QA Engineer – Cyber Security Products
Location: Newbury, Berkshire (hybrid – most staff work remotely)
Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:30
Are you an experienced QA Engineer looking for your next role in a small, agile team working on cutting-edge cyber security products? Do you enjoy understanding how systems behave in real-world environments, challenging assumptions, and finding opportunities to improve quality before customers encounter issues? We are looking for someone with a proven track record of testing SaaS products, with strong attention to detail, quality and user experience.
You will be responsible for ensuring products meet the high standards expected by our customers through structured testing, effective defect reporting, and continuous improvement of our QA processes. This includes hands-on system and functional testing, oversight of automated testing, and close collaboration with development, product and support teams.
This role is a key contributor to our software products and will have significant impact by ensuring reliability, security and scalability throughout the product lifecycle. You bring experience testing software in networked environments, an interest in cyber security, and a mindset that enjoys exploring edge cases, uncovering risks, and improving the overall customer experience.
Personal requirements
We’re looking for someone who is:
- collaborative, trustworthy and guided by integrity
- organised, systematic and thorough in their approach
- a natural problem solver who enjoys technical challenges
- proactive in learning new skills and improving processes
- confident challenging assumptions in a constructive manner
- able to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- pragmatic, balancing quality, risk and delivery objectives
- someone who continually asks “what if?”, “how could this fail?” and “how can we make this more secure?”
Key skills
Essential
- Experience testing SaaS software products
- Strong system, functional and regression testing skills
- Knowledge of networking protocols, analytics and packet tracing
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Familiarity with automated testing and test automation programmes
- Ability to work across Windows, Linux and macOS environments
- Python and/or Bash scripting skills
- Clear defect reporting, stakeholder management and communication skills
Desirable
- Experience testing cyber security products
- Knowledge of security testing techniques and secure software principles
- Experience with API, integration and performance testing
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and quality gates
- Experience with cloud-hosted SaaS platforms
- Exposure to vulnerability assessment or penetration testing
- Knowledge of Rust or willingness to learn
- ISTQB certification or equivalent QA qualification
Daily activities include
- Delivering testing outputs described by tickets, stories and release plans
- Executing system, functional and regression testing
- Identifying, documenting and validating defects
- Contributing to automated testing where appropriate
- Collaborating with developers and stakeholders to improve product quality
- Participating in relevant Agile ceremonies
Working pattern
The role is full time. Normal working hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:30, with a 1-hour lunch. The role is based in our Newbury office, although most staff work remotely; you will be able and willing to travel to the office as needed. You will have opportunities to learn and develop a long-term and rewarding career while working with a great team.
Benefits include
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- Internal and external training opportunities
- 25 days holiday per year
- Contributory pension
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Paid volunteer days
- The chance to be part of an exciting, growing company with a fantastic team
How to apply
Please send your CV and a short cover letter to [email protected]. For more details, email us or call 01635 881 881.