Network administrator (m/f/d)

Network Test Specialist (Minerva SA Risking Programme) Location: Telford (2 days a week onsite) About the Project: Our client – a leading global consultancy – is delivering a major programme within HMRC’s Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS) to strengthen fraud detection and compliance for Self-Assessment (SA) registrations. The Preventative Risking (PR) team plays a critical role in identifying fraudulent activity — currently detecting over 200,000 fraudulent registrations out of 1 million annually — and saving the UK taxpayer hundreds of millions in lost revenue. To enhance these capabilities, the team is migrating and automating data ingestion and risk analytics processes within the SAS Viya 4 platform, leveraging 20+ data sources from the Minerva Oracle estate. This new test role sits at the heart of that transformation — ensuring that automated testing, data quality, and performance assurance are embedded into every stage of delivery. We’re looking for a Network Test Specialist / Test Automation Engineer with strong experience in data and analytics platforms, ideally including SAS Viya. You’ll join a newly formed agile team within the Minerva platform programme, working closely with developers, DevOps engineers, and analysts to build robust automated test frameworks supporting the ingestion, analytics, and Intelligent Decisioning capabilities of the platform. You’ll own the automation test strategy, build frameworks from the ground up, integrate them into CI/CD pipelines, and ensure that every component — from data pipelines to user interfaces — is validated efficiently and reliably. Define and implement test automation strategies for SAS Viya 4 applications (including Visual Analytics and Intelligent Decisioning). Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, Git). Lead on test data strategy, defect management, and environment configuration. Collaborate within an Agile Scrum team — attending ceremonies, demos, and retrospectives. Troubleshoot issues across SAS Viya containerized environments (OpenShift, Kubernetes). Proven background in test automation for data or analytics platforms , ideally SAS Viya 4. Strong experience with Python or Shell scripting and automation frameworks (Selenium, PyTest, JUnit). Familiarity with REST APIs and endpoint testing. Data management, profiling, and validation experience. Experience with SAS Viya architecture and components (VA, ID, CAS). This is a chance to contribute to one of the most high-impact government risk intelligence programmes in the UK — directly shaping how HMRC detects and prevents fraud through automation, analytics, and modern cloud-based platforms. You’ll be working with cutting-edge SAS technologies in a collaborative, delivery-focused environment.