Senior Test Engineer
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Job summary
Government Recruitment Service in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to lead both automated and manual testing efforts, directing software testing and ensuring technology standards are followed to meet user needs.
You will perform gap analysis on current testing processes, competencies and capacity and implement improvement plans while staying abreast of new technology patterns to lead test standards, tools, and processes.
Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering automated and manual testing across projects.
- Ability to define and follow test standards, processes and tools.
- Experience coaching and mentoring testing teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage all test processes, including plans, resources, costs, timelines and traceability.
- Coordinate system and acceptance testing within projects.
- Provide authoritative guidance on test planning and execution.
- Build reusable tests and mentor the team in methodologies and tools.
Skills
Job description
The central responsibility of this role is for delivering excellent, scalable automated and manual testing capability and providing overall direction and management of software testing, while ensuring that technology standards are defined and followed to meet users’ needs efficiently and reliably.
You will perform gap analysis on current testing processes, competencies and capacity and implement plans to remove identified gaps, while keeping abreast ofnew technologypatterns and trends to lead the evolution of test standards, tools, and processes.
The focus will be on building in quality from the start and testing throughout development phases.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensionshere
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays aprivilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
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Your responsibilities will include, butaren’tlimited to:
- Managing all test processes, including test plans, resources, costs, timescales, test deliverables and traceability.
- Coordinating, managing, and communicating the planning of the system and/or acceptance tests within a development or integration project / programme.
- Providing authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution.
- Building tests to a standard that allows multiple use.
- Serving as coach and mentor to individuals in the service assurance team to ensure that the team is appropriately trained and up to speed regarding methodologies, policies, and tools.
- Providing input to the environment requirements, setup, manage, maintain, and ensure test data & environments are available to satisfy project and/or work package test requirements.
Great line management is important to us as anorganisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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The central responsibility of this role is for delivering excellent, scalable automated and manual testing capability and providing overall direction and management of software testing, while ensuring that technology standards are defined and followed to meet users’ needs efficiently and reliably.
You will perform gap analysis on current testing processes, competencies and capacity and implement plans to remove identified gaps, while keeping abreast ofnew technologypatterns and trends to lead the evolution of test standards, tools, and processes.
The focus will be on building in quality from the start and testing throughout development phases.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensionshere
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays aprivilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about whatit'slikeworking atDriver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers
Your responsibilities will include, butaren’tlimited to:
- Managing all test processes, including test plans, resources, costs, timescales, test deliverables and traceability.
- Coordinating, managing, and communicating the planning of the system and/or acceptance tests within a development or integration project / programme.
- Providing authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution.
- Building tests to a standard that allows multiple use.
- Serving as coach and mentor to individuals in the service assurance team to ensure that the team is appropriately trained and up to speed regarding methodologies, policies, and tools.
- Providing input to the environment requirements, setup, manage, maintain, and ensure test data & environments are available to satisfy project and/or work package test requirements.
Great line management is important to us as anorganisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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