Test Manager

Avantier Consultancy Ltd.; Corsham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

25 days holiday

Pension

Professional development

Job summary

Avantier Consultancy Ltd. is seeking a senior Test Manager to lead authority-side test governance for a MOD Corsham programme. You will audit, coordinate and certify industry testing, ensuring adequacy, completeness and compliance with contractual obligations. The role is autonomous with ownership across the programme lifecycle.

You’ll engage with SMEs and stakeholders, support project governance, and contribute to the wider assurance activity within Defence Digital frameworks.

Qualifications

• DV clearance (UK national from birth).
• At least five years’ testing experience across infrastructure, systems or networks.
• Strong knowledge of test governance and assurance frameworks.
• Experience in Agile/DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent, impartial test assurance and oversight of industry-partner testing activity.
• Review and audit test artefacts, processes and evidence against acceptance criteria.
• Develop authority-side test and acceptance artefacts with SMEs and stakeholders.
• Facilitate and coordinate TEWGs/AWGs and relevant governance groups.
• Coordinate IT Health Checks, UAT and integration testing.

Skills

DV clearance

5+ years testing

Test governance

Agile/DevOps

Windows experience

Job description

About Avantier

Avantier Consultancy delivers complex programmes for the public sector and defence. We are Cyber Essentials Plus certified, JOSCAR-registered, a Crown Commercial Service supplier and an Armed Forces Covenant signatory. We're growing our test assurance capability and looking for an experienced Test Manager to join us in delivering high quality services to customers.

The role

You'll be part of a team delivering independent, impartial test engineering and assurance services supporting MOD Corsham, aligned to MOD governance and Defence Digital frameworks. This is an authority-side assurance role. Rather than running delivery testing yourself, you'll audit, assure and coordinate the testing carried out by industry partners, confirming adequacy, completeness and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Test assurance is the core of the role. As part of a small, multi-skilled team, you may also be asked to work beyond test when the programme needs it, supporting project management, change and wider governance activity.

It's a senior, autonomous position with real ownership of quality and governance across the programme lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Provide independent assurance and objective oversight of all industry-partner testing activity
• Review and audit test artefacts, processes and evidence against agreed acceptance criteria
• Develop and maintain authority-side test and acceptance artefacts with SMEs and stakeholders
• Facilitate and coordinate Test & Evaluation and Acceptance Working Groups (TEWGs/AWGs)
• Coordinate IT Health Checks (ITHC), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and integration testing
• Provide structured defect triage and oversight, maintaining traceable resolution paths
• Witness testing and issue independent assurance certificates underpinning delivery
• Support ITEAP activities and the development and delivery of the project VVRM
• Support configuration control and version management to establish known baselines
• Keep technical teams, business representatives and partners aligned on risks and issues
• Support project management, change and governance activity across the programme as required
• What you’ll need
  You'll need active DV clearance (UK sole national from birth), at least five years’ testing experience across infrastructure, systems or networks, strong knowledge of test governance and assurance frameworks, and Agile/DevOps and Windows experience. Experience of supporting project management, change or governance activity in a programme environment would be an advantage.
  We offer a competitive salary, 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, pension, and strong support for your professional development.