Senior Test Engineer x 5

Role overview

Main duties

• Help teams establish technical frameworks, document approaches and processes, and resolve technical impediments across projects.
• Work with the Lead Test Engineer to anticipate, innovate and resolve technical issues.
• Promote best practice; review quality and report improvements; enhance technical practices and quality frameworks.
• Teach and mentor teams in quality-test implementation and help them overcome technical impediments.
• Perform technical and business analysis, develop testing tools, and understand system processes and architecture.
• Represent the test community in other practices and contribute to improvements.

Essential qualifications and experience

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent in Computing.
• Practitioner experience with automated testing and automated test tools; understanding of environment needs and capabilities.
• Practitioner technical-analysis skills, including evaluating conflicting information and determining solutions.
• Practitioner experience in functional and non-functional testing, with breadth across tools and techniques.
• Experience with integration practices and training and mentoring technical test skills.

Desirable qualifications

• Advanced Technical Test Analyst qualification is desirable and is assessed only as a tie-breaker if needed.
• Advanced Test Automation Engineer qualification is desirable and is assessed only as a tie-breaker if needed.

Working arrangements

• At least 60% of working time is expected in the office.
• Flexible working is offered; the stated working pattern includes full-time and part-time, with a minimum of 30 hours per week.

Salary and benefits

• Salary range is £49,443–£54,952, with a non-pensionable Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework Supplement.
• Civil Service Pension with a stated employer contribution of 28.97%.

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