Test Engineer (Automation)

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Test automation and validation engineering
• pyATS and network validation/testing
• CI/CD pipelines and pipeline-integrated assurance
• Pre- and post-change testing
• ThousandEyes or similar service/performance monitoring platforms
• Network and platform troubleshooting / RCA
• Security testing, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment
• Testing within controlled, regulated or compliance-focused environments

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Perform pre-change and post-change validation across deployment and migration activities
• Act as a pipeline gatekeeper, ensuring deployments only progress when defined validation criteria are met
• Develop and maintain pyATS-based validation suites to verify network state, configuration and behaviour
• Conduct penetration testing and vulnerability assessments ahead of go-live
• Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) across network, platform, performance and functional issues
• Produce structured test reports and evidence packs for audit, regulatory and change-governance requirements
• Work closely with automation, platform, network and security engineering teams to provide end-to-end service assurance
• Participate in migration windows and change bridges, providing live validation and monitoring during deployments

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Support
• Network
• Security
• Windows

More:

We are hiring an experienced Test Engineer for a 6-month contract in Swindon with a hybrid working model, requiring 3 days per week onsite. You will join a major technology programme and provide hands-on test automation, network validation and service assurance across complex deployment and migration activities. This role focuses on helping ensure deployments are secure, stable and ready to progress into production, while working closely with automation, platform, network and security engineering teams.

last updated 38 week of 2026