Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom · On-site
About Scrumconnect Scrumconnect Consulting is a UK-based digital transformation consultancy delivering secure, scalable, and user-centred solutions across government and enterprise organizations. We specialise in agile d…
Skills: Operational Acceptance Testing, Test Strategy, Monitoring and Alert Validation, Disaster Recovery Testing, Defect Management
Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom · On-site
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has positively influ…
Skills: Performance Testing, JMeter, Gatling, LoadRunner, k6
Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$27k–$30k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of more than 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solut…
Skills: Bid Coordination, Proposal Management, RFP/RFI/RFQ Management, Workday Solutions, Stakeholder Management
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid
$800k–$900k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning UK public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile de…
Skills: Lead Generation, Sales Cycle Management, Client Relationship Management, Negotiation, Proposal Development
Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom · On-site
$65k–$70k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning UK public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile de…
Skills: New Business Development, Public Sector Sales, UK Government Procurement, Pipeline Management, Contract Negotiation
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solutions …
Skills: Ruby on Rails, React.js, AWS, Java Spring Boot, CI/CD
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solutions …
Skills: Ruby on Rails, React.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$32k–$45k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has p…
Skills: Next.js, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Server-Side Rendering
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
Job Description About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful techn…
Skills: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RESTful APIs, Object-Oriented Programming, PostgreSQL
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$55k–$65k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has p…
Skills: Next.js, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, WCAG 2.2 AA
Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$40k–$45k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has p…
Skills: Performance Analysis, KPI Design, SQL, Google Analytics, Power BI
Coventry, England, United Kingdom · On-site
$400/hr–$450/hr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning UK public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile de…
Skills: Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Power Pages, Power Apps, Power Automate
Coventry, England, United Kingdom · On-site
$400/hr–$450/hr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning UK public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile de…
Skills: Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Pages, Power Platform, Power Apps, Power Automate
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$350/hr–$400/hr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has p…
Skills: Interaction Design, GOV.UK Design System, WCAG 2.2 AA Accessibility, Prototyping, User-Centred Design
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$450/hr–$500/hr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has p…
Skills: Interaction Design, GOV.UK Design System, WCAG 2.2 AA Accessibility, Prototyping, User-Centred Design
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom · On-site
$50k–$55k/yr
About Scrumconnect Scrumconnect delivers innovative digital solutions that help organisations modernise services, improve user experiences, and accelerate transformation through agile delivery and engineering excellence.…
Skills: Playwright, TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS
Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning technology consulting firm recognized through prestigious UKIT awards, including Best Public Sector IT Project, Digital Transformation Projec…
Skills: Tricentis Tosca, UI Automation Testing, Model-Based Testing, GitLab CI/CD, SQL
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$30k–$50k/yr
About Scrumconnect Consulting Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has p…
Skills: Interaction Design, GOV.UK Design System, WCAG 2.2 AA, Prototyping, User-Centred Design
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom · Remote OK
$400/hr–$450/hr
About Scrumconnect Scrumconnect Consulting is a leading digital transformation consultancy delivering innovative, user-centred technology solutions across the public and private sectors. We specialise in helping organisa…
Skills: Aws, Devops, Ci/Cd, Terraform, Cloudformation
Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom · On-site
About Us Scrumconnect is a people-first consultancy dedicated to delivering digital solutions that make a real difference. We believe in building diverse, empowered teams that thrive on collaboration, innovation, and con…
Skills: Employee Relations, Performance Management, Recruitment, Onboarding, HR Policies
Staines-Upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom • On-site
Sign up with Clera and we'll reach out the moment a role actually fits you — no more spraying applications into the void.
Lead the planning and execution of Operational Acceptance Testing to ensure systems are production-ready, stable, and resilient. Coordinate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to validate monitoring, failover, and support readiness while mentoring junior testers.
Requires 6-9 years of QA experience with a strong focus on leading Operational Acceptance Testing in regulated environments. Proficiency in production readiness models and stakeholder management is essential, with cloud platform experience being a plus.
About Scrumconnect
Scrumconnect Consulting is a UK-based digital transformation consultancy delivering secure, scalable, and user-centred solutions across government and enterprise organizations. We specialise in agile delivery, cloud platforms, data, and modern engineering practices—helping clients build reliable services that meet high operational and compliance standards.
Role Overview – Lead OAT Tester
The Lead Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) Tester is responsible for leading and executing operational readiness testing to ensure systems are fully production-ready before go-live.
You will own the OAT strategy, manage test execution, produce operational evidence, and provide assurance that services are stable, resilient, monitored, and supportable. This role involves close collaboration with delivery, infrastructure, DevOps, and support teams, as well as mentoring junior testers.
