Test Lead in Bracknell

Location: Basingstoke/Bracknell

Are you a Test Lead who combines strong testing skills with great communication and leadership skills? Are you a team player aware of emerging technologies and methodologies, prepared to learn and mentor new and junior staff? Are you committed to raising standards and delighting our customers? If you want to be proud to work for a company that respects its people, promotes diversity, and is at the leading edge of technology, we are looking for you.

Your role

We are looking for a self‑motivated Test Lead to join our existing dynamic Test Practice. You will lead testing for a project and work closely with all project stakeholders. Working alongside a team of dedicated professionals, you will be driven to find better, faster, more effective ways of testing and add value to the projects you are working on. You will lead by example and work to develop your team and emerging talent, strengthening the Test Practice and building our reputation as a centre of excellence. This is a fast‑paced environment where you will have the chance to grow and build upon your existing knowledge and abilities.

Core Skills

• People management and strong mentoring and coaching skills
• Manual and automated testing, including non‑functional, functional and end‑to‑end testing for application, infrastructure, hardware and regression
• Production of test artefacts: strategies, plans, manual scripts, reports, defect management and reporting
• Execution of manual and automated test scripts
• Requirements management
• Clear understanding of Agile, V‑Model and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Day‑to‑day support to programme and project managers to deliver the required testing
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong relationship‑building with peers, colleagues and customers
• Confidence working closely with the customer (Home Office) Test Assurance team, focusing on building a strong relationship

Desirable but not essential:

• Experience in Kubernetes, SIEM, NGINX, Elastic
• ISTQB qualification at Foundation Level or above

Your experience

• Demonstrable experience of Operational Acceptance and supporting documentation
• Demonstrable understanding of the Software Development and Testing Lifecycles
• Experience of all phases of testing, including integration, system, regression, FAT, SAT, UAT, OAT and witness testing
• Service readiness experience
• Demonstrable experience of Agile/Incremental solution delivery
• Demonstrable knowledge of configuration/change/release management principles
• Demonstrable knowledge of Continuous Integration and DevOps
• Demonstrable troubleshooting skills and approach to defect resolution
• Experience of managing a team

Your benefits

• 26 days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• Pension – double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Company‑wide incentive plans
• Flexible benefits (increased holidays, travel, dental, critical illness and more)
• Employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of one stage of interviews. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email EMEIArecruitment@fujitsu.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. This role requires the ability to obtain high level security clearance.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer: a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter. We are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We are people‑centric: our work environments enable you to Be Completely You. Our active people‑led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.