OAT Quality Engineer


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£424 - £467
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC2V 6DN
Working pattern:	Remote
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	19 Aug 2026
Closing date:	26 Aug 2026

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Summary

Hays are now looking for an

OAT Quality Engineer for one of our local clients:

£424 to £467 p/d Inside IR35

Remote

6 months+ contract

Must be

SC Eligible or hold SC Clearance

Join a team responsible for ensuring the successful deployment and operational readiness of AWS-hosted services. You'll design and execute operational acceptance testing, support service management activities, and validate system performance, monitoring, and support processes.

What you'll be doing:

- Design and deliver Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) activities.

- Assess the operational readiness of AWS-hosted applications and services.

- Work closely with service management and operations teams to support live services.

- Validate monitoring, alerting and support processes using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic and Elastic Stack.

- Support testing and troubleshooting activities using Ansible, Bash scripting and system administration skills.

- Test and validate telecommunications technologies, including 4G and 5G services.

What we're looking for:

- Experience in Operational Acceptance Testing, service management and IT operations.

- Knowledge of AWS-hosted applications and technical testing practices.

- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic or Elastic Stack.

- Familiarity with Ansible, Bash scripting and Linux/system administration.

- Experience testing telecommunications technologies (4G/5G).

- Minimum 5 years' continuous UK residency. Transferable SC clearance preferred.

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