OAT Leadership & Strategy
Lead the planning and execution of Operational Acceptance Testing activities
Define OAT scope, approach, and entry/exit criteria
Ensure alignment with release and deployment timelines
Act as the OAT point of contact for stakeholders
OAT Test Execution
Lead and oversee operational test coverage, including:
Monitoring and alert validation
Alert simulation and escalation testing
Backup and restore testing
Failover and disaster recovery execution
Batch job restart validation
Stability and soak testing
Access, security, and support readiness checks
Evidence, Risk & Defect Management
Ensure detailed and auditable operational test evidence is produced
Log, prioritise, and track operational defects and risks
Coordinate retesting and validate fixes
Maintain OAT artefacts, reports, and audit documentation
Collaboration & Governance
Work closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and support teams to validate operational readiness
Lead OAT walkthroughs, reviews, and sign-off sessions
Support release, go-live, and milestone readiness reviews
Provide operational assurance to programme and delivery leadership
Team Leadership
Mentor and support QA/OAT team members
Review test artefacts produced by junior testers
Promote best practices and continuous improvement within OAT
Required Experience
6–9 years of QA / Testing experience
Strong hands-on experience in Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
Prior experience leading OAT activities or teams
Experience across SIT and UAT with a strong operational focus
Excellent analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills
Experience working in regulated or controlled environments
Strong understanding of production readiness and live support models
Nice to Have
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
Exposure to monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
Understanding of incident, problem, and change management processes
Experience working in Agile delivery environments
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
At Scrumconnect Consulting, we believe diversity drives innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and supported.
We actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, individuals from under-represented communities, and those seeking flexible working arrangements.
As a Disability Confident Level 1 employer, we provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment to ensure equal opportunity for all.
Tech consultancy developing and delivering outcomes at pace.
Scrumconnect, an acclaimed consultancy firm, sets the gold standard in crafting sophisticated, user-centric software solutions underpinned by data-driven insights. Our robust software solutions have cast a global footprint, influencing over 50M individuals via 64 robust digital offerings. As trusted allies in public sector transformation, we've partnered with 20% of the top 75 Govt Services, yielding savings exceeding £24 million for UK taxpayers. Our mission is simple: transform public services into exceptional digital experiences. Our vision is far-sighted. Through digital channels, we aim to democratize public service access, ensuring convenience, wider accessibility, and cost efficiency. As we move forward, we envision ourselves to be an esteemed SME in UK public sector transformation, collaborating with at least 8 central government departments. In the next 5 years, we aspire to grow by expanding our consulting business. We're dedicated to achieving a 99% Customer Net Promoter Score and plan to create 750 new jobs across the UK. Our core values of openness, integrity, excellence, learning, and unwavering commitment guide us in every endeavor. As a testament to our work, we have bagged prestigious accolades- Special Award - Organisational Exit from Pandemic, 'Digital Transformation Project of the Year' at the UKIT Awards and the 'Digital, Data and Technology Award' at the Civil Service Awards. Scrumconnect was born out of an identified gap in the digital transformation landscape. Traditional consultancies often overlooked key areas like design thinking, user-centric designing, customer experience, and product innovation. To disrupt this paradigm, we developed our unique model. We handpick high-performing teams for each project, streamlining talent acquisition and retention to deliver value swiftly and efficiently. Our success lies in this novel approach - bringing together the finest minds Join us at Scrumconnect, and be part of the revolution
Offices: 56 Kingston Road, Staines-upon-Thames, London, England TW18 4NL, GB · Newcastle, GB · Manchester, GB · Bengaluru, Karnataka 560078, IN
Tech consultancy developing and delivering outcomes at pace.
Scrumconnect, an acclaimed consultancy firm, sets the gold standard in crafting sophisticated, user-centric software solutions underpinned by data-driven insights. Our robust software solutions have cast a global footprint, influencing over 50M individuals via 64 robust digital offerings. As trusted allies in public sector transformation, we've partnered with 20% of the top 75 Govt Services, yielding savings exceeding £24 million for UK taxpayers. Our mission is simple: transform public services into exceptional digital experiences. Our vision is far-sighted. Through digital channels, we aim to democratize public service access, ensuring convenience, wider accessibility, and cost efficiency. As we move forward, we envision ourselves to be an esteemed SME in UK public sector transformation, collaborating with at least 8 central government departments. In the next 5 years, we aspire to grow by expanding our consulting business. We're dedicated to achieving a 99% Customer Net Promoter Score and plan to create 750 new jobs across the UK. Our core values of openness, integrity, excellence, learning, and unwavering commitment guide us in every endeavor. As a testament to our work, we have bagged prestigious accolades- Special Award - Organisational Exit from Pandemic, 'Digital Transformation Project of the Year' at the UKIT Awards and the 'Digital, Data and Technology Award' at the Civil Service Awards. Scrumconnect was born out of an identified gap in the digital transformation landscape. Traditional consultancies often overlooked key areas like design thinking, user-centric designing, customer experience, and product innovation. To disrupt this paradigm, we developed our unique model. We handpick high-performing teams for each project, streamlining talent acquisition and retention to deliver value swiftly and efficiently. Our success lies in this novel approach - bringing together the finest minds Join us at Scrumconnect, and be part of the revolution
Offices: 56 Kingston Road, Staines-upon-Thames, London, England TW18 4NL, GB · Newcastle, GB · Manchester, GB · Bengaluru, Karnataka 560078, IN
