QA Tester

DWP Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP Digital in Manchester is seeking an outstanding Senior QA Tester to help modernise digital telephony services for the UK Government. You will lead a team of testers, set test strategy, and oversee testing across releases to ensure quality and timely delivery.

The role involves risk-based testing, shifting left to catch defects early, coordinating functional and non-functional tests, and communicating findings clearly to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA teams and defining test strategy.
• Proven ability to implement risk-based testing across projects.
• Hands-on experience with manual and automated testing and test scripting.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a team of Testers and oversee tested products.
• Drive the overall Test Process and set the test strategy and approach.
• Ensure testing breadth/depth with risk-based planning for releases.
• Coordinate functional and non-functional testing; guide test planning.
• Oversee levels of functional system testing to support release readiness.
• Define test requirements, specifications and conditions; report risks and outcomes to stakeholders.
• Adopt a shift-left approach to reduce defects early in the process.
• Produce and execute test scripts and expected results; ensure quality against Acceptance Criteria.
• Analyse failures and liaise with development teams to determine root causes and actions.
• Provide estimates for new work on behalf of the wider test team.

Skills

Test leadership

Test strategy

Risk-based testing

Manual testing

Automated testing

Stakeholder communication

Shift-left

Job description

We're looking for an outstanding Senior QA Tester who wants to be involved in the modernisation of digital telephony services for the UK Government. Be part of changing the face of public services, with the potential to dramatically transform the future of millions of people.,

• Provide technical leadership to a team of Testers, along with providing oversight to the products they test.
• Drive the overall Test Process within your project, along with setting the test strategy and approach.
• Ensure that the breadth and depth of testing are appropriate and proportionate and takes a risk-based approach.
• Drive the planning of system and/or acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications and provide authoritative advice and guidance.
• Oversee all levels of functional system testing to enable and assure the successful implementation of releases.
• Be responsible for defining test requirements, specifications, and test conditions; be able to identify issues and risks associated with work whilst being able to analyse and report test activities and results to senior stakeholders.
• Implement a shift-left approach to define processes that reduce or eliminate defects as early in the process as possible.
• Produce and execute manual and automated test scripts and expected results, ensuring quality against agreed Acceptance Criteria.
• Provide detailed analysis of faults identified, liaising with internal development teams to ensure reasons for failure are properly communicated and remedial action is agreed.
• Provide estimates for new work on behalf of the wider test team.