Non Functional Test NFT Lead

NFT Lead – Non-Functional Testing Glasgow / Edinburgh (Hybrid) Outside IR35 Initial 12-month contract (extendable) Clearance: BPSS required We are hiring multiple NFT Leads to help drive a flagship multi-year Quality Assurance transformation programme for a major UK client. As part of a SAFe Agile delivery, this is a hands-on, technical role — not just coordination. You will own the design and execution of non-functional tests covering performance, scalability, failover, and security validation. You’ll be building automation libraries, executing scenario-based testing, and providing clear data-led insights to readiness gates and go-live decisions. What you'll do: Design & execute performance, scalability, failover, and soak tests Run load and resilience testing to validate system behaviour under stress Manage NFT artefacts and dashboards aligned to release decision points Drive automation uplift and reusable test libraries into CI/CD pipelines Ensure monitoring & environment alignment for NFT accuracy Integrate security testing: threat modelling, vulnerability, and penetration testing Support ITHC readiness, operational acceptance (OAT), and recovery test walkthroughs Collaborate with DevOps, infrastructure, automation, and client teams Track and document failure patterns and regressions across test stages What you'll bring: Strong experience in non-functional testing: performance, failover, and resilience Ability to build risk-based test scenarios, not just run template scripts Skilled in tracking and analysing performance regressions Strong CI/CD mindset: integrate NFT into DevOps pipelines Ability to work closely with triage teams and provide decisive test data Hands-on security validation and ITHC preparation experience Tech environment: Must-have: Test & Reporting: qTest, Jira, Xray, Allure, Confluence CI/CD & Build: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Git, Gradle NFT Tools: NeoLoad, JMeter, BlazeMeter OWASP ZAP, SonarQube, Burp Suite, SQLMap, Nmap Lighthouse, Prometheus, Grafana, Snyk Nice to have: Selenium, Playwright, Serenity BDD, Cucumber, Postman, REST Assured Gatling, RedLine13 All our roles are UK based. When submitting your application to Colossus, please ensure the following Your CV has your address and postcode. You also have your correct phone number and email address so we can contact you asap regarding your application. For confidentiality purposes, please remove any reference contact phone number's and email address details from your CV.

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Posted Date: 6/30/2025