Integration and Test Engineer - DV Clearance

Integration and Test Engineer – DV Clearance | Gloucester | £55K - £70K

Our client provides mission-critical systems engineering, software development, training solutions, and complex program management for global defence & security, government, and commercial organisations. They deliver advanced innovation across Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities, undersea systems, sensors, radar systems, command and control, combat simulation, and training.

We are seeking Integration and Test Engineers (appointments can be made at Engineer or Senior Engineer level, dependent on experience) to play a pivotal role in integrating, testing and securing a range of systems and applications. You’ll be at the forefront of driving innovation and safeguarding digital infrastructures.

To apply for this role you must have been born in the UK and have current security clearance at DV level.

You’ll need to have an understanding of Windows and Linux systems and Dev Sec Ops  principles and experience of working within a multi-disciplined team. Knowledge and understanding of core software tools, methods, and frameworks to reliably integrate and deploy, integrate, and test features into environments to ensure optimum outcomes. We’re looking for candidates with hands‑on experience in infrastructure engineering, including expertise in areas such as cloud architecture, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and system performance optimization to support seamless integration and testing processes.

• Plan, develop and execute software test and integration plans, ensuring compliance with specifications, while leveraging infrastructure engineering best practices to maintain system reliability and scalability.
• Develop scripts and integrate automated testing frameworks within CI/CD pipelines and a wider ecosystem of tools, incorporating infrastructure automation to streamline deployments.
• Debug and identify defects in the whole stack, from front‑end to back‑end databases and middleware, with a focus on resolving infrastructure‑related bottlenecks and issues.
• Integration and delivery of large and complex solutions into a wider system‑of‑systems, ensuring infrastructure components are robust and interoperable.
• Deployment in Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud environments, addressing potential constraints while optimizing infrastructure performance and security.

• Must have current security clearance at DV Level and have been born in the UK. This is essential for the role.
• Experience in the field of Test and Integration.
• Ability to work within an agile environment, delivering using Scrum and sprints, utilising tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working with Agile and Dev Sec Ops  software delivery.
• Experience planning, developing and executing test plans.
• Experience in developing strategies supporting formal product sell‑off.
• Experience in automated testing in the software domain.
• Experience developing Git Lab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with commercial and open‑source automated testing frameworks.
• Experience working with Git, Atlassian suite, Jira, Confluence or similar.
• Knowledge and automation of both functional and non‑functional aspects of a system.
• Automated analysis and reporting of test results, identifying trends or anomalies over time.
• Knowledge and experience in setup and development of testing environments and Blue‑Green deployment approach.
• Experience in integration and debugging complex software systems at scale.
• Qualifications or certifications in one or more of the following: ISTQB Foundation, ISTQB Testing Specialism (Agile, Performance, Security, Manager or Analyst), ISTQI – Certified Agile Tester.

• Can support maturation of automated CI/CD software pipelines for Cloud deployments.
• Understanding of IaC and using this to deploy and integrate services on cloud.
• Hands‑on experience in using and integrating with AWS Services such as EC2, EKS, Fargate, IAM, S3, Lambda.
• Experience using the AWS SDK (Boto3) to automate integration tasks.
• Experience or understanding integrating hybrid‑cloud application deployments.
• Understanding of Cloud Trail to debug and diagnose integration issues.

• Salary in the range £55,000 - £70,000 DOE.
• 4‑day working week, or 9‑day fortnight available.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Bupa healthcare includes family and dental.
• Critical Illness cover.
• Life Assurance.
• Travel Insurance.
• Employee discounts for top high‑street shops.

Internal and External training and development.

Reimbursement for a professional membership.

Key Words:
Software Tester, QA Engineer, Test Analyst, Software Test Analyst, Test Engineer, Software Test.

This is exciting and meaningful work providing the opportunity to contribute to national security and innovation.