Test Automation Engineer - Security & Intelligence

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year Requirements: • We are looking for experience working within the UK Security & Intelligence, defence or other secure government environments. • We are looking for a strong background in software testing, test automation and quality engineering within Agile / DevSecOps delivery environments. • We are looking for experience designing and executing functional, integration, regression, system and acceptance testing, including defect investigation. • We are looking for hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, pytest, Cucumber or similar, including API and UI testing. • We are looking for experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks, reusable test assets and managing test data. • We are looking for familiarity with integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, alongside awareness of quality gates, release assurance and modern development practices. • We are looking for experience testing modern applications and services, including APIs, Java/JavaScript-based systems and cloud or containerised environments. • We are looking for awareness of non-functional testing approaches, including performance, resilience, accessibility and security testing. • We are looking for experience producing test evidence and assurance artefacts suitable for controlled or regulated environments. • The successful candidate must hold a current high level security clearance. Responsibilities: • We will have you define and implement effective test strategies, plans and coverage aligned to delivery objectives. • We will have you translate requirements and user stories into clear, executable test cases and scripts. • We will have you develop and maintain automated test suites using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or equivalent. • We will have you embed automated testing within CI/CD pipelines to support DevSecOps delivery. • We will have you support functional, integration, regression, system and acceptance testing activities. • We will have you identify, manage and track defects through to resolution, working closely with development teams. • We will have you provide clear test reporting, quality metrics and evidence to support release decisions. • We will have you contribute to environment readiness, test data management and controlled release processes. • We will have you collaborate within Agile teams, supporting sprint planning, refinement, reviews and retrospectives. • We will have you promote a proactive, quality-first approach, embedding testing best practices across teams. • We will have you design, develop, integrate and maintain secure software services and mission applications within classified government environments. • We will have you collaborate closely with engineers, DevOps specialists, business analysts, product stakeholders and customer representatives to deliver high-quality software and provide confidence in each release. • We will have you contribute across the full delivery lifecycle, from designing effective test strategies through to supporting release assurance in secure environments. Technologies: • API • CI/CD • Cloud • Cucumber • Cypress • DevSecOps • DevOps • Support • JUnit • Java • JavaScript • Playwright • Security • Selenium • pytest • UX UI Design • Backbone • Excel • React • Spring • Spring Boot More: We are Envitia, partnering directly with hackajob to grow our team through this role. We operate at the heart of the UKs most sensitive and high-profile operations, delivering mission-focused situational awareness and information advantage across C5ISR by fusing cyber, geospatial and kinetic data into an operational picture. Our secure-by-design solutions turn fragmented data into shared understanding and actionable insight, with small agile teams delivering fast value and measurable outcomes. We have been named one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Medium-Sized Companies to Work For in 2025. This Automation Test Engineer role is anticipated to require up to 80% onsite working at client locations in Cheltenham, London or Manchester, depending on project requirements. We offer 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off, the ability to buy and sell 5 days of holiday, private healthcare, training and skills development, fitness reimbursement, life assurance, pension options, Perkbox discounts, internal reward schemes, and community engagement and volunteer opportunities. We are committed to inclusion, diversity, accessibility and work-life balance, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. last updated 39 week of 2026