Test Engineer - (SC Clearance)


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Spring Group Plc

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4th November 2014

Location

Renfrewshire

Salary/Rate

£300 - £400

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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TEST ENGINEER - WINDOWS INFRASTRUCTURE - ERSKINE - £300-£400 PER DAY

Our client's highly successful Enterprise Services business has a number of opportunities at their Erskine site for the role of IT Infrastructure Test Analyst/Technical Tester. This challenging position draws on the analytical & problem-solving mindset found in 2nd/3rd Line and other senior IT support personnel.

Our IT Infrastructure Analysts will apply ISTQB testing methodologies as well as implementing industry-leading test tools to test technologies within a Windows-based environment. This role not only allows our IT Infrastructure Test Analysts to develop their IT & Testing skills, but also to gain additional skills which could support roles within the clients Application Testing group.

The Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) project is contracted to supply both hardware and software infrastructure solutions to support the MoD transition to a common base solution, based on Windows 2003 server and User Access Devices (UAD) products, whilst ensuring ongoing connection and support to "legacy" systems and the ultimate transfer of such into the DII solution. This is a multi-phased operation involving the development of many new solutions and the re-implementation of existing products in the DII environment.

The vision for DII(F), is for a managed infrastructure service that:

*Enables collaborative planning and working across Defence

*Allows the exchange and sharing of electronic information across the whole of Defence

*Provides secure access to information, anywhere at any time

*Provides electronic document and records management

*Enables any corporate, mission, business or local application to be provided to any authorised user

*Provides standard interfaces to external systems where there are many duplicate connections at present

*Provides every user with a Quality of Service that is appropriate to that user's operational or business requirements.

Job Description:

*Implement Windows 2003/2008 Server based solutions - hardware and software.

*Implement Windows XP /win 7 and Office 2003-based UAD (Desktop, Laptop and PDA) solutions - hardware and software.

*Implement COTS products on servers to support the DII(F) infrastructure.

*Apply existing IT expertise to the testing of hardware & software in the DII(F) environment (ISTQB & application training will be provided).

For any implemented hardware and software, performing the following activities to timescales and constraints communicated by the team leader.

*Reviewing Requirements and Design Documents to determine the scope of testing.

*Produce a Test Plan, scoping the testing to be performed at a high level.

*Create Test Scripts, using Test Director, to implement that Test Plan.

*Manually run/evidence such scripts.

*Produce a Test Report, summarising the testing performed.

*Participate in informal and formal reviews of the above.

*Provide support for demonstrations and trials (in-house and on site).

*Test Scripts will support both confidence testing and the evidencing against requirements.

Essential Skills:

*Strong Windows infrastructure knowledge of the MS Server 2003/2008 estate

*Strong AD installation, monitoring & troubleshooting skills

*Windows XP /win7 knowledge

*Network infrastructure troubleshooting skills

*Experience in hardware/software testing, integration, change management procedures

Desirable Skills:

*Microsoft Certification (MCSA/MCSE/ MCITP/MCTS)

*Test Automation using WINRUNNER/QTP/ALM

*Knowledge of Mercury TestDirector/QualityCenter

*ESX VMware/Hyper-V/AIX/SQL/CITRIX /Sanctuary/Veritas Clustering/McAfee EPO/NetCool

If you are Security Cleared and can demonstrate solid experience within a windows infrastructure then we'd love to hear from you.

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