Test Lead, Cyber & Infrastructure
Remote
Key Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies for infrastructure, cybersecurity, network, cloud, and OT initiatives.
- Lead System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), infrastructure validation, security testing, performance testing, and operational readiness testing.
- Establish risk-based testing approaches focused on critical utility services and infrastructure.
- Define test scope, schedules, resource requirements, and entry/exit criteria.
- Coordinate testing activities across technical teams, cybersecurity teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.
- Provide leadership-level reporting on testing status, defects, risks, readiness, and go/no-go recommendations.
Cybersecurity Testing
Lead and coordinate cybersecurity testing activities including:
- Vulnerability assessments
- Security validation testing
- Penetration test coordination
- Firewall rule testing
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) testing
- Network segmentation testing
- Security monitoring validation
- Incident response exercises
- Disaster recovery testing
- Cybersecurity control validation
Ensure security controls are implemented and operating as designed and validate alignment with applicable company cybersecurity policies and standards.
Infrastructure Testing
Lead testing and validation across enterprise infrastructure including:
- Firewalls and security appliances
- Routers and switches
- Wired and wireless networking
- Active Directory
- DNS/DHCP
- Windows and Linux servers
- Virtualization platforms
- Storage solutions
- Cloud services
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Backup and recovery solutions
Validate infrastructure upgrades, hardware refreshes, network migrations, and broader technology transformation initiatives.
Verify high availability, redundancy, failover, backup, recovery, and infrastructure resiliency.
Utility & Operational Technology (OT)
Support testing across utility and OT environments, including:
- Field communication networks
- Metering solutions
- GIS integrations
- Control systems
- Energy management systems
- Utility operational platforms
- IT/OT integrations
Evaluate cybersecurity controls protecting critical utility assets and validate secure integration between IT and OT environments.
Network & Connectivity Testing
Lead and support testing across:
- Wired network infrastructure
- Wireless infrastructure
- VLAN segmentation
- Routing and switching configurations
- Network resiliency
- Remote-access solutions
- VPN technologies
- Bandwidth and network performance
- Network equipment and controllers
- Wireless access points
- Endpoint connectivity
- DHCP
- Operational readiness
Test Management & Governance
- Develop detailed test plans, test scenarios, scripts, and execution reports.
- Manage the complete defect lifecycle from identification through remediation and closure.
- Maintain requirements traceability and audit-ready testing documentation.
- Track and report on:
- Test coverage
- Defect leakage
- Security gaps
- Infrastructure readiness
- Operational risks
- Utilize Azure DevOps and ServiceNow for testing, tracking, defect management, and reporting.
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 7+ years of experience across testing/QA, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, or related technical environments.
- 3+ years leading technical testing teams, programs, or initiatives.
- Strong experience with infrastructure and/or cybersecurity testing.
- Experience developing test strategies and coordinating testing across multiple technical teams.
- Experience with:
- Infrastructure testing
- Network testing
- Security testing
- Integration testing
- Disaster recovery testing
- Operational readiness testing
- UAT
- Change and release validation
Technical Knowledge
Strong knowledge across several of the following areas:
- Cybersecurity controls and frameworks
- Firewalls including Palo Alto, Cisco, Check Point, and/or Fortinet
- Networking technologies including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and VPN
- Cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure and AWS
- Active Directory
- Identity and Access Management
- Windows and Linux servers
- Virtualization technologies
- Infrastructure monitoring solutions
- Security monitoring and SIEM platforms
- Vulnerability management tools
- Backup and disaster recovery solutions
Tools
Experience within a utility, energy, industrial, telecommunications, or other critical-infrastructure environment is strongly preferred.
Experience involving any of the following would be particularly valuable:
- Operational Technology (OT)
- IT/OT environments
- Utility infrastructure
- Field communications
- Metering
- GIS integrations
- Control systems
- Energy management systems
- Critical infrastructure cybersecurity
