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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Non Functional Test QA - **Company:** Methods Business - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £61,833.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Application Lifecycle Management, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Software Bug Management, Cloud Engineering, Code Coverage, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Event-Driven Programming, Github, JSON, Apache JMeter, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Open Source Technology, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Systems Development Life Cycle, Selenium, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Performance Testing, Postman, Istio, Grafana, ReadyAPI, SC Clearance, Containerization, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Cucumber (Software), Splunk, Devsecops, Jenkins, Servicenow, Artifactory, Microservices - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5803462426 ## About the Role We are recruiting for a Non Functional Test QA on a permanent basis. You will be an outcome focused individual, with a passion for both delivering user-centred digital services in the public sector, and supporting other Delivery Managers in their career progression through avenues like our established Community of Practice. You will be open to share your feedback and have a desire to learn / improve as part of your own development., · Experience with devising TDD/BDD or Acceptance Test Driven Development strategies using a range of tools/frameworks, ensuring test coverage and execution is in line with the project, programme or portfolio Test Strategy and Business Risk Objectives[AM1] . · Strong Java coding experience and knowledge of automated test frameworks e.g. Serenity, RestAssured, JMeter, Python · Strong experience using API testing tools, ideally Postman · Experience with integrating testing as part of the Secure-SDLC and CI/CD tooling in an DevSecOps environment using: GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory · Experience with Selenium, Axe, Jenkins, Cucumber, Serenity, Zephyr · Experience with testing citizen facing services · Experience with testing highly scalable, distributed, cloud native (PaaS/FaaS) and microservice orientated architecture applications leveraging containerisation, container orchestration, service mesh, messaging, proxies, API, persistent and ephemeral storage etc. · Experience using formal Test Management tools, Jira (Zephyr), Confluence, ALM · Experience of Java testing, Azure Kuberneties, Angular, Restful APIs, JSON, Postgres, Hiberante · Good awareness of Application Lifecycle Management and IT Service Management using tools such as Splunk, Grafana and ServiceNow. · Must be eligible for SC Clearance The role will be based remotely, but there may be a need for some UK travel requiring you to stay away from home [AM1]@David Graham do the test engineers write unit tests? ## Description · As an NFT QA you will be expected to work at one of our clients and perform high quality non-functional testing on complex systems. You must be familiar with Agile practices and tools and able to work in fast paced CI/CD environment. 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