Senior QA Automation Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• SIP/VoIP call performance testing experience with SIPp, Spectra, WinSIP, and StarTrinity
• Automation experience using Python and Robot Framework
• API test automation and performance testing experience with Locust, Blazemeter/Taurus, k6, Newman, and JMeter
• GUI automation experience with TestCafe
• CI/CD test integration experience
• Basic Linux and Windows administration skills
• Expertise in operating systems such as Linux (RHEL, CentOS, OEL) and Windows Servers/Workstations, along with DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and Active Directory servers
• Experience in telecom applications such as Metaswitch Rhino, Dialogic Media Server, and Perimeta SBC, and telecom protocols such as SIP and RTP
• Good knowledge of ITIL processes and security implementation/system hardening on telecom applications and services
• SSCA SIP School Certified Associate, desirable
• Knowledge of intelligent network service protocols such as INAP, CAP, and MAP, desirable
• Experience using Metaswitch Scenario Simulator to produce test scenarios for SIP, INAP, and MAP protocols, desirable
• Experience developing scripting, e.g. Python, desirable

Responsibilities:

• We design, scale, and maintain automated test frameworks for signaling, media handling, and regression suites
• We build automation scripts to simulate high volumes of concurrent calls, load stress, and network degradation
• We embed automated test scripts into continuous integration pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub Actions
• We author highly detailed test cases covering functional, negative, security, boundary, and edge-case scenarios for multi-party call flows
• We manage and structure test suites inside test management platforms such as Jira
• We ensure full traceability between business requirements, technical specifications, and executed test cases
• We capture and evaluate packet data using Wireshark and tcpdump to diagnose audio drops, call failures, or one-way media
• We verify SIP signaling, SDP negotiations, and RTP/SRTP media stream compliance
• We continuously monitor and log critical VoIP KPIs including jitter, packet loss, latency, and Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
• We generate comprehensive test execution summaries, metric dashboards, and formal test closure reports for stakeholders
• We log clear, actionable bugs in Jira with SIP ladder diagrams, automated logs, and PCAP file captures
• We partner closely with DevOps and Network Engineers to isolate, reproduce, and resolve complex infrastructure bugs

Technologies:

• API
• Active Directory
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• GitHub
• GitLab
• ITIL
• JIRA
• Jenkins
• JMeter
• LDAP
• Linux
• Network
• Python
• RHEL
• Robot Framework
• Security
• Windows

More:

We are seeking a highly skilled VoIP Services Tester with Automation Experience to join our engineering team on a 6-month hybrid assignment inside IR35, umbrella only. In this role, we ensure the reliability, quality, and security of our real-time voice and video communication systems across our global telecom infrastructure. We focus on exceptional voice quality and system stability, with opportunities to work closely with engineering, DevOps, and network teams. If we receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

last updated 35 week of 2026