Network Test Engineer

Ubique Systems; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubique Systems is seeking an experienced Test Engineer with a focus on telecom/network testing for a 1 year employment contract in the UK. The role operates in hybrid mode across London, Speechmark / Newbury / Birmingham Small Heath / Manchester / Glasgow.

You will perform deep testing across hosting, data centre, SD-WAN, LAN/WiFi, UC, mobility, cloud and security, ensuring quality through robust test design, traceability and defect analytics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' relevant telecom/network testing experience.
• Strong QA and test industry knowledge of standards and methodologies.
• Defect management and root-cause analysis discipline.
• Excellent organizational, coordination and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient in Excel and Office 365 tools.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on telecom/network testing across hosting, data centre, SD-WAN, LAN/WiFi, UC, mobility, cloud and security.
• Interpret complex infrastructure designs into structured, traceable test scenarios.
• Apply advanced ALM practices: coverage modelling, traceability, defect analytics and reporting.
• Conduct performance and conformance testing including RFC 2544 and related toolsets.

Skills

Telecom testing

QA knowledge

Defect management

Stakeholder management

Excel

MS Office Suite

Tools

RFC 2544

StableNet

Job description

Location - Hybrid Mode - London Speechmark / Newbury / Birmingham Small Heath / Manchester / Glasgow

1 Year Employment Contract

Description -

TECHNICAL SCOPE & DOMAIN COVERAGE

Testing services are delivered across the full VBTS UK product and service estate: Hosting; LAN & WiFi; Data Centre; Service Transition; SD-WAN; Telephony; UC & Unity; MPN & Cloud; IoT; Fixed Connectivity; Mobility; Cloud & Security.

Test phases in scope: Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Functional Testing, Non-Functional Testing, Disaster Recovery Testing and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT).

• Deep hands-on telecom/network infrastructure testing: routers, switches, firewalls, Cisco console competence.
• Strong technical understanding across hosting, data centre, SD-WAN, LAN/WiFi, UC, mobility, cloud & security and service transition.
• Ability to interpret complex infrastructure designs and translate them into structured, traceable test scenarios.
• Advanced ALM usage: coverage modelling, traceability, defect analytics and management reporting.
• Performance and conformance testing: RFC 2544, network test equipment, service management toolsets (e.g. StableNet).

MANDATORY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE -

• Minimum 5 years' relevant experience, with demonstrably deeper hands-on telecom/network testing than the Test Engineer band.
• Strong QA and test industry knowledge of standards and methodologies.
• Strong defect management, root-cause analysis and test evidence discipline.
• Excellent organizational, coordination and stakeholder management skills, comfortable in customer-facing settings.
• Proficient Excel and strong Microsoft Office, Teams and SharePoint skills.

DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Experience in customer-facing or critical infrastructure environments (CNI / National Grid advantageous).
• Test automation experience and AI-assisted test design exposure.
• Experience mentoring or technically leading small test teams.
• ITIL working experience.
• Multi-domain breadth across three or more of the twelve VBTS domains.

CERTIFICATIONS & QUALIFICATIONS