Lead Test Environment Architect

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Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Head Office - Glasgow, Head Office - Newcastle, Hybrid, Remote - work from anywhere within the UK
Categories: Digital Innovation

Business Unit: Enterprise Systems

Salary range: £72,800 - £91,000

Location: UK, Hybrid, with occasional travel to our hubs in Glasgow / Newcastle

Contract type: Permanent, full-time

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Our Team

In Quality Engineering Services we are proud that we are the team that support the delivery of high-quality change capabilities, enabling our customers to engage with their finances when and how they want to. We deliver across web, mobile and legacy channels via a range of technologies. Being digital and on the go has never been so important – We love what we do and it’s truly an exciting time to join the team!

Reporting to the Head of Quality Engineering Services (QES), the role will involve engagement with and provide support to, many roles across QES & the broader CIOs, ensuing the delivery of effective environments within the non-production landscape, identifying potential issues & ensuring appropriate resolutions are in place both at design & implementation.

The Test Environment Architect will have accountability and ownership of the standards and processes relating to the delivery of environments within the testing arena, ensuring project deliverables are accounted for and the technology stack within their designated environments are fit for both purpose & utility.

What you’ll be doing

Responsible for refining the Enterprise Environment strategy and approach across the Testing Environments

Responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Environment capability in terms of best practice, tooling and standards

Responsible for evaluating the testing requirements and producing the test environment design including both component and data requirements for inclusion to the Test Approach

Input into the management and tracking of environment costs and associated budgets including production of all RtL estimates.

Working closely with Business and Technology colleagues and third parties to ensure that environment options are effectively evaluated and that robust recommendations are made.

Ongoing governance of environment delivery against agreed designs, approach, and budget.

Working closely with the Quality Chapter Leads and Senior Quality Leads to ensure the Test Environment strategy and approach meets the needs of the banks & supports the Enterprise Test Strategy.

Communicating with Information Security to ensure compliance with security standards.

We need you to have

Strong technical knowledge of the Testing Environment

Experience of providing technical guidance and support to colleagues and stakeholders

Ability to work to challenging timescales and deliver to planned schedules

Strong understanding of project management methodologies

Extensive experience working within large multi-platform environments within their technical specialism

Ability to provide technical advice and guidance to staff to ensure timely delivery of test environments

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

Qualified to an appropriate level in Technical Specialism

Technical SME knowledge to internal/external teams of the testing environment

Knowledge of deploying applications both from installers and as individual components

Red Hot Rewards

Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
Market-leading pension.
Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money

We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

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Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit

Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.

Advertised: 02 Jun 2025 GMT Daylight Time
Applications close: 06 Jun 2025 GMT Daylight Time