Essential Skills and Experience:

• SC Clearance - Candidates must hold this or be eligible to achieve this prior to starting the role.
• Must be a very experienced engineer, fully versed in test methodologies for their field, able to work within a team made up of different engineering disciplines effectively and collaboratively
• Must have automation testing experience utilising one or more of the following:
• Python
• C#
• Gherkin
• Cucumber
• Must have experience of working within a DevOps environment
• Must be familiar with test, integration, verification and validation methods for software and hardware product development
• Must be highly self motivated, articulate, with good verbal and written communications skills
• Must have a good understanding of requirements capture, and of work package definition and estimation

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience working in Agile or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) teams
• Experience of agile/DevOps tools such as Jira, Confluence and Git
• CCNA standard experience and working knowledge of network configuration and operation
• Working knowledge of some or all of the following:
• Cryptographic Key Management and Distribution Systems
• Cryptographic Devices
• Secure Communications Systems
• Secure Communications Network Devices
• Windows hosted software applications
• Embedded software applications
• CE approval of equipment
• TCP/IP network configuration and test
• Integration/test of database systems (e.g. Oracle/SQL)
• Test script/software development (Windows and Unix environments)
• Black box software testing
• EMC, Safety, Environmental, TEMPEST qualification testing
• Experience of product V&V to achieve UK approved cryptographic/TEMPEST standards