IT & Software

SC Cleared Test Manager

Version 1

Birmingham · West Midlands · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will lead the test work-stream for data migration programs, ensuring data quality, completeness and integrity across ETL/ELT processes. You will collaborate with vendor and client teams, plan testing activities, and manage risks to keep projects on track. You’ll drive SDLC-aligned testing, sign-offs, and transparent communication with stakeholders. This is a chance to shape testing strategy in a data-heavy, cloud-enabled environment and contribute to our transformation-focused services.

Pay / Benefits
  • Quarterly profit share scheme
  • Flexible/remote working
  • Pension
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • Educational assistance and certifications (AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat)
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
  • Plan the test work-stream including resources, scope and schedule
  • Estimate and obtain management support for time, resources and budget for testing
  • Organize status meetings and send Status Reports to the Client
  • Ensure adherence to SDLC, test execution and results recording; sign-off
  • Manage test work-stream RAID process
  • Review quality and consistency of test deliverables
  • Empower decision-making to progress test workstreams quickly
Key requirements
  • Strong experience in data-heavy system testing and 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
  • 5+ years Test Management Experience
  • Proven test leadership on large projects with defect tracking and test status reporting
  • Experience in managing development & testing workflow in multivendor environments
  • Active SC Clearance (required)
  • Some experience with CI/CD and/or automation approaches
  • Leadership and milestone management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Decision-making under pressure
  • Data migration validation
  • ETL/ELT testing
  • SQL data analysis

Reference: WJ-747_31173591 · Posted 01 Nov 2026

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