Test lead (Test & Integration Lead)

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do:

• UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!.

Job Description

Overview:

To lead the Test & Integration strategy, including planning, coordinating, and executing all testing and system integration activities across the company portfolio.

Key responsibilities:

•    Validate migrated data sets for completeness, accuracy, and integrity

•    Support testing of complex, data driven user interfaces

•    Design and execute data migration test scenarios and reconciliations

•    Collaborate with vendor and customer teams on defect triage and resolution

•    Identify and highlight data migration risks and planning gaps

•    Contribute to overall test approach where migration risks extend beyond pure testing

Required Skills & Experience

•    Strong experience in data heavy system testing, particularly data migration validation

•    Experience testing enterprise or COTS platforms hosted in cloud environments

•    Solid understanding of test lifecycle, defect management, and test reporting

•    Ability to interpret complex datasets and technical documentation

•    Comfortable engaging with vendors and internal stakeholders

Desirable Skills

•    Prior experience with KISTERS WISKI (Water Information System) or similar environmental / observability systems

•    Experience in projects where data migration risk was a key concern

•    Exposure to regulated or public sector environments

NOTE:

• Clearance: Must hold SC clearance (currently checking if the client can initiate the SC process)
• Eligibility: UK nationals or UK dual nationals only

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience of Automated Quality Assurance: Deliver overnight cross-browser, functional, non-functional, API, integration and acceptance tests
• Delivered front end cross-browser functional testing, device testing, exploratory, systems integration and user acceptance testing e.g. manual testing
• Confident with building and maintaining frameworks in Java
• Have practical experience with open source tools such as: Cypress, Karate, PlayWright, Selenium or similar
• Worked in an agile environment
• Any performance testing experience or other non-functional testing experience would be beneficial

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company’s profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact [recruiter email address] at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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