Senior Test Engineer x 5

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Advocate testing best practice, conduct in-depth reviews, report quality improvements, and enhance technical practices and quality frameworks.
• Help teams establish technical frameworks and resolve impediments; work with the Lead Test Engineer to anticipate and address technical issues.
• Teach, mentor, and model quality test implementation; perform technical and business analysis to inform solutions.
• Develop tools to support testing and future needs; understand system processes and architecture to assess issues and impact.
• Represent the testing community in relationships with other practices and contribute to improvements.

Essential requirements

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent in Computing.
• Practitioner-level experience in automated testing and automated test tools, with understanding of environment needs and capabilities.
• Practitioner-level experience in functional and non-functional testing and a range of tools and techniques.
• Practitioner-level technical analysis skills and ability to interpret conflicting information to determine solutions.
• Experience with integration practices and training and mentoring technical testing skills.

Desirable qualifications

• Advanced Technical Test Analyst qualification is desirable.
• Advanced Test Automation Engineer qualification is desirable.

Working arrangements

• At least 60% of working time is expected to be spent in the office.
• The role requires a minimum of 30 hours per week.
• The advertised working pattern includes flexible, full-time, and part-time options.

Salary information

• Advertised salary range is £49,443 to £54,952, with developing and proficient figures shown.
• The salary includes a non-pensionable Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework supplement.