Associate Consultant – Test Lead + Senior System Teste
Posted Today by RT Consulting
£350 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Summary: The Associate Consultant – Test Lead + Senior System Tester role at RT Consulting involves leading testing strategies and execution for large, multi-team programs within the Government and Public Safety sector. The position requires active SC + NPPV3 clearance and focuses on ensuring quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The role is hybrid, requiring two days per week onsite in Solihull, and is classified as outside IR35 for an initial six-month contract. Candidates should have a strong background in automation and experience in complex testing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and lead programme-level test strategy and governance
- Oversee system, integration, regression, and performance testing
- Drive automation using JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, and JMeter
- Implement service virtualisation (WireMock) and robust data validation (PostgreSQL)
- Embed testing into CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices
- Manage risks, reporting, and cross-team coordination
- Coach and mentor high-performing test and automation teams
- Champion continuous improvement across tooling, quality standards, and delivery practices
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading testing in complex, multi-system environments
- Strong hands-on automation background
- Deep understanding of microservices and distributed architectures
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and modern DevOps practices
- Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills
- Government or consultancy delivery experience (nice to have)
- Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) (nice to have)
- Contract testing and API/service-level validation (nice to have)
- Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK) (nice to have)
- BDD/TDD and quality-driven engineering practices (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): £350/day
City: Solihull
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Associate Consultant – Test Lead + Senior System Tester
Join RT Consulting: Associate Consulting workforce
Sector: Government / Public Safety
Clearance: Active SC + NPPV3 required
IR35: Outside – 6 month initial contract
Location: Hybrid (2 days per week onsite – Solihull)
Start: ASAP
Who we are
RT Consulting are a trusted management consultancy and service provider. We deliver highly capable and effective value for money solutions to our clients as the ‘customer friend’ and trusted partner across Defence, Policing, Central and Local Government.
Who you are
We are seeking Test Leads and Senior System Testers with current SC + NPPV3 clearance lead testing strategy and execution across large, multi team programmes, ensuring quality is embedded across the full software delivery lifecycle.
What you’ll be doing
- Define and lead programme-level test strategy and governance
- Oversee system, integration, regression, and performance testing
- Drive automation using JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, and JMeter
- Implement service virtualisation (WireMock) and robust data validation (PostgreSQL)
- Embed testing into CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices
- Manage risks, reporting, and cross-team coordination
- Coach and mentor high-performing test and automation teams
- Champion continuous improvement across tooling, quality standards, and delivery practices
Core Skills & Experience
- Proven experience leading testing in complex, multi-system environments
- Strong hands-on automation background
- Deep understanding of microservices and distributed architectures
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and modern DevOps practices
- Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills
Nice to Have
- Government or consultancy delivery experience
- Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Contract testing and API/service-level validation
- Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK)
- BDD/TDD and quality-driven engineering practices
What you’ll get
You join a community of specialists across Defence, Government, Policing and wider Public Sector programmes, where knowledge sharing, peer support and professional connection are part of the culture.
Priority access to new consultancy opportunities,
Dedicated relationship support,
Ongoing contact with a Relationship Manager who provides guidance, check-ins and forward planning to help minimise gaps between assignments.
An invitation to Society events, meetups and community touchpoints, we aim to ensure you feel supported, valued and engaged throughout your consultancy journey.
A consultancy environment that reflects our Group Values — Integrity & Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, High Performance, Innovation, Agility, Client Centricity & People Focused.
How to express interest
Apply now & Contact us to arrange a confidential conversation.