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<p><strong>Operational Acceptance Tester (OAT)</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bromley / Croydon / Bracknell | Mostly Remote | SC cleared | 6 Month Contract </strong></p><p><strong>up to £370 p/d Outside IR35 </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Help ensure critical cloud services are ready for the real world.</strong></p><p>SR2 is partnering with an established technology consultancy delivering secure, resilient digital services across government and enterprise environments.</p><p><br></p><p>We're looking for an experienced <strong>Operational Acceptance Tester</strong> to take ownership of operational readiness testing across complex, cloud-based projects.</p><p><br></p><p>You'll work alongside DevOps, Infrastructure and Release Management teams, helping ensure systems are reliable, secure and ready for production.</p><p><br></p><p>What you'll be doing</p><ul><li>Lead Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) activities, strategies and test plans.</li><li>Validate operational readiness across AWS-based services.</li><li>Test resilience, failover, backup, restore and disaster recovery.</li><li>Verify monitoring, alerting, logging and operational processes.</li><li>Collaborate with DevOps and Release teams on production readiness.</li><li>Assess security, performance and non-functional requirements.</li><li>Identify risks, manage defects and communicate test outcomes.</li><li>Support and mentor other testing professionals.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>What we're looking for</p><ul><li>Strong hands-on experience in <strong>Operational Acceptance Testing</strong>.</li><li>Experience testing cloud environments, ideally AWS.</li><li>Understanding of resilience, recovery, monitoring and release management.</li><li>Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins and test automation.</li><li>Knowledge of Linux, infrastructure and IT service management.</li><li>Familiarity with Agile and DevOps delivery.</li><li>Confident communication and stakeholder management skills.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Nice to have</p><ul><li>JMeter or LoadRunner experience.</li><li>Docker or Kubernetes knowledge.</li><li>ISTQB, ITIL or cloud certifications.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Security clearance- SC</p><p>Due to the security clearance requirements associated with this opportunity, applicants must be British citizens and have lived permanently in the UK for the past five years.</p><p><br></p><p>Why consider this opportunity?</p><ul><li>Work on meaningful, large-scale digital transformation projects.</li><li>Help shape operational readiness across critical cloud services.</li><li>Join a collaborative engineering and quality assurance environment.</li><li>Enjoy a predominantly remote working arrangement.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Interested?</strong></p><p>Apply or contact SR2 for a confidential conversation.</p><p><br></p><p>SR2 is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates of all genders and backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.</p>

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