.
What We Are Looking For:
- Strong practical experience of manual testing, including test analysis, design, execution, defect management and reporting.
- Proven experience creating and maintaining automated tests using Python.
- Hands-on experience testing applications or services hosted in AWS.
- Practical security testing experience focused on assessing CIS Security Controls and Safeguards, including the ability to translate control requirements into measurable test cases and evidence-based findings.
- Experience testing security controls within cloud and hybrid environments, with particular attention to secure configuration, access control, logging, vulnerability management, data protection and application security.
- Strong database testing skills, including the use of SQL for data validation and fault investigation.
- Ability to develop solutions to difficult or unclear technical testing problems through deep analysis and collaboration with internal experts.
- Deep understanding of software testing principles, test techniques, quality risks and the software development lifecycle.
- Broad awareness of related engineering disciplines, including software development, infrastructure, security and deployment practices.
- Experience working independently and taking ownership of complete testing projects or processes within a technical area.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence project and team leaders on test design, process and technical approach.
Desirable Skills:
- Experience integrating automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Experience using Selenium for browser-based test automation.
- Proficiency with Git-based version control, branching, pull requests and peer review.
- Experience with API testing, test doubles, service virtualisation or performance testing.
- Familiarity with containerised environments and infrastructure-as-code delivery practices.
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
Level Requirements:
- Operate as a seasoned technical individual contributor, fully proficient in applying technical principles, theories and concepts within the testing discipline.
- Work independently to deliver objectives that have a significant impact on operational results or project deliverables.
- Take responsibility for entire projects or processes within the assigned technical testing area.
- Develop solutions to technical issues that are difficult, unclear and dependent on deep technical knowledge.
- Collaborate with internal experts and consider the impact of testing solutions on the end product or service.
- Communicate effectively with internal and client project team members.
- Influence project and team leaders regarding solution design, processes and technical approaches.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of the technical testing domain and a broad understanding of related specialist areas.
- Coach and review the work of lower-level technical staff where required.
If this role is of interest, please send an updated CV to (url removed) and I will call you to discuss further.
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