QA Engineer

Job Title: QA Engineer Role Type: Contract Length: 6 Months initial Location: UK wide (Bi-monthly - sites may vary) Our client is looking for an experienced QA Engineer 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.<br />Create functional, regression, integration, API and end-to-end tests.<br />Test AWS-hosted, cloud-native applications and distributed microservices.<br />Embed quality across the SDLC, CI/CD pipelines and shift-left practices.<br />Analyse results, manage defects and support root cause analysis.<br />Help ensure solutions meet functional, performance, security and other non-functional requirements.Essential Skills &amp; Experience: Strong QA and test automation experience using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Java and BDD.<br />Hands-on experience testing RESTful APIs and microservices.<br />Good knowledge of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integration.<br />Experience working in AWS environments and Agile delivery teams.<br />Strong troubleshooting and defect management skills.<br />Experience delivering Government or Public Sector programmes.Desirable: AWS certification and experience with performance testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, security or accessibility testing, and GDS-aligned delivery would be advantageous. If this sounds like an ideal opportunity for you, apply now and provide an up to date CV for consideration