Test Engineer - Telecommunications

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?

Join a high-speed broadband and connectivity provider dedicated to delivering reliable, multi-gigabit full-fiber services to residential and commercial customers. The organization focuses on building a modern suite of connected solutions designed to keep pace with evolving technological demands and future-proof digital infrastructure.

This is a great opportunity for a Testing Lead to join a dynamic organization. The successful candidate will take full ownership of the overall testing strategy and quality delivery across the organization's technology portfolio. Core responsibilities include guiding a team of quality assurance professionals, driving Behavior-Driven and Test-Driven Development methodologies, and collaborating with cross-functional development and product teams to ensure high-quality software releases.

Ready to take your expertise to the next level? Get in touch today!

Responsibilities:

• Define and own the test strategy, test plans and approach across the project
• Lead, mentor and coordinate a team of test analysts and engineers
• Introduce and embed BDD practices, running three amigos sessions and writing clear Gherkin scenarios (Given/When/Then) that turn acceptance criteria into executable specifications
• Promote TDD within delivery teams, working with developers on unit and integration test coverage and a test-first mindset
• Oversee manual and automated testing, including functional, regression, integration, performance and UAT
• Drive test automation and continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines
• Manage defect triage, risk reporting and quality metrics
• Report test progress, risks and release readiness to stakeholders
• Embed best practice and continuous improvement in testing processes
• Work within Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban) alongside cross-functional teams

Skills/Must Have:

• Proven track record as a Test Lead or Test Manager in a software delivery environment
• Strong experience building test strategies and leading test teams
• Hands-on experience implementing BDD using tools such as Cucumber, SpecFlow, Behave or Karate
• Solid understanding of TDD principles and experience working with developers using frameworks such as JUnit, NUnit, xUnit, Jest or pytest
• Hands-on knowledge of test automation frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar)
• Experience with test management tools such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr or TestRail
• Good understanding of CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab)
• Experience testing APIs and integrations (e.g. Postman, REST Assured)
• Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging senior stakeholders
• Comfortable leading and motivating a team in a remote setting

Desirable Skills:

• ISTQB certification
• Performance testing experience (JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar)
• Cloud experience (AWS or Azure)
• Experience coaching teams in moving from traditional testing to BDD/TDD
• Experience in Telecommunications

Contract Details:

• Duration: 6 months, with potential for extension
• Location: Fully remote (UK-based)
• IR35: Outside

Salary:

• £400–£450 per day