{"id":3255237,"url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-automation-engineer-tester","title":"Automation Engineer / Tester","company":{"id":2073484,"name":"Matchtech","domain":"matchtech.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/matchtech-com","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":true,"employer_type":"agency","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Schema","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":21,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":56,"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"}},"role":"QA","role_family":"QA","seniority":null,"employment_type":"contractor","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":900,"max":900,"currency":"GBP","period":"day","gross":null,"usd_annual":301000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T23:09:54Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Senior QA Automation Engineer\nLong-Term Contract | London | Active DV Required\nI'm working with a specialist organisation delivering cutting-edge solutions across the National Security and Defence sector, seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join a long-term programme based onsite in London.\nThis is an opportunity to work on highly secure, mission-critical systems alongside software engineers, test specialists and technical delivery teams.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nDesign and develop automated test frameworks and scripts\nImprove and maintain automated testing capability\nInvestigate defects and perform root cause analysis\nWork closely with developers and test analysts\nDrive testing best practice and automation standards\nContribute to continuous improvement initiatives\nSupport delivery of secure, high-assurance systems\nRequired Experience\nActive DV Clearance (MOD DV accepted)\nProven Test Automation Engineering experience\nStrong Python development skills\nPowerShell scripting\nC# and/or Java\nTest framework development and maintenance\nAutomated functional and integration testing\nISTQB certification or relevant degree\nExperience within secure, defence or government environments\nWhat's On Offer\nLong-term contract engagement\nCompetitive day rate\nHigh-profile National Security programme\nComplex and technically challenging work\nLong-term project stability\nOpportunity to work alongside highly skilled engineers\nCall Claire Thomas - \n07502 298059","description_format":"text","description_chars":1470,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-26T01:30:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":54,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.542,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":56,"reasons":["conf:0","agency","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":301000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-automation-engineer-tester","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/matchtech-automation-engineer-tester.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T01:55:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2861,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2073484},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2073484"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmatchtech-automation-engineer-tester"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmatchtech-automation-engineer-tester"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmatchtech-automation-engineer-tester"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/matchtech-automation-engineer-tester\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmatchtech-automation-engineer-tester"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3255237}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"matchtech.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3255237},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}