£650 Per day
Inside
Remote
England, UK
Location: Remote
Salary/Rate: Up to 650 a day Inside IR35
Start Date: January/February
Job Type: 3 Month Contract (with scope to extend)
Company Introduction
We are seeking a Lead Network Test Analyst to join our client in the telecommunications industry.
You will be focused on the data centre network fabrics and the security and design patterns for 4G and 5G core network services, you will partner with engineering, implementation, and automation teams to derive Test Cases, Test Procedures and support the Test Lead in defining Test Plans.
Required Skills/Experience
- ISEB/ISTQB qualification or equivalent Telco Cloud Infrastructure testing experience desired.
- Demonstrable experience of testing techniques and methodologies
- Experience in technology and telecoms
- Knowledge in mobile networking across mobile data core architecture (3G/4G/5G), LTE and IMS and IP Networking and security
- Ability to manage, influence and persuade
- An effective communicator and presenter, with the ability to build relationships
- Demonstrate the ability and adaptability to identify and describe complex technical solutions and challenges to technical and non-technical stakeholders in terms suitable for the target audience
- VMWare Teclo Cloud Infrastructure (TCI)
- Red Hat OpenStack & OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Open Source MANO
- Arista, Cisco, Juniper & HPE Network Devices including Monitoring & Orchestration
- DELL & HPE Servers including Monitoring & Orchestration
- Ericsson SDI, CCI, CCE and CCD
- Nokia CloudBand
- Mavenir NFVi
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
- Responsible for reviewing Business and Technical Infrastructure requirements in order to derive Test Cases, Test Procedures and support the Test Manager in defining Test Plans to satisfy the same.
- The role includes a mix of manual and automated test execution, logging of test progress and accurate reporting of defects including steps to reproduce where applicable.
- A methodical approach to root cause analysis is required to aid identification of appropriate resolver groups within the delivery team for expedient defect resolution and identification of resulting re-test and regression test plans.
- You will need to be comfortable preparing detailed Test Exit Reports and undertaking statistical analysis of test outputs and identification of trends to input to Lessons Learned exercises in order to improve both the TCI Test Function and the wider business delivery goals.
- You will have a strong background in working with and particularly the testing of the above mentioned technology stracks and vendor product suites in an NFVi Cloud setting.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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