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# QA Tester

- **Company:** Methods
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Application Lifecycle Management, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Software Bug Management, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Code Coverage, Continuous Integration, Data Migration, DevOps, Github, Load Testing, Cisco Nexus Switches, Open Source Technology, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Systems Development Life Cycle, Selenium, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Performance Testing, Postman, Istio, Grafana, ReadyAPI, Gitlab, SC Clearance, Specflow, Containerization, Kubernetes, Playwright, Splunk, Selenium Webdriver, Devsecops, Jenkins, Servicenow, Artifactory, Microservices
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://apply.workable.com/methods/j/4480FD7A94

## About the Role

* 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.

 * Strong Java coding experience and knowledge of automated test frameworks e.g. Serenity, RestAssured

 * Strong experience using API testing tools, ideally Postman
 * Strong experience with Selenium, C# specFlow, BDD framework

 * Experience with integrating testing as part of the Secure-SDLC and CI/CD tooling in an DevSecOps environment using: GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab SaaS, Artifactory, Nexus etc.

 * 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/Confluence, ALM).

 * Good awareness of Application Lifecycle Management and IT Service Management using tools such as Splunk, Grafana and ServiceNow.

 * Must be eligible for SC Clearance

Desirable Skills & Experience:

 * Experience of using JavaScript Automation Frameworks such as WebdriverIO, Playwright

 * Experience of running stress/load testing using K6 and Grafana or other/similar open-source tools.

 * Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Portal

 * ISEB Certification in Software Testing

Desirable Requirements:

 * Experience with data migration projects

 * Experience working in the Public Sector

## Description

As a QA Engineer you will be expected to work at one of our clients and perform high quality functional and 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. You will be proactive and always look for ways to improve the automated tests to make them more efficient.

You can work closely with developers, devops engineers and business stakeholders (operations, incident management and product management) to understand the positive and negative impact software can have on end users and provide accurate updates on the progress and outcomes of testing.

Responsibilities:

 * Perform functional and non-functional (performance, accessibility, security, operational/user acceptance) testing, working within an Agile team.

 * Develop and maintain test automation solutions and scripts, promoting best practices within the development team

 * Develop and maintain performance/load/stress testing solutions using standard or open-source tools

 * Resolve problems and blockers as they occur and help to unlock the progress of testing

 * Collaborate, communicate & work effectively with geographically distributed cross-functional teams

 * Defect Management, ensuring that defects are effectively triaged and managed until resolution

 * Promote the value of solid testing practices to all delivery stakeholders and influence adoption of best practice