Automation Test Engineer – Security-Cleared, Hybrid Role

Department for Work and Pensions; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Hybrid working

Flexible working patterns

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions invites applications for a Test Engineer to design, build and maintain automated tests for Universal Credit and Working Age Benefits within a multi-functional agile delivery team.

You'll collaborate with engineers across the community, contribute to testing strategy, and ensure usability, accessibility, security and performance are built into services, while supporting CI/CD pipelines. A security check clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable skills in Java and/or TypeScript with evidence of learning new technologies in a software engineering environment.
• Experience building and maintaining automated tests against UIs and APIs, including contributing to improving frameworks and automation suites.
• Experience of the testing lifecycle from understanding business needs from delivery to production, including test generation, reporting and defect management.
• Adaptable team player who understands agile ways of working and shift-left principles e.g. CI/CD.
• Knowledge of non-functional testing such as Performance, Security and Accessibility including test types, test tools and standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated test solutions that support Universal Credit services.
• Collaborate with engineers to solve problems and improve testing strategies.
• Ensure usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are embedded in service development.
• Take a risk-based, context-driven approach to agile testing to drive decisions.
• Support Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines to run a full range of tests against products and ensure builds.
• Maintain traceability of testing, risks, defects, and report progress to stakeholders.
• Challenge assumptions and current processes to improve quality and products.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

Automated testing

UI/API testing

CI/CD

Non-functional testing

Job description

Department for Work and Pensions invites applications for a Test Engineer to design, build and maintain automated tests for Universal Credit and Working Age Benefits within a multi-functional agile delivery team.

You'll collaborate with engineers across the community, contribute to testing strategy, and ensure usability, accessibility, security and performance are built into services, while supporting CI/CD pipelines. A security check clearance is required.