Senior DevOps Test Manager

Salary: £130,000 - 130,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience working on large scale multi-organisational transformation programmes
• Hands-on technical testing competence in traditional and DevOps environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven experience in data-driven assurance
• Excellent communication skills with confidence representing the testing function in governance forums
• Proactive, structured, and able to manage testing across multiple workstreams
• Continuous improvement mindset, seeking opportunities to enhance test processes, automation, and quality standards
• Experience in assessing technical risk mitigation while working with low-maturity technical integration partners
• Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments
• Extensive hands-on experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks within cloud environments
• Capability in writing MySQL/SQL queries to validate data integrity and assess end-to-end data flows
• Proven experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving data-related defects through systematic backend testing techniques
• Practical experience validating KPI dashboards and analytical reports
• Hands-on experience with test management tooling, including Jira and Zephyr

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Test Manager in defining and governing the Test Strategy
• Ensure alignment of all test activities with programme quality objectives and milestone deliverables
• Contribute to risk-based planning, test governance, and multi-workstream quality alignment
• Provide direction and coordination to internal teams and supplier-side test resources
• Deliver hands-on testing across the full SDLC from Unit to Acceptance
• Conduct requirements analysis, static reviews, and dynamic test execution
• Produce test cases, scenarios, traceability matrices, and structured test reports
• Design, build, and maintain cloud-based automated test frameworks
• Embed automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines
• Drive regression coverage, continuous testing, and quality gate enforcement
• Write and execute MySQL/SQL queries to perform backend data integrity checks
• Validate KPI dashboards and analytical outputs against backend datasets
• Produce high-quality test artefacts including test plans, readiness reports, TTMs, and completion reports
• Manage the full defect lifecycle including reporting, triage, RCA, and resolution
• Use analytics tools to track test coverage, progress, and quality KPIs
• Represent the testing function in programme governance forums
• Prepare structured test evidence for quality gateway reviews

Technologies

• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• JIRA
• MySQL
• SQL
• AWS
• Azure
• DAX
• GCP
• GitHub
• ISTQB
• Jenkins
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Power BI

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At KBR, we are a leading global engineering, construction, and services company with 28,000 employees worldwide and operations in 34 countries. We support hydrocarbon and government services markets by delivering challenging assignments on some of the largest and most complex projects. We are seeking a DevOps in Test Manager for our Estates Intelligence division, which specializes in managing and optimizing client asset portfolios. The role is based in Leatherhead and offers a blend of onsite and remote work, providing an opportunity to participate in a multi-organizational programme aimed at enhancing asset management solutions.

last updated 15 week of 2026