Agile Test Engineer: Drive Automation & Quality

SSE PLC; Havant; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discount

Gym membership discount

Online GP

Counselling service

Cycle to Work scheme

Tech/Transport loan

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Job summary

SSE is seeking a Test Analyst to play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our digital products and services. Working in a cross-functional Agile team, you’ll shape testing strategies and enable delivery of innovative solutions that benefit customers and colleagues.

As part of SSE Energy Solutions, you’ll contribute to the digital transformation journey, collaborate with delivery teams, and drive continuous improvement while mentoring peers and maintaining high testing standards

Qualifications

• Experience in testing best practice and development lifecycle.
• Ability to adapt testing processes to optimise delivery of outcomes.
• Experience applying risk-based testing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality testing activities across your workstream, ensuring solutions are reliable, robust, and meet user needs.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with delivery teams, stakeholders, and business colleagues to drive successful outcomes.
• Provide test expertise throughout the delivery lifecycle, including planning, test execution, defect management, and reporting.
• Work closely with Delivery Leads to define testing approaches, environments, data requirements, and delivery plans.
• Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance testing practices, processes, and quality standards.
• Support and mentor colleagues, role model best practice, and help foster a secure, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.

Skills

Testing expertise

Agile/Scrum

Risk-based testing

Stakeholder collaboration

Team leadership

Test management tools

Job description

SSE is seeking a Test Analyst to play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our digital products and services. Working in a cross-functional Agile team, you’ll shape testing strategies and enable delivery of innovative solutions that benefit customers and colleagues.

As part of SSE Energy Solutions, you’ll contribute to the digital transformation journey, collaborate with delivery teams, and drive continuous improvement while mentoring peers and maintaining high testing standards