Test Engineer

Infoplus Technologies UK Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone UK VBTS testing role spans London, Newbury, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow with hybrid work and occasional customer-site visits. You will craft test scripts from plans and designs, and execute tests across hosting, data centres, LAN/WiFi, SD-WAN, UC, IoT and cloud services.

Responsibilities include ALM-based defect management, test reporting, and coordinating with delivery teams. You will work with RFC 2544/testing gear and StableNet, ensuring traceability and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant testing experience (RFP-mandated).
• Cisco switch/router console command competence.
• Ability to read and interpret HLD and LLD documentation.
• ALM-based test case management, defect management and reporting.
• Excel proficiency; Teams and SharePoint knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Create test scripts from Test Plans, HLD and LLD for network infra.
• Execute tests across VBTS estate: hosting, DC, LAN/WiFi, SD-WAN, UC & Unity, IoT.
• Support all test phases: Unit, SIT, Functional, NFR, DR and OAT.
• Import test cases into ALM and link to requirements with traceability.
• Capture and report test execution status and defects.
• Raise, track and retest defects; coordinate with delivery and engineering teams.
• Set up and operate network test equipment; RFC 2544 testing.
• Handle fibre optic cabling and DC procedures.
• Interpret designs into executable test scenarios; use StableNet to validate service behaviour.
• Attend hub locations and customer sites; support the Test team from Newbury HQ.
• Provide daily/weekly status inputs for reporting and defect triage.
• Escalate blockers to Test Manager; comply with security policies and audit logging.
• Contribute test assets to the reuse library and support productivity goals.
• Support knowledge transfer and onboarding across resource transitions.

Skills

Testing experience

Cisco command competence

HLD/LLD interpretation

ALM test/defect management

Excel proficiency

Teams & SharePoint

Stakeholder management

Time management

Tools

StableNet

RFC 2544 testing

Job description

Locations: London Speechmark / Newbury / Birmingham Small Heath / Manchester / Glasgow — hybrid, with customer site visits

Clearance: SC-cleared/Non SC

Immediate Start

LOCATION, TRAVEL & CLEARANCE

Candidates must be in proximity to one of the office locations of demand: London (Speechmark), Newbury, Birmingham (Small Heath), Manchester or Glasgow. Working pattern is hybrid, with attendance at the relevant hub and occasional customer site visits as required by project scope (including, where applicable, the customer lab in Spain). Newbury HQ attendance is required to liaise with the wider Test team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create test scripts from Test Plans, High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD) for network infrastructure — routers, switches and firewalls.
• Execute test cases across the full VBTS estate: hosting, data centre, LAN/WiFi, SD-WAN, fixed connectivity, mobility, telephony, UC & Unity, MPN & cloud, IoT, cloud & security, and service transition.
• Support all test phases: Unit, System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Disaster Recovery and Operational Acceptance Testing.
• Import test cases into ALM and link test cases to requirements, maintaining full requirements traceability.
• Capture and collect test execution evidence to the standard required for milestone sign-off and audit.
• Report test execution status, defects and outcomes in ALM and other Vodafone-approved tools.
• Raise, track and retest defects; work with delivery, design and engineering teams to resolve defects against project milestones.
• Set up and operate network test equipment, including RFC 2544 throughput/latency/frame-loss testing.
• Handle fibre optic cabling and follow Data Centre operating procedures when working in DC environments.
• Interpret network infrastructure designs from HLD/LLD and translate them into executable test scenarios.
• Use network and service management toolsets (e.g. StableNet) to validate service behaviour.
• Support test environment preparation, smoke testing and readiness checks ahead of formal execution windows.
• Attend Vodafone hub locations and customer sites as required by project scope; support the wider Test team from Newbury HQ when needed.
• Produce clear, accurate status inputs for daily/weekly test reporting and defect triage calls.
• Escalate blockers within the same working day to the Test Manager, in line with the programme's proactive-management obligations.
• Comply with Vodafone security policy, data handling requirements and audit-logging obligations at all times.
• Contribute test assets to the reuse library and support the programme's year-on-year productivity commitments (automation, reuse, AI-assisted test design).
• Support knowledge transfer, onboarding of new pool members, and continuity across resource transitions with no impact to the Project Test Plan.

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;

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

• Hands-on network infrastructure testing: routers, switches, firewalls — including Cisco switch/router console commands.
• Data Centre environments: operating procedures, physical layer work, fibre optic handling.
• Test equipment: configuration and operation for RFC 2544 and related performance testing.
• ALM: test case management, requirements linkage, defect management, execution reporting.
• Service and network management tooling exposure (e.g. StableNet).

MANDATORY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years' relevant testing experience (RFP-mandated minimum for all resources on this engagement).
• Cisco switch/router console command competence.
• Ability to read and interpret HLD and LLD documentation.
• ALM-based test case management, defect management and reporting.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills — proficient Excel is mandatory; working knowledge of Teams and SharePoint.
• Excellent stakeholder management, time management and documentation discipline.

DESIRABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• RFC 2544 test experience and network test equipment setup.
• StableNet or comparable network/service management toolsets.
• Experience in CNI or other critical infrastructure environments (e.g. National Grid).
• Exposure to SD-WAN, cloud/security or UC testing programmes.
• Test automation awareness and experience contributing to reusable test assets.

CERTIFICATIONS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Appropriate accreditation for the position, per Vodafone requirement that all resources are appropriately accredited