Test Engineer - HM Land Registry - SEO

HM Land Registry; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

HM Land Registry in Greater London is recruiting 5 Senior Test Engineers to join the Transformation and Technology team, helping deliver critical national infrastructure for land and property data.

You will advocate best practices, perform in-depth reviews, mentor teams, and develop tooling to improve testing. A computing degree and ISTQB Foundation are required, with advanced test analytics and automation desirable.

Qualifications

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing required.
• Degree in Computing required.

Responsibilities

• Advocate best practice with practical examples.
• Perform in-depth reviews reporting quality improvements.
• Update and enhance technical practice and quality frameworks.
• Collaborate with teams to start up and overcome impediments.
• Teach, mentor and model quality test implementation.
• Perform technical and business analysis to support solutions.
• Innovate and develop tooling to assist testing tasks.
• Understand overall system processes and architecture to assess impact.
• Represent test community views to drive enhancements.

Skills

ISTQB Foundation

Test Automation

Technical Testing

Education

Degree in Computing

Job description

It is an exciting time for HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLR's ambition is to become the world's leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data. HMLR are recruiting for 5 Senior Test Engineers to join our Transformation and Technology team to help us achieve this. HM Land Registry's existing software systems and services form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at £8 trillion. This enables over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.

Main Duties

• Advocate best practice leading through practical examples and guidance
• Perform in depth reviews reporting quality improvements and successes
• Update and enhance technical practice and quality frameworks
• Work with teams to assist technical startup and overcome impediments
• Teach, mentor and be a role model for quality test implementation
• Be able to perform technical and business analysis that will underly technical solutions
• Innovate and generate tooling to assist testing tasks and potential future issues
• Be able to understand overall system process and architecture to understand issues and impact that may need to be considered
• Build relations and input into other practices to represent test community views and help build enhancements

Requirements

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing
• Degree level or equivalent in Computing

Desirable Criteria

• Advanced Technical Test Analyst
• Advanced Test Automation Engineer
• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing
• Degree level or equivalent in Computing

To be successful in this role, you must hold the following:

Please note that the desirable criteria will only be assessed in the case of needing a tie-breaker. You will have practitioner level experience of automated testing and automated test tools, as well as an understanding of environment needs and capabilities. You will be a practitioner in technical analysis and be able to absorb large amounts pf conflicting information to determine solutions. You will have practitioner level experience in both functional and non-functional testing, and in technical breadth over a range of tools and techniques. You will have experience in integration practices and in training and mentoring technical test skills.