Senior Technical Test Analyst

Sopra Steria; 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 is seeking a Senior Technical Test Analyst for our Aerospace, Defence and Security business, based in Hemel Hempstead. You’ll lead testing across system and integration levels, coordinating with Development and Engineering teams on-site 3–4 days per week.

You will contribute to test strategy, craft in‑depth test cases from requirements, and mentor others in testing best practice. Security clearance SC is required; salary is £55,000–£65,000 with excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in system and integration testing across complex solutions.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, SQL and monitoring/ITSM tools.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into effective test coverage.
• Proactive, outcome-driven with solid mentoring ability.
• Experience testing across embedded or enterprise environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Test Plan and Test Approach in line with the Test Strategy.
• Analyse requirements and design artefacts to derive clear test cases.
• Coordinate with Development and Engineering teams for multi‑layer testing.
• Manage test cases, defects and execution using toolsets.
• Create test data/environments and produce test metrics; escalate risks.

Skills

System testing

Integration testing

Active Directory

SQL

ITSM tools

Monitoring tools

Mentoring

Test planning

Critical thinking

Tools

Test management tools

Automation tools

Job description

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.

Salary: £55,000 – £65,000.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full‑time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

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.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.