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Test Engineer (Cisco, Networks, Switches, Routers, Firewalls) 3-6 Month Contract Newbury (Hybrid) £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35)

Position Details

Test Engineer needed for an initial 3-6 Month Contract in Newbury. Hybrid working - typically 1 day/week in the office + 4 days/week remote. Occasional travel to sites including Farnborough, Bath, Oxford, Warwick, and Birmingham. Start ASAP in August 2025.

Requirements

• Experience testing Telecoms Network Infrastructure including CISCO Switches, Routers, Firewalls, RFC 2544 testing, and Network Connectivity testing.
• Support a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) network connectivity transformation program.
• Creating test scripts from Test Plans and Low-Level Designs for Network infrastructure (Switches, Routers, Firewalls).
• Experience with Cisco Switch/Router console commands, setting up network test equipment for RFC 2544 testing, and handling fibre optic cabling.
• Proficiency with ALM Test case management, Defect Management, Reporting, and Importing test cases.
• Experience with various test phases: Unit, System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Disaster Recovery, Operation Acceptance Testing (OAT).
• Using StableNet Network and Service Management tools.
• Interpreting Network infrastructure design from HLD/LLD and understanding Data Centre operating procedures.
• Preferred experience in Telecoms / National Network Infrastructure domain / Utility Gas & Electric sectors.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Cisco
• Firewalls
• Routers
• Switches

Work Experience

• QA
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• NOC Engineer

Languages

• English

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