this is a real opportunity to showcase your ability as a performance expert and make your mark at nationally known company. You will be the leader in Non-Functional Testing in the Business Systems area being able to influence stakeholders to adopt the of best NFR practice. This will require you to: - Be fully responsible for end to end … NFR testing including Performance and OperationalAcceptance Testing. - Be an expert in the creation of Performance Models for large Telco systems. - Be an expert in the performance testing of large Telco systems. - Have wide experience of OperationalAcceptance Testing. - Take full responsibility for the prevention of production incidents with regard to non functional requirements … Strategy across all test levels under your management - Work closely with the test managers across other technical areas to ensure there is a joined up and end to end testing for programmes - Identify and establish the correct SDLC quality metrics for NFR testing required by the test function and create requirements that are clear for the tools team More ❯
scale Modernisation Programme. The role requires deep expertise in modern quality engineering practices, with the ability to guide delivery teams, implement QA standards, and ensure compliance with the full testing lifecycle. Technology Environment Cloud & Platform: HCP (Kubernetes-based) on AWS, with potential migration to Azure Monitoring: Kibana, Grafana, Splunk, PagerDuty (transitioning to Dynatrace) CI/CD: GitLab pipelines Databases … Oracle RDS, SQL, MongoDB (limited use) Languages & Frameworks: Java 21, Spring Boot/Spring Batch Testing & Automation: Playwright, WireMock, OWASP ZAP (SAST, DAST, SCA), Gatling Key Responsibilities Define and implement QA principles within the workstream, aligned with programme strategy Collaborate with stakeholders to establish automation patterns and repeatable testing approaches Direct delivery teams to adopt QA practices and … high-quality test implementation Manage QA activities across teams, including reporting progress, risks, and compliance Produce project-level QA deliverables (test plans, reviews, completion reports) Lead risk mitigation for testing and provide coaching to delivery teams Work closely with Programme QA Lead, Service QA Leads, and Automation Lead to ensure consistent quality Testing Responsibilities Developer-Level TestingMore ❯
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Hybrid/Remote Options
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Your New Company and Role Join a major programme in Edinburgh, working on a multi-year transformation initiative focused on Operational Technology (OT) systems. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving the performance and resilience of business-critical OT applications and infrastructure. As an Operational Technology Engineer/Architect/SME, you'll … improvements, acting as a design authority for OT infrastructure development, and mentoring technical engineers. You'll work closely with application suppliers, IT teams, and stakeholders to ensure robust architecture, operationalacceptance, and strategic asset management planning. This is a 9-month initial contract with potential extensions, offering £900 per day (Inside IR35). The role is predominantly home … highly desirable/essential). Experience with ADMS systems, SCADA, AVEVA PI, and ODMS. Proven ability to act as a design authority for OT infrastructure changes. Experience in authorising operationalacceptancetesting and upgrades. Ability to mentor technical engineers and develop robust support and project engineering capabilities. Strong fault analysis and problem-solving skills in OT environments. More ❯
Edinburgh, Marchmont, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Hybrid/Remote Options
Hays Technology
Your New Company and Role Join a major programme in Edinburgh, working on a multi-year transformation initiative focused on Operational Technology (OT) systems. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving the performance and resilience of business-critical OT applications and infrastructure. As an Operational Technology Engineer/Architect/SME, you'll … improvements, acting as a design authority for OT infrastructure development, and mentoring technical engineers. You'll work closely with application suppliers, IT teams, and stakeholders to ensure robust architecture, operationalacceptance, and strategic asset management planning. This is a 9-month initial contract with potential extensions, offering £900 per day (Inside IR35). The role is predominantly home … highly desirable/essential). Experience with ADMS systems, SCADA, AVEVA PI, and ODMS. Proven ability to act as a design authority for OT infrastructure changes. Experience in authorising operationalacceptancetesting and upgrades. Ability to mentor technical engineers and develop robust support and project engineering capabilities. Strong fault analysis and problem-solving skills in OT environments. More ❯
Operational Technology (OT) Engineer/SME Duration: initial 9 months (2-5 year programme) Rate: £1000 per Inside IR35-Umbrella only Location: Edinburgh - remote with occasional days in the office per month Job description: OT Application Performance Improvement Responsible for the continual performance improvement of the business-critical Operational Applications. This work includes improving monitoring and management of … operational systems to reduce the number of faults that cause disruptions to the customer's service and developing a Strategic Asset Management Plan for the OT Applications and Infrastructure. Design Authority for development of OT Infrastructure Responsible for authorising developments in current OT infrastructure working with the Application suppliers, SSE IT, Neos Networks and the SSE customer to develop … test and authorise any changes to architecture of existing Platinum, Gold and Silver level OT Applications. Approval of Operational Application Upgrades Responsible for authorising the completion of OperationalAcceptanceTesting for the infrastructure for the business-critical OT Applications. This includes approval of handover into support and approval of key no/no-go decisions. Development More ❯
client site in Edinburgh. Inside IR35 Umbrella Rate £550.00 £800.00 depending on experience. We are seeking an experienced SCADA Architect/Engineer to enhance the performance of our critical Operational Technologies (OT) applications. This role is pivotal in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our operational systems, contributing to the development of strategic asset management plans, and maintaining … continual performance improvement of OT applications to minimise service disruptions. - Act as Design Authority for OT Infrastructure, authorising developments and collaborating with application suppliers. - Approve architectural changes and oversee OperationalAcceptanceTesting for business-critical OT Applications. - Mentor and support RTS Technical Engineers, ensuring they have the necessary technical knowledge to deliver effective service and project engineering. … Platinum, Gold, and Silver level OT Applications (e.g., PowerOn, PI, ODMS) and contribute to documentation and standards. - Collaborate with internal and external service providers to analyse and resolve significant operational application issues in alignment with established Service Level Agreements. More ❯
to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining VB6 UI where required. Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign?off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to the clients live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse VB6 applications (forms, modules, class libraries … DBAs on schema, queries, and performance while preserving behaviour. Quality engineering: practical test design, defect triage, and readiness for multi?phase test models (SIT/E2E/UAT/OAT). Delivery habits: version control (Git/TFS), lightweight design documentation, and effective stakeholder communication. More ❯
to the agreed target RDBMS while retaining VB6 UI where required. Quality & Release readiness: Deliver thoroughly tested fixes and enhancements that are verifiable in SIT, E2E/UAT and OAT/NFR phases, supporting traceability and sign?off. Knowledge transfer: Produce clear documentation and handover notes to the clients live support teams. Responsibilities Analyse VB6 applications (forms, modules, class libraries … DBAs on schema, queries, and performance while preserving behaviour. Quality engineering: practical test design, defect triage, and readiness for multi?phase test models (SIT/E2E/UAT/OAT). Delivery habits: version control (Git/TFS), lightweight design documentation, and effective stakeholder communication. More ❯