Test & Integration Manager

Job Description

Recruiter: Mark Thomas

Hiring Manager: Katy Parsons

Career Grade: D

Internal Closing Date: 17/06/2026

About the role

Our purpose is to use the power of communication to make a better world. For each other, for our customers, for society and our communities.

This role supports the successful integration of new systems, products, services, and validation campaigns to assure the quality of the deliveries on behalf of EE and its customers, through technical and commercial launch.

We are looking for someone with a good technical background and solid experience in managing testing projects and overseeing the testing lifecycle. In addition, you will have strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to articulate problems to non technical people.

This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to a variety of networks and the innovation in what we do including access to new technologies. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team who deliver projects and services for our customers through the comprehensive testing of our mobile network technologies and innovations.

This role is based in London or Bristol and our hybrid working model means you are expected to be in the office 3 days per week.

What you’ll be doing

• Responsible for all aspects of testing and integration from initial evaluation to Realisation into operational network. To set direction for the delivery across the full testing and integration life-cycle ensuring all key milestones are achieved in compliance with the Testing Framework.
• Accountable for defining and communicating test approach to ensure risk mitigation strategy, agreeing and achieving key milestones and deliveries with external suppliers and internal stakeholders, articulating the working relationship at the start and securing agreement for the optimal balance of time, cost, and quality.
• Developing and maintaining key relationships within Vendors, Design, Operations, Product owners, PMO, IT and Automation teams.
• Accountable across the range of Mobile technologies, leading detailed investigations, defining the test approach, highlighting any significant risks, and translating into business recommendations.
• Responsible for the planning, engagement and management of all test resources throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Undertaking virtual management, coaching and developing the skills and competencies in others, through on the job support, delegation, coaching, timely formal and informal feedback, training and development.
• Managing the delivery of Programmes/ projects to meet the business needs and match expectations for cost, quality, reliability and time to market in line with BT Portfolio.
• Utilise a broad knowledge of testing approaches, practices and techniques in order to engage up front in value streams, projects, Programmes etc., to define the strategy for testing BT’s products and services.
• Identify what testing tools and technologies can be implemented, aligning with those already used across the broader design and development functions and those being developed by our strategic technology partners.
• Work with the Automation teams to identify opportunities to drive automation first and increase our automation footprint over successive deliveries.
• Create test design patterns for re-use in future solution design settings, including the test requirements for regression testing and in life Quality Assurance.
• Work with the Environment delivery and support teams to ensure Mobile NW and IT environments keep up with testing tools and delivery requirements.
• Managing and negotiating any change required to deliver business needs and project benefits and take ownership for issues and escalations which arise as a result of testing and see them through to resolution.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Solid working knowledge & understanding of 3GPP mobile telecommunication networks (2G-5G) and likely a specialist in one or several areas.
• Experience of authoring Test strategy, Test planning and Test specifications for mobile applications, Services and Platforms.
• Experience of managing & delivering integration and acceptance Testing of telecommunications services and Platforms preferably experience with delivering Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle products.
• Experience in test management to drive test execution, leading defect troubleshooting, symptoms gathering and result evaluation.

Technical Skills:
• Solid knowhow of one or more of the below Mobile technology areas (Platforms, e2e flows and Signaling protocols ):
• Evolved Packet Core (3GPP LTE)
(MME, HSS, SGW, PGW, ePDG etc.)
• GSM & UMTS Architectures
(Circuit switched voice & messaging, MSC, SMSc, SGSN, GGSN, EIR, HLR etc)
• Authentication, Policy Control & Charging Mechanisms
(PCF, OCS, CDR, Radius, AAA)
• Cloud Architectures & Network Function Virtualisation
(EMS, VNF, NFVI)
• 5GSA Architecture
(AMF, SMF, UPF, SBA, HTTP2 API Services)

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Knowledge & Experience of working with Jira, Confluence & GitLab.
• Ability to work under pressure and to assist peers in same situation whilst ensuring time, cost and quality requirements are maintained.
• Hands on experience with using monitoring tools like NetScout, Wireshark, Ericsson CNOM etc.

Nice to have skills:
• Basic experience in Test Automation, DevOps, CI CD and any Automation test framework tools like SEGRON, Spirent, Landslide.
• Basic knowhow of Cloud Computing Technologies like Kubernetes, EMS, VNF, NFVI.
• System engineering skills - Scripting and Automation.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life.

You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.