Intact Insurance Testing Specialist
Posted 1 day ago by Experis UK
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Testing Specialist role at Intact Insurance involves a focus on infrastructure and technical skills, particularly with Nutanix technologies. The position requires strong leadership in testing strategies and planning, with an emphasis on disaster recovery, security, and operational readiness. The role is based in London and requires a significant on-site presence. The contract runs until November 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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
- Test strategy and planning for infra/DR/security/ops
- Define/own test plans, entry/exit criteria, and traceability
- Strong vendor governance: review/critique vendor test coverage, identify gaps, insist on evidence
- Design 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
Key Skills:
- Strong knowledge of Nutanix technologies
- Understanding of VM lifecycle management
- Networking skills including VPCs and VLANs
- Experience with disaster recovery and resilience strategies
- Security knowledge including RBAC and encryption
- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools
- Test strategy and planning expertise
- Strong vendor governance skills
- Excellent communication skills
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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
JD - 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