Senior Test Specialist

Anson McCade; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defense and security space seeks a skilled Senior Test Specialist. You will lead testing efforts across various methodologies, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure quality standards. This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Healthcare

Pension

Enhanced Leave

Bonus

Flexible Working

Career Progression

Technical Upskilling

Inclusive Work Culture

Qualifications

• Solid experience in manual and automated testing across different testing types.
• Able to lead small teams and manage test deliverables independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor testers, contributing to a high-performance test practice.
• Produce test artefacts: plans, scripts, reports, and manage defects.
• Execute both manual and automated tests, including functional and regression testing.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Education

ISTQB Foundation

Tools

JIRA

Windows Server 2019

Active Directory

SCOM

SCCM

VMware

Job description

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Information Technology Recruitment Consultant

Senior Test Specialist

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Clearance: Active SC

Salary: Up to £60,000

The Opportunity

Are you a skilled Senior Test Specialist with a passion for quality assurance, infrastructure and application testing? This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your experience will directly contribute to the success of mission-critical programmes with one of the leading companies in the defence and security space.

The Role

As a Senior Test Specialist, you'll lead and support testing efforts across multiple delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, V-Model). You’ll collaborate closely with project stakeholders and test teams to define and deliver robust test strategies across infrastructure, application, and hardware environments.

You will:

• Lead and mentor testers, contributing to a high-performance test practice.

• Produce test artefacts: plans, scripts, reports, and manage defects.

• Execute both manual and automated tests, including functional, non-functional, E2E, and regression testing.

• Coordinate environments, tools, and resources to support testing.

• Ensure delivery aligns with project schedules and quality standards.

• Solid experience in manual and automated testing across different testing types.

• Hands-on with Windows Server 2019, Active Directory, SCOM, SCCM, and VMware.

• Strong understanding of test lifecycle, SDLC, and methodologies.

• Demonstrated experience using JIRA and test metrics collection.

• ISTQB Foundation (or higher) certified.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Able to lead small teams and manage test deliverables independently.

• Salary – Up to £48,000

• Comprehensive benefits package: healthcare, pension, enhanced leave, bonus

• Flexible/hybrid working model

• Dedicated career progression paths

• Access to technical upskilling and training programmes

• Inclusive, supportive work culture committed to diversity

For more information please apply below or contact me directly.

Contact: 02077806706

LinkedIn: Shay Campbell | LinkedIn

Reference: AMC/SCA/STS

Senior Test Specialist

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Consulting, and Engineering

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Defense and Space Manufacturing

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