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> Senior Test Lead Engineer | Network Services
> Ipswich
> £80,000 to £100,000 + 15% Bonus
> 10% Pension + Life Assurance + Excellent Benefits + Share Equity
> Hybrid Working | 3 On Site | 2 Remote
About The Business
With one of the largest networks in Europe, this business invests hundreds of millions annually in research each year and employs more than 10,000 people in the network business alone. With incredible opportunities to learn, develop and grow your skills, they will invest in you, nurture your potential and shape your future whatever your background or experience.
The Role in a Nutshell
As a Senior Test Lead Engineer, you will lead all testing activities. You will provide engineering leadership, drive technical solutions, and foster a learning culture within the team.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the testing of the SDN/NAAS ecosystem.
- Developing test frameworks and automating test cases.
- Managing a matrix team of technical experts.
- Acting as a technical ambassador and providing expert consulting to customers.
The Team
The team focuses on developing and testing cutting-edge solutions for the SDN/NAAS ecosystem, including OSS, BSS, compute, and underlay.
Skills & Experience
Mandatory
- Engineering leadership and excellence.
- Systematic problem-solving approach with strong communication skills.
- Extensive hands-on experience with CICD methodologies (Robot Framework, Selenium, Cucumber, Gitlab, BDD, Ansible).
- Ability to debug, optimize test cases, and automate routine tasks.
- Experience with test tools like Ixia IxNetwork and Spirent Test Center.
- Understanding of routing and switching protocols (ISIS, BGP, BGP-LS, MPLS-VPNs).
Expected
- Experience with RESTful, gRPC APIs, and JSON/Protobuf.
- Open-source software experience (e.g., Netbox, Elastic, Kafka, gNMIc, Kong, fluentd, Prometheus).
- Some hands-on experience with Python programming.
- Experience with data modelling with Yang.
Desirable
- Awareness of TM Forum API framework.
- Experience with agile delivery.
- Experience with AWS.
- Membership in a professional body (e.g., Institution of Engineering and Technology).
- ITSQB Certified or Equivalent
- PCET Certification or Equivalent
- Cisco CCNP Certification or Equivalent
Accountable For
- Leading the testing of the SDN/NAAS ecosystem.
- Establishing technical direction and ensuring test automation quality.
- Leading feature-level technical planning and development of new test cases.
- Ensuring successful integration of automation and orchestration systems.
- Managing defects throughout the test lifecycle.
Benefits
- 15% Bonus
- 10% Pension
- 4x Life assurance cover
- Free annual shares
- Above average annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service
- Significant investment in world-class training and development
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