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Salary: £40,000 - 71,000 per year
Requirements: Minimum 5 years relevant testing experience.Proven telecom or network infrastructure testing experience.Competence using Cisco switch/router console commands.Ability to read and interpret HLD and LLD documentation.Experience with ALM-based test case management, defect management, and reporting.Strong Microsoft Office skills, with proficient Excel skills mandatory.Working knowledge of Teams and SharePoint.Excellent stakeholder management, time management, and documentation discipline.RFC 2544 test experience and network test equipment setup.Experience with StableNet or comparable network/service management toolsets.Experience in CNI or other critical infrastructure environments.Exposure to SD-WAN, cloud/security, or UC testing programmes.Test automation awareness and experience contributing to reusable test assets.ISTQB Foundation preferred.Relevant network certification, such as CCNA, desirable.Appropriate accreditation for the position as required by our standards. Responsibilities: Create test scripts from Test Plans, High-Level Designs, and Low-Level Designs for network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and firewalls.Execute test cases across the full VBTS estate, including hosting, data centre, LAN/WiFi, SD-WAN, fixed connectivity, mobility, telephony, UC & Unity, MPN & cloud, IoT, cloud & security, and service transition.Support all test phases, including Unit, System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Disaster Recovery, and Operational Acceptance Testing.Import test cases into ALM and link them to requirements, maintaining full requirements traceability.Capture and collect test execution evidence to the standard required for milestone sign-off and audit.Report test execution status, defects, and outcomes in ALM and other approved tools.Raise, track, and retest defects, working with delivery, design, and engineering teams to resolve them against project milestones.Set up and operate network test equipment, including RFC 2544 throughput, latency, and frame-loss testing.Handle fibre optic cabling and follow Data Centre operating procedures when working in data centre environments.Interpret network infrastructure designs from HLD and LLD and translate them into executable test scenarios.Use network and service management toolsets to validate service behaviour.Support test environment preparation, smoke testing, and readiness checks ahead of formal execution windows.Attend our hub locations and customer sites as required by project scope, and support the wider Test team from Newbury HQ when needed.Produce clear, accurate status inputs for daily and weekly test reporting and defect triage calls.Escalate blockers within the same working day to the Test Manager.Comply with our security policy, data handling requirements, and audit-logging obligations at all times.Contribute test assets to the reuse library and support productivity commitments through automation, reuse, and AI-assisted test design.Support knowledge transfer, onboarding of new team members, and continuity across resource transitions with no impact to the Project Test Plan. Technologies: AICloudCiscoExcelIoTISTQBSupportLANNetworkSecuritySharePointUnityWindowsGameDev More:
We are recruiting a Test Engineer for our Testing Services team. The role is hybrid and can be based near one of our hubs in London Speechmark, Newbury, Birmingham Small Heath, Manchester, or Glasgow, with occasional customer site visits as required by project scope, including, where applicable, our customer lab in Spain. Newbury HQ attendance is required to liaise with our wider Test team. This position is for an immediate start and may suit candidates with SC clearance or non-SC backgrounds, provided they are in proximity to one of the required office locations.
last updated 33 week of 2026