Network Test Engineer

Candidates must be in proximity to one of the Client UK 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., * Own test design and execution for assigned workstreams across the VBTS estate.

• Review requirements, HLDs, LLDs and project documentation to identify test scenarios and coverage gaps.
• Produce and peer-review test scripts, test cases and execution evidence to sign-off standard.
• Lead defect triage, root-cause analysis and retest coordination across delivery, design, engineering and operations teams.
• Validate System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Disaster Recovery and Operational Acceptance test coverage before execution windows open.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Test Engineers; raise the standard of scripts, evidence and defect records across the workstream.
• Maintain ALM discipline: test case structure, requirements traceability, defect lifecycle and reporting accuracy.
• Execute and lead complex testing across routers, switches, firewalls, hosting, data centre, LAN/WiFi, SD-WAN, UC & Unity, telephony, mobility, MPN & cloud, IoT, fixed connectivity, cloud & security and service transition.
• Set up and validate complex test environments, including network test equipment and RFC 2544 performance testing where required.
• Support Test Managers with status reporting, risk identification, defect trend analysis and milestone readiness assessments.
• Comply with client security policy, data handling, and audit requirements at all times, on and off site.
• Attend client hubs and customer sites as required, including Newbury HQ liaison with the wider Test team and, where applicable, the customer lab in Spain.

TECHNICAL SCOPE & DOMAIN COVERAGE

Testing services are delivered across the full UK product and service estate: Hosting; LAN & WiFi; Data Centre; Service Transition; SD-WAN; Telephony; UC & Unity; MPN & Cloud; IoT; Fixed Connectivity; Mobility; Cloud & Security.

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

• Deep hands-on telecom/network infrastructure testing: routers, switches, firewalls, Cisco console competence.
• Strong technical understanding across hosting, data centre, SD-WAN, LAN/WiFi, UC, mobility, cloud & security and service transition.
• Ability to interpret complex infrastructure designs and translate them into structured, traceable test scenarios.
• Advanced ALM usage: coverage modelling, traceability, defect analytics and management reporting.
• Performance and conformance testing: RFC 2544, network test equipment, service management toolsets (e.g. StableNet).

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience, with demonstrably deeper hands-on telecom/network testing than the Test Engineer band.
• Strong QA and test industry knowledge of standards and methodologies.
• Strong defect management, root-cause analysis and test evidence discipline.
• Excellent organizational, coordination and stakeholder management skills, comfortable in customer-facing settings.

• Proficient Excel and strong Microsoft Office, Teams and SharePoint skills.

• SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, SIP/VoIP
• Network & Connectivity Testing
• TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NAT
• Routing & Switching
• Network Protocols - BGP, OSPF
• SD-WAN validation and troubleshooting
• Network performance testing using tools such as iPerf, Spirent, IxNetwork, or similar tools