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Quality Assurance Engineer
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Quality Assurance Engineer
Quality Assurance Engineer
6-month contract | Remote Working (UK-based) | Outside IR35 | Daily Rate: £350 to £375
The Opportunity
We are supporting a confidential programme for a major central government project (Government Digital Services) and are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to join a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team.
You’ll be developing modern, cloud-based data platforms and user-facing digital services. This role suits a QA professional with expertise in testing:
- Data-driven systems
- End-to-end data pipelines
- Applications consuming/comparing complex datasets
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Engineers, Developers, and Business Analysts.
- Ensure data accuracy, integration reliability, and high-quality trusted information for end users.
- Work with cloud-based data platforms, REST APIs, and geospatial datasets.
Successful candidates should be Agile-minded, capable of working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and eager to champion data quality and quality assurance.
Skills and Experience
Required:
- Proven commercial experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer, Test Engineer, or Software QA Engineer.
- Strong experience with data-driven applications/platform testing (ingestion, transformation, and validation of end-to-end data flows).
- Cloud experience (preferably Azure) and knowledge of:
- REST API validation.
- Integrating technical services.
- Analytical aptitude to troubleshoot complex technical issues and data anomalies.
- Agile methodology expertise and version control/CI/CD familiarity.
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Desirable:
- Experience with Databricks or similar cloud data platforms.
- Testing/working with geospatial datasets or GIS-based applications (e.g., GeoPackage, GeoTIFF formats).
- Familiarity with structured/semi-structured data formats (e.g., JSON, CSV).
- Public sector digital transformation background, especially within Government Digital Service (GDS) standards.
- Prior work in regulated environments.
Role and Responsibilities
- Define test scenarios based on business requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Design and maintain manual/automated test scripts in Jira.
- Validate end-to-end data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, and delivery).
- Execute functional/integration testing (APIs, data platforms, front-end).
- Verify data quality/integrity from both technical and business user perspectives.
- Perform risk-based testing focusing on critical datasets and integrations.
- Manage defects with clear documentation (reproduction steps, impact assessments, evidence).
- Conduct regression testing across Agile sprints.
- Provide test completion reports and contribute to quality/delivery metrics.
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Collaboration:
- Participate in sprints, stand-ups, retrospectives, and planning sessions.
- Champion quality assurance through the entire software development lifecycle.
Security Note:
Basic security clearance (approx. 2-week lead time) will be required pre-assignment.
Applications & Contacts
Inquire about this confidential remote GDS-focused Quality Assurance Engineer (6-month contract) by:
- Call Edward Laing on 07436 071 872.
- Email a CV or online profile to edward@isr.uk.com.
Applications handled in strict confidentiality.
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