Test Engineer (Automation)
Test Engineer – 6 Month Contract | Swindon / Hybrid
We’re looking for an experienced Test Engineer to join a major technology programme, providing hands-on test automation, network validation and service assurance across complex deployment and migration activities.
3 days per week onsite taking ownership of automated testing and validation throughout the change lifecycle, helping ensure deployments are secure, stable and ready to progress into production.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing, developing and maintaining automated test frameworks and scripts , integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
- Performing pre-change and post-change validation across deployment and migration activities
- Acting as a pipeline gatekeeper , ensuring deployments only progress when defined validation criteria are met
- Developing and maintaining pyATS-based validation suites to verify network state, configuration and behaviour
- Conducting penetration testing and vulnerability assessments ahead of go-live
- Supporting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) across network, platform, performance and functional issues
- Producing structured test reports and evidence packs for audit, regulatory and change-governance requirements
- Working closely with automation, platform, network and security engineering teams to provide end-to-end service assurance
- Participating in migration windows and change bridges , providing live validation and monitoring during deployments
Required Skills:
This is a hands-on test engineering position, so we’re particularly interested in candidates with strong experience across:
- 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