Senior Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Test Design & Execution
• Analyse business requirements, user stories, and technical specifications to identify test conditions and create effective test cases.
• Design and execute functional, regression, integration, smoke, and UAT test suites.
• Perform both manual and automated testing activities across multiple applications and environments.
• Record test outcomes with detailed evidence, expected vs actual results, and defect documentation.
• Manage test data setup and environment configurations for each testing cycle.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, execution results, and sign-off activities.
• Support testing across DEV, TEST, UAT, TRN, and PROD environments.
• Test Automation
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks using tools such as Cypress, Selenium, and BDD frameworks.
• Expand and optimise automated regression test coverage across enterprise applications and platforms.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tooling.
• Maintain BrowserStack configurations for cross-browser and cross-device testing.
• Leverage AI-assisted testing approaches to improve quality outcomes and reduce manual effort.
• Non-Functional & Security Testing
• Design and execute performance and scalability tests using tools such as JMeter or NeoLoad.
• Conduct API testing using Postman, Karate, and REST/JSON/XML tooling.
• Support security-focused testing activities aligned to customer security and compliance standards.
• Validate identity and authentication workflows including SSO, MFA, SCIM provisioning, and access management controls.
• Support penetration testing activities and remediation validation where required.
• Identity & Integration Testing
• Test Identity Platform integrations including Okta SSO applications, Adaptive MFA policies, SCIM adaptors, and provisioning flows.
• Validate integrations across AWS services, APIs, and enterprise platforms.
• Test RBAC and ABAC access control models across integrated applications.
• Support SIT, UAT, SVT, and production validation activities for releases and platform changes.
• Participate in after-hours production verification testing where required.
• Defect Management & Reporting
• Log, triage, prioritise, and manage defects using Jira.
• Collaborate closely with developers and engineers to investigate issues and validate fixes.
• Contribute to sprint reporting, defect dashboards, and quality metrics.
• Execute regression testing following deployments and escalate risks or failures appropriately.
• Continuous Improvement
• Maintain version control for test scripts, datasets, and testing artefacts using GitHub.
• Contribute to improvements in testing standards, frameworks, tooling, and delivery practices.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies including planning, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and showcases.
• Support knowledge sharing, mentoring, and collaborative engineering practices across teams.

Requirements

• Essential Skills & Experience
• 5+ years' experience in a Test Engineer, Test Analyst, or Quality Engineering role within enterprise or cloud environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Cypress and/or Selenium.
• Experience with BDD frameworks including Behave, pytest-bdd, or similar.
• Solid API testing experience using Postman, Karate, or equivalent tools.
• Working knowledge of AWS services relevant to testing, including Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and SQS.
• Understanding of Identity & Access Management concepts including SSO, MFA, SCIM, SAML, and OIDC.
• Experience using Jira for defect management, sprint tracking, and test coordination.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Desirable
• Experience testing Okta configurations and identity integrations.
• Exposure to Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, TeamCity, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with non-functional testing tools such as NeoLoad or JMeter.
• Understanding of Zero Trust principles and RBAC/ABAC access models.
• ISTQB certification (Foundation or Advanced).
• Experience working in government, emergency services, or highly regulated environments.
• Life at Versent
• We're a diverse team of motivated humans who think outside the box and strive to deliver what others

Benefits

Additional Information

As a Senior Test Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, executing, and automating testing activities across complex enterprise platforms and cloud-native environments. You will work closely with engineers, consultants, developers, product owners, and customer stakeholders to ensure quality is embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle. This role combines strong hands-on testing capability with automation engineering, non-functional testing, defect management, and continuous improvement initiatives. You'll thrive in this role if you enjoy solving complex problems, improving engineering practices, and working in highly collaborative Agile delivery environments.

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