Test Engineer

Test Engineer (Cisco, Networks, Switches, Routers, Firewalls)

3-6 Month Contract

Newbury (Hybrid)

£290-300/day (Outside IR35)

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

Must have specific experience of testing Telecoms Network Infrastructure including: CISCO Switches, Routers, Firewalls, RFC 2544 testing + Network Connectivity testing.

A chance to work with a global IT services consultancy for a large-scale Network Infrastructure programme for an end-client in the Telecoms domain.

Key experience + tasks will include:

• Test Engineer needed to support a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) network connectivity transformation programme.


• Creating test scripts from Test Plans and Low-Level Designs for Network infrastructure -e.g- Switches, Routers, Firewalls.


• Cisco Switch / Router console commands, setting up network test equipment for RFC 2544 testing + handling fibre optic cabling.


• ALM Test case management, Defect Management, Reporting


• ALM testing (Application Lifecycle Management) testing. Importing test cases, test case management, collecting test execution evidence, reporting execution and defect management in ALM.


• Test phases purposes: 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 + understanding Data Centre operating procedures.


• Telecoms / National Network Infrastructure domain / Utility Gas & Electric experience preferred