Test Engineer - DBS - SEO

Government Digital & Data; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government digital agency in the UK is looking for a Senior Test Engineer to implement a Test Strategy and enhance automation frameworks. The role involves leading technical projects, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior members. Candidates should have substantial experience with automation tools like Selenium and be familiar with Agile methodologies as well as REST web services. ISTQB CTFL-AT certification is required. This position offers opportunities for personal development and the chance to contribute to impactful digital services.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Senior Test Engineer.
• Key player in delivering large technical projects.
• Excellent understanding of automation testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Implementing the Test Strategy and researching new technologies.
• Providing assurance of internal and external delivery.
• Engaging stakeholders for collaborative relationships.

Skills

Automation testing frameworks (Selenium, NightwatchJS, Cucumber)

Web services and REST

Scrum and Agile methodologies

API Performance Testing (JMeter/Postman)

Accessibility Testing

Git

Education

ISTQB CTFL-AT certification

Tools

MS Visual Studio

BDD-Cucumber

SpecFlow

NUnit

Rest-Assured

Job description

Technical

• Identify and manage problems, incidents, risks and issues
• Build automated tests to support our continuous deployment environments using the technology of choice
• Responsible for test case design and execution of manual test cases
• Contribute to the design, coding, testing and documentation of small scale to large, complex or mission critical programs
• Responsible for ensuring that the team test and build activities follow agreed governance and processes

Behavioural

• Understanding yourself to be a leader (and the impact of your behaviour on others in a project team focused on results)
• Engaging Stakeholders (for mutually beneficial collaborative relationships outside of the team)
• Work across several multi-disciplinary teams to deliver highly focused and successful digital services
• Effective management and delegation of tasks within the team
• Highly driven & inspires others to move things along and make things happen

Personal and Team Development

• Take responsibility for your own training and development
• Guides more junior members in their personal development
• Coaches and mentors' colleagues
• Continuously improves technical knowledge and stays abreast of latest trends
• Shares knowledge of tools and techniques with your wider team and the business stakeholders

Essential Responsibilities

• Implementing the Test Strategy and researching new technology and new techniques
• Seeking and adopting continuous improvement
• Providing organisational leadership
• Providing assurance of internal and external delivery
• Extensive experience of working as a Senior Test Engineer
• Has been a key player in delivering technical solutions as part of large projects
• Excellent understanding of a mainstream automation testing framework such as Selenium / NightwatchJS / Cucumber
• Experience in web services, REST
• Experienced with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile
• Has an understanding of architectural principals such as SOA and Micro-Services

Desirable

• Experience with Automation tools, such as Copado, MS Visual Studio with C#, Selenium, BDD-Cucumber, SpecFlow, NUnit and Rest-Assured
• Experience with API Performance Testing - JMeter/Postman
• Experience with End to End automation - Serenity / Selenium-Web driver
• Experience with Accessibility Testing
• Experience with Git

Relevant Training and Qualifications Essential

• ISTQB CTFL-AT (Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester) or equivalent

Qualifications

• ISTQB CTFL-AT (Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester) or equivalent

Behaviours We'll assess you against during the selection process

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills We'll assess you against during the selection process

• Implementation and maintenance of Automated Test Framework

London, England, United Kingdom