QA Test Infrastructure Engineer - DV Required

QA TEST INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER - MOD DV CLEARED

NEW OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE

I'm currently working with a specialist organisation within the Defence and National Security sector who are looking for an experienced QA Test Infrastructure Engineer to join a highly secure technical environment in Somerset.

Location: Somerset
Working Pattern: Fully on site, 5 days per week
Clearance: Active UK MOD DV
Sector: Defence and National Security

THE ROLE

As a QA Test Infrastructure Engineer, you'll work across complex infrastructure and testing challenges, helping to deliver secure and reliable technology with genuine operational impact.

You'll be responsible for developing test strategies, provisioning and validating physical, virtual and cloud-based environments, and delivering functional, integration, regression, resilience and non-functional testing.

You'll work closely with engineers, architects and DevSecOps teams to identify technical and security risks and integrate automated infrastructure validation into CI/CD pipelines.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Active UK MOD DV Clearance
Strong experience in QA, test infrastructure or infrastructure testing
Strong understanding of networking, Linux/Unix and infrastructure troubleshooting
Experience with Terraform, Ansible and Kubernetes
Experience testing Infrastructure as Code and containerised environments
Familiarity with AWS, Azure or GCP
Experience with virtualisation technologies
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions
Understanding of Secure-by-Design, IAM, least privilege and network segmentation
Experience with functional, integration, regression, resilience and non-functional testing
Experience working within Defence, National Security or similarly regulated environments
Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills

This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical technology supporting UK Defence and National Security, within an experienced technical team focused on infrastructure, cloud, automation and security.