Network Test Engineer (Newbury)

Position: Network Test Engineer

Employment Type: 6 months to start with

Work Mode : Hybrid Model (Weekly 3 days at Office)

SC Eligible : Yes

Overview

Test Analyst Role has to be based in the UK, and can start to gain SC clearance or has SC clearance already. The role is to support a Programme in the transition & transformation of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) network connectivity. Any experience of working on National Grid would be advantageous but not essential.

Duration: Expected full-time but due to the fluidity there may be some small breaks (unlikely but just as a safety net) so need flexibility to pause the resource effort but will be given notice as much as in advance.

Remote/Site/Hybrid – If not all Remote or Onsite then provide breakdown and frequency of attendance/travel: Hybrid but with occasional customer site visits required and also Newbury HQ to liaise with wider Test team.

Location/s to be visited if applicable: Farnborough, Bath, Oxford, Warwick, Birmingham

Key Responsibilities:

Deliverables – required for SoW and to measure fulfilment of role.

Describe the measurable activities and the stages which they are required to be provided

Test Analyst skills

• Create test scripts from Test Plans / Low Level Designs for Network infrastructure (Routers / switches / firewalls)
• Understand T est phases purposes: Unit, System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional , Disaster recovery, Operation Acceptance)
• Import test cases to ALM and link to requirements
• Collect Test execution evidence, Reporting execution / defect in ALM

Additional info

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Practical skills

• Cisco Switch / Router console commands
• Handling Fibre optic cables
• Understanding of Data Centre operating procedures
• Set up network test equipment for RFC 2544 testing
• Network and Service Management tool set (e.g. StableNet)

Knowledge

Cont.

• Interpret Network infrastructure design from HLD/LLD
• ALM Test case management, Defect Management, Reporting