Intact Insurance Testing Specialist

Summary: The Testing Specialist role involves leading testing and quality assurance efforts for infrastructure, disaster recovery, security, and operations within a Nutanix environment. The position requires strong technical skills in Nutanix systems and a solid understanding of VM lifecycle management, networking, and security protocols. The role is based in London and requires three days of on-site work per week. The contract is set to start in early May and end on 30th November 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement test strategies and plans for infrastructure, disaster recovery, security, and operations.
• Define and own test plans, entry/exit criteria, and ensure traceability.
• Review and critique vendor test coverage, identifying gaps and insisting on evidence.
• Design and execute disaster recovery, negative, and operational readiness tests.
• Communicate effectively with vendors and stakeholders to facilitate technical discussions.
• Utilize strong Nutanix knowledge for monitoring, alerting, and migration tasks.
• Manage VM lifecycle operations including creation, deletion, and snapshot management.
• Implement security measures and operational tooling for effective monitoring.

Key Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Nutanix NC2, AOS, and AHV.
• Understanding of VM lifecycle management.
• Networking skills including VPCs, VLANs, and micro-segmentation.
• Experience with disaster recovery and resilience strategies.
• Knowledge of security protocols and tools such as RBAC and CyberArk.
• Ability to lead testing and QA initiatives effectively.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Salary (Rate): £400 daily

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role Title: Testing Specialist
Start Date: Early May
End Date: 30th November2026
Rate: £435
Location: London
N# of Days onsite P/W: 3
N# of Seats Available: 1

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Infrastructure / Technical skills

• Strong Nutanix NC2 / AOS / AHV knowledge (Prism Central/Element, LCM upgrades)
• Solid VM lifecycle understanding (create/start/stop/delete, snapshot, clone, templates)
• Networking: VPCs, VLANs/subnets, east-west connectivity, micro?segmentation (Nutanix Flow, NSX DFW concepts)
• DR & resilience: Nutanix Leap, replication, planned/unplanned failover, failback, RPO/RTO, subset failover
• Security: RBAC, AD/Entra ID integration, encryption at rest, network security policies, CyberArk, SIEM (Sentinel/Defender)
• Ops tooling: monitoring and alerting in Prism/x?play, Cohesity backups, alert forwarding into tools like OpsRamp
• Migration: Nutanix Move from ESX, restore from backup

Testing / QA leadership skills

• Test strategy and planning for infra/DR/security/ops
• Ability to define/own test plans, entry/exit criteria, and traceability
• Strong vendor governance: review/critique vendor test coverage, identify gaps, insist on evidence
• Experience designing DR, negative, and operational readiness tests (restart sequencing, backup/restore, alerts)
• Clear communication and challenge skills to have meaningful, technical conversations with vendors and stakeholders