Role & Seniority
- Test Engineer, Cloud & Data Platform (Lakehouse)
- 3–5+ years experience (quality-focused QA/platform engineering)
Stack/Tools
- Terraform (IaC testing, unit tests, state management) — Advanced
- GitLab CI/CD (pipeline testing, matrix jobs, artefacts) — Advanced
- AWS: S3, IAM, Glue, Lake Formation, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Lambda — Intermediate–Advanced
- Security scanning: Checkov, tfsec — Intermediate
- Data platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Apache Iceberg — Intermediate
- Python (test automation/utilities) — Intermediate
- SRE practices: SLIs/SLOs, chaos/performance testing — Intermediate
Top 3 Responsibilities
- Create and maintain automated tests for cloud infrastructure and IaC (Terraform/CI integration).
- Validate CI/CD pipelines in GitLab (e.g., matrix execution, artefact checks).
- Perform data platform and governance/compliance testing (encryption, tagging, data residency, policy controls).
Must-have Skills
- 2+ years testing cloud infrastructure with Terraform (or CloudFormation).
- Hands-on CI/CD testing experience with GitLab (or equivalent).
- Practical Python scripting for automation.
- Knowledge of AWS data services and lakehouse components.
- Ability to test security and compliance controls.
Nice-to-haves
- AWS certification
- Experience in financial services/regulatory environments

Full Description

Test Engineer, Cloud & Data Platform (Lakehouse)

Working: Hybrid (2 days from office)

Office Location: London, UK

Core Technical Skills

Area	Level
Terraform (IaC testing, unit tests, state management)	Advanced
GitLab CI/CD (pipeline testing, matrix jobs, artefacts)	Advanced
AWS data services (S3, IAM, Glue, Lake Formation, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Lambda)	Intermediate–Advanced
Security scanning tools (Checkov, tfsec)	Intermediate
Data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Apache Iceberg)	Intermediate
Python (test automation, pipeline utilities)	Intermediate
SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, chaos engineering, performance testing)	Intermediate
Compliance testing (encryption, tagging, data residency)	Intermediate

Required Experience
3–5+ years in software testing, QA engineering, or platform engineering with a quality focus
2+ years testing cloud infrastructure and IaC (AWS + Terraform or CloudFormation)
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline testing (GitLab CI or equivalent)
Familiarity with data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, or AWS Glue)
Python scripting for test automation and utilities
Experience with compliance and governance requirements in regulated industries

**Preferred: **

AWS certification (any level)
Experience in financial services or regulated environments
Familiarity with SRE practices (error budgets, blameless postmortems)
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Salary: 225 - 250 GBP Per day