Senior Technical Test Analyst

Sopra Steria Ltd; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd is seeking a Senior Technical Test Analyst for our Aerospace, Defence and Security business in Hemel Hempstead. The role is full‑time and predominantly on site (3–4 days/week).

You’ll guide testing best practice, ensure high‑quality solutions, and mentor colleagues across system and integration testing disciplines. Responsibilities include test planning, analysing requirements, coordinating with Dev/ENG teams, managing defects and test data, and producing reliable testing

Qualifications

• Strong technical testing background across system and integration testing.
• Experience analysing complex requirements and translating them into test coverage.
• Ability to coordinate with Development and Engineering teams to support delivery.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Test Plan and Test Approach in line with the Test Strategy.
• Analyse requirements and design artefacts to derive clear test cases with expected results.
• Coordinate with Development and Engineering teams to support delivery across all test levels.
• Manage test cases, defects and execution using test management toolsets.
• Create and manage test data, environments and prerequisites for complex scenarios.
• Produce test metrics, support defect resolution and escalate risks.

Skills

System testing

Integration testing

SQL

Active Directory

ITSM tools

Test data management

Mentoring

Education

ISTQB Advanced Test or Technical Test Analyst

PRINCE2 Foundation

Tools

Test management tools

Test automation tools

Software monitoring tools

Job description

Senior Technical Test Analyst

As a Senior Technical Test Analyst, you’ll play a key role in ensuring high‑quality solutions are delivered across challenging and meaningful programmes within our Aerospace, Defence and Security business. You’ll bring enhanced coordination, strong analytical thinking and deep testing expertise, working across functional and non‑functional testing. You may be embedded within a managed testing service or supporting a development project, but in all cases you’ll be trusted to guide best practice, support others and help drive quality outcomes.
This is a full‑time, permanent role based in Hemel Hempstead, with an expectation of being on site 3 to 4 days per week.

What you’ll be doing:

• Contributing to Test Plan and Test Approach documents in line with the overall Test Strategy.
• Analysing requirements and solution design artefacts and deriving clear, in‑depth test cases with expected results.
• Coordinating closely with Development and Engineering teams to support delivery across all test levels.
• Managing test cases, defects and execution using agreed test management toolsets.
• Creating and managing test data, environments and prerequisites for complex testing scenarios.
• Producing test metrics, supporting defect resolution and escalating risks that may impact quality or delivery.

What you’ll bring:

• A strong technical testing background with experience across system and integration testing.
• Good understanding of technologies such as Active Directory Forests, SQL, ITSM toolsets and software monitoring tools.
• Experience testing integrations between complex systems.
• The ability to analyse complex requirements and translate them into effective test coverage.
• A proactive, outcome‑driven approach with strong critical thinking skills.
• Confidence mentoring others and sharing testing best practice within a team.

It would be great if you had:

• ISTQB Advanced Test or Technical Test Analyst certification.
• PRINCE2 Foundation certification.
• Experience using common test automation tools.
• Familiarity with Secure by Design principles.

Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent.
Location: Hemel Hempstead.
Security Clearance Level: SC.
Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.
Salary: £55,000 – £65,000.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety‑and security‑critical markets.