QA Engineer (AWS, Java, Selenium, Cucumber, Microservices)

Job Title: QA Engineer

Role Type: Contract

Length: 6 Months initial (potential long-term)

Location: Primarily remote working with some travel to UK wide sites

Rate: To £380 Per Day - Inside IR35 via Umbrella

Security Clearance: Role will require BPSS screening (candidates must be UK residents with full right to work without restrictions)

Our government client is looking for an experienced, UK based QA Engineer who has operated in a AWS environment, 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

Auto testing, Selenium, Cucumber, Microservices

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 requirementsEssential Skills & Experience

Strong QA and test automation experience using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Java and BDD

Auto testing

AWS Infrastructure knowledge and experience working in AWS environments and Agile delivery teams

Hands-on experience testing RESTful APIs and Microservices

Good knowledge of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integration

Strong troubleshooting and defect management skills

Experience with performance testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, security or accessibility testing, and GDS-aligned delivery

AWS certification

Experience delivering Government or Public Sector programmes

Able to innovate - think on their feet - a self starter

If your profile demonstrates strong and recent experience in the above areas - please submit your application to Jackie Dean at TXP for consideration