About this role
Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements: Test lead / test management background with strong test governance and assurance discipline, including strategy, planning, requirements traceability, defect management, exit, and sign-offGenuine OT / ICS / SCADA exposure, ideally within utilities, energy, or another CNI/safety-critical environmentAbility to read solution designs and threat models and derive proportionate, requirements-mapped test casesStrong written communication skills, as the role produces documentation and evidence relied on for release decisionsSelf-starter comfortable engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholdersFramework literacy in IEC 62443, NIS / CAF, and NCSC guidance is desirableCertifications such as GICSP, IEC 62443, or ISTQB, with Advanced Test Manager considered welcome, are desirableDirect electricity distribution / network operator experience is desirableExperience testing network device infrastructure upgrades, including firmware, configuration, and resilience/failover, is desirable Responsibilities: Own test planning and assurance across upgrades to OT/network infrastructureWork alongside programme delivery leads and cyber security SMEs to ensure changes are proven before releaseAuthor written test plans covering scope, scheduling, resources, and success criteriaReview solution design documents and threat-modelling reports, and map them to a clear set of system requirementsLiaise with cyber security SMEs to define and document test cases that verify those requirementsCreate and maintain the supporting artefacts for test exit and sign-off, including test reporting, defect tracking, traceability, and evidenceProduce assurance artefacts that evidence the suitability and proportionality of the proposed technical solution and risk reductionSupport an OT-focused programme weighted toward logging and monitoring, physical security, and backups Technologies: FirmwareISTQBSupportNetworkSecurity More:
We are supporting a major UK electricity distribution network operator on a Cyber Resilience Programme. This is an OT-predominant test governance and assurance role focused on planning and coordinating testing for software upgrades to network device infrastructure before they reach production. The programme is centred on logging and monitoring, physical security, and backups, and the work produces the artefacts needed to evidence that the proposed solution is suitable, proportionate, and safe to deploy.
last updated 40 week of 2026