Network Test Engineer (IT) / Freelance

Our client is looking for a Network Test Engineer to start immediately. This would be hybrid working across the following sites: Farnborough, Bath, Oxford, Warwick and Birmingham with occasional travel to the customer site in Newbury. The role is working Outside IR35 with a daily rate of £275 per day. The contract would initially be for 3 months and candidates would need to already hold/ be eligible for SC clearance. Test Analyst skills * Create test scripts from Test Plans / Low Level Designs for Network infrastructure (Routers / switches / firewalls) * Understand Test phases purposes: Unit, System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Disaster recovery, Operation Acceptance) * Import test cases to ALM and link to requirements * Collect Test execution evidence, Reporting execution / defect in ALM Practical skills * Cisco Switch / Router console commands * Handling Fibre optic cables * Understanding of Data Centre operating procedures * Set up network test equipment for RFC 2544 testing * Network and Service Management tool set (e.g. StableNet) Knowledge * Interpret Network infrastructure design from HLD/LLD * ALM Test case management, Defect Management, Reporting Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.