Senior Test Engineer x 5

About the role

Main duties

• Work across projects and with test managers to help new teams establish technical frameworks.
• Document new approaches and processes and help resolve technical impediments.
• Work with the Lead Test Engineer to anticipate and resolve technical issues before they occur.
• Advocate best practices through practical examples and guidance; conduct in-depth reviews and report quality improvements and successes.
• Update and enhance technical practices and quality frameworks; help teams start technical work and overcome impediments.
• Teach, mentor, and model effective quality test implementation.
• Perform technical and business analysis to inform technical solutions.
• Develop tools to assist testing tasks and address potential future issues.
• Understand system processes and architecture to assess issues and their impact.
• Build relationships and contribute to other practices, representing the testing community and helping develop improvements.

Person specification

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing certification is required.
• Degree level or equivalent qualification in Computing is required.
• Practitioner-level experience in automated testing and automated test tools, with understanding of environment needs and capabilities.
• Practitioner-level technical analysis, including absorbing conflicting information and determining solutions.
• Practitioner-level experience in functional and non-functional testing, with technical breadth across tools and techniques.
• Experience in integration practices and training and mentoring technical test skills.
• Advanced Technical Test Analyst and Advanced Test Automation Engineer certifications are desirable.

Working pattern

• Permanent role; working pattern is listed as flexible, full-time, or part-time.
• The role requires a minimum of 30 hours per week.

Office attendance

• Employees are expected to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

Salary

• Salary range is £49,443 to £54,952, including a non-pensionable Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework Supplement.
• The listing gives Developing and Proficient salary points; it does not state a salary payment cadence.

Benefits

• The Civil Service Pension scheme includes an employer contribution stated as 28.97%.