At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and execute testing strategies for secure, mission-critical digital solutions.
- Company: Join a leading tech firm focused on quality and security in regulated environments.
- Benefits: Competitive salary based on experience and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
- Why this job: Tackle complex challenges and ensure robust, secure infrastructure for impactful projects.
- Qualifications: Experience in QA testing and a passion for solving technical problems.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Location: Taunton, Somerset (On-site)
Clearance: Must hold SC Clearance
Salary: Dependent on Experience
To Apply: Email
Our client is looking for a QA Test Infrastructure Engineer to join a team delivering secure, mission-critical digital solutions within highly regulated environments. This is an opportunity to work on complex technical challenges where quality, security, and reliability are fundamental to success. You'll play a key role in ensuring infrastructure and platforms are thoroughly tested and production-ready, working alongside engineers, architects, and delivery specialists to support the delivery of secure, high-performing systems.
The Role
As a QA Test Infrastructure Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing and executing infrastructure testing strategies across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. You'll help ensure environments are robust, secure, and ready for deployment by validating infrastructure, automation, and platform services throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring the quality of infrastructure and platforms as solutions move from proof of concept into production.
- Analysing infrastructure architectures and requirements to identify test conditions, risks, and traceability.
- Developing infrastructure-focused test strategies and plans, including environments, tooling, automation, governance, and entry/exit criteria.
- Provisioning, validating, and maintaining test environments alongside DevSecOps and engineering teams.
- Designing and executing functional, integration, regression, resilience, non-functional, and security-focused infrastructure tests.
- Validating Infrastructure as Code (IaC), operating systems, networking, cloud platforms, and containerised environments.
- Supporting Secure-by-Design principles and contributing to security assurance, accreditation, and compliance activities.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to continuously improve testing practices and delivery quality.
About You
Our client is looking for someone who enjoys solving technical problems, takes ownership of their work, and thrives in collaborative engineering environments.
QA Test Infrastructure Engineer - SC Cleared employer: NSD
Join our dynamic technology team in Gloucester, where we foster a collaborative and supportive engineering culture. We prioritise ongoing training and professional development, ensuring that our employees grow alongside the company while working on meaningful projects with modern technologies. With a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, this role offers an excellent opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in a secure environment.
