Network Test Engineer - SC Cleared Mandatory - London/Newbury/Birmingham/Manchester/Glasgo

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Create test scripts from Test Plans, High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD) for network infrastructure - Routers, Switches and Firewalls. Execute test cases across the full VBTS estate: hosting, data centre, LAN/WiFi, SD-WAN, fixed connectivity, mobility, telephony, UC andamp; Unity, MPN andamp; cloud, IoT, cloud andamp; security, and service transition. Support all test phases: Unit, System Integration, Functional, Non-Functional, Disaster Recovery and Operational Acceptance Testing. Import test cases into ALM and link test cases to requirements, maintaining full requirements traceability. Capture and collect test execution evidence to the standard required for milestone sign-off and audit. Report test execution status, defects and outcomes in ALM and other Vodafone-approved tools. Raise, track and retest defects; work with delivery, design and engineering teams to resolve defects against project milestones. Set up and operate network test equipment, including RFC 2544 throughput/latency/frame-loss testing. Handle fibre optic cabling and follow Data Centre operating procedures when working in DC environments. Interpret network infrastructure designs from HLD/LLD and translate them into executable test scenarios. Use network and service management toolsets (eg StableNet) to validate service behaviour. Support test environment preparation, smoke testing and readiness checks ahead of formal execution windows. Attend Vodafone hub locations ..... full job details .....