QA Engineer (Security)

TL;DR

QA Engineer (Security): Designing and executing testing activities for mission-critical services and complex technology environments with an accent on quality assurance, integration testing, and service reliability. Focus on investigating defects, supporting automation, assessing operational risks, and validating solutions that must meet demanding standards before reaching UK customers and users.

Location: UK offices in Cheltenham, Ipswich, London, and Manchester. Applicants must typically be sole British citizens who have lived continuously in the UK for the previous 10 years and are eligible and willing to obtain and maintain UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.

Company

hirify.global is a UK telecommunications and technology company delivering services and mission-critical technology solutions across the United Kingdom.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and execute testing activities across products, platforms, and services.
• Create and maintain test environments, test cases, test data, and quality assurance processes.
• Identify, investigate, document, and help resolve defects with engineering and delivery teams.
• Perform integration, regression, functional, and non-functional testing throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Support test automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assess quality and service-performance risks and communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience in software or system integration testing, quality engineering, or assurance environments.
• Understanding of testing principles, methodologies, and quality assurance practices.
• Experience managing defects through to resolution and analysing technical issues.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate findings clearly.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain DV security clearance, with UK citizenship and residency requirements typically applying.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting automated testing approaches.
• Exposure to complex, large-scale, or mission-critical technology environments.
• Knowledge of integration and end-to-end testing practices.
• Experience with process improvement, secure delivery, or regulated environments.
• Experience mentoring colleagues or supporting capability development.

Culture & Benefits

• Structured technical progression pathway and industry-recognised training.
• Competitive DV market-aligned salary and a tiered DV allowance of up to £5,000 per year.
• 10% on-target bonus and BT pension contributions.
• Equal family leave, enhanced women’s health support, and paid carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits including healthcare, additional annual leave, cycle-to-work, and season-ticket loan options.
• Annual leave, private virtual GP access, retail discounts, discounted broadband and mobile packages, and enhanced life assurance.