Job Title: Test Analyst

Industry: Public Sector

Contract Duration: 4-5 months

Location: Cardiff/Hybrid

Day Rate: £300 - £325 per day (Inside IR35)

We are supporting a large-scale public sector Cloud Transition Programme, migrating nationally critical healthcare applications from on-premises data centres into Azure and Google Cloud. So, need a skilled Test Analyst to deliver application-level testing across multiple migration waves, working closely with subject matter experts, suppliers, and programme teams.

The Role:

• Planning, preparing, and executing application-level test cycles
• Designing effective test scenarios with application SMEs and third-party suppliers
• Performing functional, regression, workflow, and integration testing
• Creating and maintaining test scripts, test data, and test documentation
• Managing defects through to resolution, including retesting and evidence capture
• Supporting test summary reporting and traceability matrices
• Ensuring testing aligns with clinical safety and governance requirements
• Contributing to a complex, multi-team cloud migration programme

Skills Needed:

• Proven experience testing NHS or other regulated clinical applications
• Strong functional testing experience (regression, workflow, integration)
• Experience creating and executing test scripts, scenarios, and test data
• Strong defect management, documentation, and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience testing cloud-based applications (Azure preferred)
• Awareness of clinical safety standards (DCB0160 / DCB0129) – desirable
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or migration programmes – desirable

Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they meet only 50–60% of the requirements, while women and other underrepresented groups often look for a 90–100% match. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every single box, please still apply. We’d love to hear from you.