12806 - Senior Developer in Test

Ministry of Justice; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government agency seeks a Senior Developer in Test to establish, monitor, and maintain automated testing. Based in London, the role requires strong knowledge in Java and automation skills. Candidates should have experience designing automation frameworks and working with delivery teams using agile methods. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and should be committed to high standards in testing. This is a permanent position offering flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Brilliant training opportunities

Flexible working

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge in Java for development of enterprise applications.
• Strong automation skills at both service and UI level.
• Experience working closely with developers on automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain automated testing frameworks.
• Improve existing test automation or design efficient testing methods.
• Monitor builds and identify trends across teams.

Skills

Java for enterprise applications

Automation skills at service and UI level

Design automation test frameworks

HTTP and web development frameworks

RDBMS knowledge (PostgreSQL)

Wide range of enterprise technologies

Modern tools (docker, k8s)

Mentoring experience

Performance testing tools

Scrum or Kanban techniques

Job description

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

Directorate: Digital Technology Services

Pay Band: Grade 7

Job Title: Senior Developer in Test

Location: London / National. Successful applicants will be expected to be office based 3 days per week in any HMCTS Office (subject to business availability). The frequency may increase in the future

Term: Permanent

Interview: Video conference via Teams

Important salary details

New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum.

Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion, will usually be appointed on the salary minimum of the new pay band, or receive an increase of 10 percent on the current base salary, whatever is higher (This is restricted to the pay maximum of the new band).

GDD

Government Digital and Data (GDD) Profession Capability Framework and Success Profiles Frameworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is within the Technical Job Family, is a Software developer role at Senior Developer level, but carries the title Senior Developer in Test within DTS.

Reserve List

HMCTS run a Reserve List, where candidates who are unsuccessful at interview by only a few points, can be offered other roles, at the same band, for up to 12 months. You will be able to view your status via the application screen. If you have been added to the Reserve List, your status will show either Merit or Reserve list.

Introduction

These are exciting times at HM Court and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). As an agency of the MoJ, we support the judiciary across England and Wales to deliver justice by running courts and tribunals and processing outcomes, and we are looking for talented people to help us achieve our ambitions. It will be challenging, important and rewarding.

HMCTS Digital and Technology Services (DTS) is a specialist technology directorate which provides support to HMCTS in the use of IT and Digital.

DTS is creating a place in which it is great to do work and part of our offer is brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. As well as that you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.

Please follow the link below for further information about HMCTS. www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service

Skills and Experience

• Sound knowledge in Java for development of enterprise and public facing applications
• Strong automation skills at both the service and UI level
• Experience in working with developers to plan and design automation test frameworks and test suites.
• Sound knowledge of HTTP, at least one web development framework (for example Spring or Jersey), Angular (React or Vue.js may be considered) and JavaScript
• Sound knowledge of at least one RDBMS (PostgreSQL or similar), XML and JSON
• Sound knowledge in a wide range of technologies and libraries used in an enterprise, such as logging and monitoring, ORM, authentication/authorisation, cloud hosting environments, systems integration, source control, package management etc
• Experience of working with modern tools (docker, k8s, infrastructure as code) and techniques
• Experience of mentoring, coaching or leading other Developers in Test
• Experience of performance testing or performance monitoring tools
• Experience of designing and implementing non-functional tests that will ensure there is coverage of NFRs - specifically performance
• Strong experience of working with delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban techniques
• Experience of working closely with the Ops team to help specify test environments
• Takes an active interest in the testing community via blogs, forums, and conferences
• You will also want to make a positive impact on the communities we serve
• You are looking for new technical and leadership challenges
• You thrive when you work as part of a team
• You enjoy learning and helping others
• You hold yourself and others to a high standard
• You solve problems in a systematic way

Key responsibilities

• Establish, monitor, and maintain automated testing. Amending, refactoring, and documenting Automation code to build and maintain automated frameworks, and as required leading on these activities. Adhere to internal process and procedures, promoting and advising others which software development testing standards/processes/procedures apply.
• Improve existing test automation or design more efficient ways of testing. You will look to improve existing test code or design tests that are faster or more comprehensive relative to existing tests.
• Monitor builds and trends across the teams (i.e., sauce lab fails, performance degradation, security issues etc.)
• Take a test-driven approach to software development, write complex automation test scripts, and participate in testing. Participate in code reviews of own work and lead code reviews of colleagues' work.
• Support Infrastructure testing and OAT and DevOps maintenance activities
• Constantly seek to learn and further develop your skills as required for your role. Monitor changes in the tech stack you use and alert on any major changes affecting our software. Adhere to industry's best practices, produce well-engineered modern products and guide others to do so in a highly competently manner.
• Plan the testing on sets of related stories and coordinate integration tasks across systems. Contribute to selection of the software development approach (plan-driven, iterative/agile etc.) for projects. Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance and support activities to improve the testing process. Choose the most appropriate from a variety of methods of prototyping, actively solicit prototypes with others.