Insight International (UK) Ltd
Operational Technology Test Lead
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Role Title: Operational Technology Test Lead
Location: Worthing, UK - hybrid
Employment Type: Inside IR35 Contract
Experience: 8+ Years
Description
Experienced OT Test Lead to deliver complex testing and validation across Operational Technology and Telemetry programme including processes, access, core infrastructure, and site infrastructure.
The OT Test Lead will be responsible for the planning, coordination, execution, and governance of testing activities throughout the project lifecycle. This includes requirements validation, functional testing, system integration testing, factory acceptance testing (FAT), operational readiness, regression testing, and support for cybersecurity and resilience testing.
The role requires a strong understanding of industrial control systems and the ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering, automation, infrastructure, cybersecurity, commissioning, vendor, and operational teams.
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Essential Experience
- Significant experience in OT, industrial automation, control systems, commissioning, or systems testing.
- Strong experience working with PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI, SIS, ESD, or industrial control systems.
- Experience developing test plans, procedures, and test scripts.
- Experience leading testing activities and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong defect management and problem-solving experience.
- Ability to interpret complex engineering and technical documentation.
- Strong understanding of system integration and industrial communication networks.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Technology Experience
- Access workstream (MFA, PAM, RBAC)
- PLC systems
- SCADA systems
- DCS platforms
- HMI systems
- Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
- Industrial servers and workstations
- OT networks and communication infrastructure
- Historians and data collection platforms
- OT monitoring and management systems
- Engineering workstations
- Remote access solutions
- Integrated control and automation platforms
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Testing Experience
- Standard functional, system, integration, end-to-end testing.
- Coordination of user and operational acceptance testing.
- Performance, failover, resilience, recovery, cybersecurity, operational readiness, disaster recovery, commissioning testing.
- Contribute to the improvement of existing testing processes and templates for test and defect management.
- Producing high-quality documentation, including plans, scenarios, test cases, traceability, workbook, metrics, reports, exit.
- Adhering to existing project and quality assurance governance, ensuring appropriate coverage and evidence.
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