Senior test engineer

Basics of AWS (Core AWS Services, Compute and Networking, Storage and Databases, Security and Monitoring, Deployment and Management etc.) Terraform Basics Run Infra as Code tests against Terraform Expertise in Linux User (Intermediate) Proficient in Gitlab version control Basic Programming Skills Python, Bash, PowerShell Familiarity in containerisation tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes Expertise in API Testing and automation as some of the security products have very limited or no UI functionality Understanding of Agile and DevOps practices for continuous testing and delivery Knowledge of integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab CI Standard Test Reporting (eg using Junit reports) Ability to understand requirements and analyse code repositories and design effective test cases

Team Specific Technical Skills

Account Management

Familiarity with AWS Control Tower & Account Factory for Terraform Familiarity with AWS Organizations & Organizational Unit (OU) Management Understanding of Service Control Policies (SCP) & Resource Control Policies (RCP) Basics of VPC Endpoints, Networking Basics & Proxy Management (Squid)

FinOps

Basics of FinOps Fundamentals & Best Practices Understanding of AWS CUR, Tagging and Cost Optimisation Understanding of Amazon Quick Suite (formerly Quicksight)

Observability

Basics of Operational Monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus Basics of Alerting Basics of SIEM

Identity and Trust

Understanding of active directory concepts such as domains, forests, OUs, GPOs (Group Policy Objects) Understanding of least privilege principles and RBAC Familiarity with identity federation and SSO Knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect and SAML protocols

Ingress

Basics of Core Networking concepts Basics of Cloud Networking Concepts

Account Workload

Understanding of Amazon Workspaces Basics of AMIs

CI/CD

Knowledge of Collaboration tools (Jira/Confluence) Basic knowledge of artifact management Basic understanding of code analysis and quality gates

EKS Basics of GitOps

SecPro

Knowledge of common vulnerabilities OWASP Top 10, CVE databases etc Understanding of network protocols, ports, and services Understanding of encryption algorithms AES, RSA etc Knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), SSL/ TLS certificates Basics of SIEM Basics of OS Patching

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.