SC Cleared Test Lead: Performance & Reliability Architect

VIQU IT; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VIQU IT is seeking an SC Cleared Test Manager/Lead (Non Functional) for a Leeds-based role, offering hybrid working within Inside IR35. You will lead performance, load and stress testing and help define strategies for scalable, reliable systems.

Day-to-day duties include designing tests with JMeter/LoadRunner, monitoring with Grafana/Splunk/Dynatrace, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines across cloud and on‑prem environments while collaborating with developers and architects to drive

Qualifications

• Design, execute, and analyse performance, load, stress, and volume tests.
• Monitor and diagnose systems using Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, and Dynatrace.
• Understand containerisation with Docker/Kubernetes and cloud-native testing in Azure/AWS/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and performance testing; define non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate with developers and architects to identify issues and recommend improvements.
• Integrate performance testing into CI/CD across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Skills

Performance testing

Load testing

Monitoring tools

CI/CD integration

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud testing

Scripting: Python/JS

JMeter/LoadRunner

Dynatrace

Tools

Grafana

Splunk

New Relic

Dynatrace

Databricks

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Databricks

Job description

VIQU IT is seeking an SC Cleared Test Manager/Lead (Non Functional) for a Leeds-based role, offering hybrid working within Inside IR35. You will lead performance, load and stress testing and help define strategies for scalable, reliable systems.

Day-to-day duties include designing tests with JMeter/LoadRunner, monitoring with Grafana/Splunk/Dynatrace, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines across cloud and on‑prem environments while collaborating with developers and architects to drive