UAT Test Lead - Azure Migration - Contract

Scale Factory
London

Contract Opportunity: Test Lead (UAT & Cloud Migration)

Company: Scale Factory

Location: Remote / Client Site (UK)

Contract Length: Initial 6 Months

Scale Factory is currently looking for a high-calibre Test Lead to join us on a contract basis for a mission-critical On-Premises to Azure Cloud migration programme for one of our key logistics clients.

If you are a Quality Assurance champion who excels in leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), navigating complex application dependencies, and safely guiding business stakeholders through cloud transformation journeys, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Test Lead, you won't just be managing a process; you’ll be driving the testing and business readiness strategy across the migration workstream. You will act as the primary liaison between project teams, technical vendors, and business end-users, ensuring that legacy on-premises applications and services are successfully validated and delivered safely into the Azure Cloud production environment.

Technical Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in the following:

  • UAT Leadership & Business Readiness: Extensive experience planning, coordinating, and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT). You must excel at supporting non-technical business stakeholders, defining test criteria, and ensuring UAT deliverables meet strict quality standards.

  • On-Prem to Azure Cloud Migration: Prior experience de-risking technology migration programmes. A strong understanding of shifting workloads from on-premises infrastructure to MS Azure cloud ecosystems is highly desirable.

  • Landscape & Dependency Analysis: Ability to analyse complex system architectures, deployment pathways, upstream/downstream interfaces, and data integrations to map out robust End-to-End (E2E) testing pathways.

  • Environment & Governance Mastery: Deep understanding of managing environment schedules, readiness, and utilisation across multiple migration waves. Proven experience establishing and governing strict entry/exit quality gates between staging environments.

Core Responsibilities

  • Lead Testing Delivery: Drive the planning and execution of End-to-End (E2E) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), actively supporting business stakeholders and managing defect resolution.

  • Stakeholder & Vendor Liaison: Act as the primary customer-facing representative for testing, managing relationships with third-party testing vendors and aligning activities with project milestones.

  • Risk & Production Readiness: Proactively identify testing risks and dependencies associated with cloud deployment, implementing mitigation strategies to support final go/no-go decision-making.

  • Continuous Improvement: Maintain awareness of modern test automation practices to identify efficiency opportunities, while capturing lessons learned throughout the migration lifecycle.

Soft Skills & Culture

While technical and migration prowess is a must, we are looking for a consultant who excels in:

  • High-Impact Communication: You can easily translate complex technical cloud risks into clear, business-friendly language for end-users and stakeholders.

  • Collaborative Leadership: You excel at bridging the gap between technical migration teams and operational business units to foster a "one-team" environment.

  • Problem Solving: You are highly analytical and comfortable navigating the shifting priorities of a fast-paced migration programme.

Ready to join the team? Apply now with your updated CV and a brief summary of your experience leading UAT and managing On-Prem to Azure Cloud (or other Cloud platform) migrations .

Posted 2026-06-25

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