Test Engineer

QinetiQ; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role ID: SF18017

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we're not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as an IT Test Engineer at our Portsmouth site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As an IT Test Engineer, you will join a team that is taking part in a novel programmes building critical deployable IT infrastructure within the Defence environment.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to operate as part of a core test team within an enterprise scale development environment placing you at the heart of the modernisation of Defence's deployable IT estate.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating test scripts and undertaking test execution when required for critical systems under development
• Undertaking testing at different testing levels across multiple test cycles
• Delivering outputs such as technical documentation, trails plans and reports, test plans and developing test scripts working to both time and budget
• Executing test cases both manual/automation and analysing the results
• Undertaking formal and informal testing as directed by Test Managers

Essential experience of the IT Test Engineer:

• Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Tester/Live Service Tester or similar role
• Experience in performing functional, non-functional and regression testing of MS Windows server products in complex environments
• The ability to document test procedures, prepare test documentation including test plans, test scripts, evidence collection and defect reporting
• Previous experience in manual, automation and test management tools - e.g. HP Quality Centre, ALM, Jira and Test Rails etc.
• Proven experience in Black Box testing, White Box testing, SIT, SAT, UAT and OAT testing
• Being well versed with the Software Development Life Cycle testing concepts

Essential qualifications for the IT Test Engineer:

• ISTQB Certified Tester
• MCSA Microsoft Certified Server Associate or VMware Certified Practitioner (VCP)
• A Relevant Engineering/IT Degree

We value difference and we don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Portsdown Technology Park site.

Portsmouth Technology Park (PTP) is one of QinetiQ's key facilities, focusing on advanced technology development and engineering services. It is dedicated to research and development, ensuring that complex systems are designed, integrated, and tested effectively to meet operational requirements.