IT Test Engineer Opportunities

QinetiQ; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology company in Portsmouth is seeking an IT Test Engineer to work on innovative programs to enhance deployable IT infrastructure. Candidates should possess relevant certifications and experience in testing IT systems. Responsibilities include executing tests, crafting technical documentation, and ensuring project deliverables meet clients' requirements. This is a full-time role based on-site, offering competitive pay and various benefits.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan options

Employee discount portal

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience testing IT infrastructure such as VMware and Windows.
• Ability to document test procedures and prepare test documentation.
• Experience with manual and test management tools.

Responsibilities

• Undertake testing on IT systems and infrastructure.
• Create test scripts and execute tests for critical systems.
• Deliver technical documentation, test plans, and reports.

Skills

VMware

Windows

Active Directory

Networking

Switching/Routing

HP Quality Centre

ALM

Jira

Test rails

Black Box testing

white box testing

SIT

SAT

UAT

OAT

Education

ISTQB Certified Tester

MCSA Microsoft Certified Server Associate

VMware Certified Practitioner (VCP)

Relevant Engineering/IT Degree

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF19083

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as an IT Test Engineer at our Portsmouth or our customer site in Corsham, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As an IT Test Engineer, you will join a team that is taking part in a novel programmes building critical deployable IT infrastructure within the Defence environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to operate as part of a core test team within an enterprise scale development environment placing you at the heart of the modernisation of Defence’s deployable IT estate.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking testing on IT systems and IT Infrastructure
• Creating test scripts and undertaking test execution when required for critical systems under development
• Delivering outputs such as technical documentation, trails plans and reports, test plans and developing test scripts working to both time and budget
• Executing test cases in support of infrastructure testing
• Undertaking formal and informal testing as directed by Test Managers

Essential experience of the IT Test Engineer:

• Previous experience testing IT infrastructure e.g. VMware, Windows, Active Directory, Networking, Switching/Routing, Software Data Centre or Software Defined Networking
• Experience in performing functional, non-functional and regressions testing of MS windows server products in complex environments
• The ability to document test procedures, prepare test documentation including test plans, test scripts, evidence collection and defect reporting
• Previous experience in manual and test management tools – e.g HP Quality Centre, ALM, Jira and Test rails etc.
• Proven experience in Black Box testing, white box testing, SIT, SAT, UAT and OAT testing

Essential qualifications for the IT Test Engineer:

• ISTQB Certified Tester , MCSA Microsoft Certified Server Associate, VMware Certified Practitioner (VCP), A Relevant Engineering/IT Degree or relevant equivalent experience

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Portsdown Technology Park or our customer site in Corsham 5 days per week.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience collaborate widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels value, heard, and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.