DV Cleared Infrastructure Test Engineers x 2

Location: Onsite in Hamsphire
Contract Length: Initial 12 Months
Rate: £480 to £530 per day - Outside IR35
Clearance: Active DV Clearance Required

We are seeking experienced DV Cleared Infrastructure Test SMEs to support a major secure infrastructure programme. Working within a complex technical environment, you will be responsible for the planning, execution and assurance of infrastructure testing activities across critical platforms and services.

The successful candidates will provide hands-on testing expertise, ensuring infrastructure components are validated against functional, performance and operational requirements while supporting defect management and stakeholder reporting throughout the test lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, review and execute Infrastructure Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases.
• Perform functional, integration, system and performance testing across infrastructure environments.
• Manage defects through their full lifecycle, including identification, logging, tracking and resolution validation.
• Produce comprehensive test evidence, reports and assurance documentation.
• Validate infrastructure deployments against technical and business requirements.
• Support test readiness reviews, test execution activities and operational acceptance processes.
• Work closely with Infrastructure Engineers, Architects, Service Delivery teams and third-party suppliers.
• Identify testing risks, issues and dependencies and provide mitigation recommendations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, methodologies and tooling.

Essential Experience

• Active DV Clearance.
• Proven experience delivering infrastructure testing within secure, complex or enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of the full test lifecycle, including planning, execution, defect management and reporting.
• Experience producing test strategies, plans, scripts and test evidence.
• Hands-on experience conducting functional, non-functional and performance testing.
• Ability to work independently within highly secure environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Desirable Technical Experience

We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Infrastructure Test SME - Virtual Desktop & Windows Technologies

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments.
• Windows Server administration and testing.
• Proxy services and proxy chaining technologies.
• Enterprise authentication and access management.
• End-user computing and desktop service validation.

Infrastructure Test SME - DNS & Virtualisation

• DNS infrastructure and associated services.
• VMware vSphere and virtualisation platforms.
• Infrastructure services testing and validation.
• Network services and enterprise platform testing.
• Performance and resilience testing of virtualised environments.