Intact Insurance Testing Specialist

Summary: The Testing Specialist role at Intact Insurance involves leading testing efforts focused on infrastructure, disaster recovery, security, and operations. The position requires strong technical skills in Nutanix systems and a solid understanding of VM lifecycle management. The candidate will be responsible for developing test strategies, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. This role is based in London and requires three days of on-site work per week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement test strategies for infrastructure, disaster recovery, security, and operations.
• Define and manage test plans, entry/exit criteria, and 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.

Key Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Nutanix NC2/AOS/AHV, including Prism Central and LCM upgrades.
• Understanding of VM lifecycle management and networking concepts.
• Experience with disaster recovery and resilience strategies.
• Knowledge of security practices, including RBAC and encryption.
• Proficiency in monitoring and alerting tools.
• Strong leadership and communication skills in a testing/QA context.

Salary (Rate): £400 daily

City: London

Country: UK

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