Senior QA Tester

Graphics Unlimited (Vic) Pty Ltd; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior QA Tester, where you'll lead innovative testing teams and ensure the highest quality of SaaS solutions. This role offers the chance to work flexibly in a hybrid environment while contributing to the modernization of public services in the UK. You'll be at the forefront of digital transformation, providing technical leadership and driving collaboration across teams. With a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including a civil service pension and professional development opportunities, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a vital sector.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Family-friendly policies

Time off for volunteering

Discounts on shopping

Interest-free loans for travel

Sports and social activities

Professional development opportunities

Generous leave package

Civil service pension contributions

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading testing teams and driving SaaS solutions testing.
• Ability to provide technical guidance and manage stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead testing teams and ensure quality objectives are met.
• Drive collaboration and manage risks in testing activities.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Risk-based Testing

Agile Methodologies

SaaS Solutions Testing

Defect Management

Education

Relevant Degree or Equivalent Experience

Job description

Pay up to £45,081 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We're looking for a Senior QA Tester to join our DWP Place team here at DWP Digital.

You'll test applications and services related to our DWP Place, which support our internal teams with tech and people products which will transform the service we offer to millions of citizens.

DWP is UK's largest department, every year we pay over £120 billion to 18 million DWP customers. Our team works at the center of the modernization of digital telephony services for the UK Government, a critical program of work as we transform public services.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need to show us in your application?
When submitting your CV, this is your opportunity to showcase your key achievements in line with the criteria listed below.
We have a 'lead criterion', which you'll need to demonstrate sufficient evidence of in order to progress to a full sift of all the other criteria.

1. Lead criterion: Lead testing teams, providing technical leadership and guidance, ensuring that quality, time and cost objectives are met.
2. Driving the testing of SaaS solutions across teams and defining the appropriate depth and breadth of tests using a risk-based approach.
3. Act as an escalation point for defects or issues preventing delivery of testing activities.
4. Lead reviews of test activities and provide guidance on improvements and lessons learned and other Agile ceremonies.
5. Drive collaboration by aligning what teams are working on and highlighting the key dependencies, impacts, risks and priorities with stakeholders.

You and your role
You will be part of our DWP Place Team.
Our QA Testers are at the center of innovation at DWP. When we try something new, you and your team tell us if it works, spot defects and resolve issues. You'll make sure our product works for our colleagues.

You'll give technical and strategic leadership to multiple Testers across our product teams.
That means overseeing the product, support and test, that includes system and/or acceptance tests, coordinating both functional and non-functional specifications and providing guidance on test planning.
You will work with stakeholders to set priorities, objectives, and timescales to successfully deliver high quality outcomes by identifying risks and resolving issues efficiently.

DWP Place is a SaaS based platform and you will own the overall Test Process within your team ensuring the systems are fit for purpose.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in your choice of one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with a mix of home working and sometimes in the office.

Pay: In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £45,081 p.a.

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97% (Worth up to £12,500/year).

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

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