DevOps QAT Automation Engineer / DevOps Test Engineer (SC or DV Cleared)

QAT Automation Engineer / DevOps Test Engineer

AWS | Python | CI/CD | SC / DV Cleared

We are supporting a secure government programme looking to hire a highly technical QAT Automation Engineer / DevOps Test Engineer to join a modern cloud-native software engineering team.

This is not a traditional manual testing role.

The team is operating within a serverless, event-driven AWS environment and is looking for someone who can help improve and optimise the route from developed code into live production safely, efficiently and at pace.

The successful candidate will work closely with software engineers, platform engineers and delivery teams to improve automation, testing, deployment reliability and release velocity across the wider engineering function.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated testing solutions across cloud-native applications and services
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and release processes to increase deployment speed and reliability
• Build and maintain integration and automated test frameworks within AWS environments
• Work closely with software engineers to ensure code is tested and production-ready
• Support deployment automation and environment consistency across development pipelines
• Help improve quality assurance practices across the engineering team
• Contribute towards DevOps and automation best practices
• Assist with troubleshooting deployment and integration issues within cloud environments
• Support continuous improvement around testing strategy, automation and operational resilience

Core Technical Skills

• Strong automated testing / QAT engineering experience
• Python
• AWS cloud environments
• CI/CD pipeline engineering
• Deployment automation
• Integration testing
• Test automation frameworks
• Experience working directly within software engineering teams
• Understanding of cloud-native and event-driven architectures

Highly Desirable

• Terraform
• GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins
• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• SQS / SNS
• EventBridge
• DevOps or platform engineering background
• Serverless environments
• Secure government / regulated environment experience
• SC, enhanced SC or DV clearance

Environment

The wider programme is heavily focused around:

• cloud-native software engineering,
• automation,
• AWS serverless architecture,
• CI/CD,
• AI-enabled capability,
• and modern engineering delivery practices.

The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative engineering team operating in agile sprint cycles alongside software engineers, technical leads and delivery teams.

Location / Working Pattern

• Hybrid working
• London-based team
• Majority remote with onsite collaboration for key sprint ceremonies/workshops

Clearance

Active SC, enhanced SC or DV clearance is highly desirable.

Candidates without active clearance may still be considered depending on previous government experience and eligibility.

Python | AWS | CI/CD | Terraform | DevOps | QAT | Test Automation | Automated Testing | Integration Testing | Deployment Automation | Cloud-Native Engineering | Serverless | Event-Driven Architecture | AWS Lambda | API Gateway | SQS | SNS | EventBridge | GitHub Actions | GitLab CI | Jenkins | Docker | Kubernetes | PyTest | Selenium | Cypress | TDD | BDD | Agile | Scrum | Release Automation | Platform Engineering | Software Engineering | AWS Cloud | Observability | Monitoring | SC Cleared | DV Cleared | Enhanced SC | Secure Government | Hybrid Working | London | AI-Enabled Engineering | Continuous Integration | Continuous Delivery

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