This is an exciting opportunity in the Digital Services team. You'll be joining our team at a time of transformation and you will be part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile Methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Lead Test Engineer with great technical skills able to coach and mentor other testers and lead the test automation, functional and non-functional areas of software testing.
You will be part of our lead tester group, working collaboratively with your assigned squads overseeing the testing journey with management responsibilities. You will act as an advocate for quality and champion behaviour driven development.
This provides an opportunity to make the test community thrive by exploring new and emerging tools and approaches and working out how you can help the organisation deliver better services. This is a rewarding role within the Test Team and provides an opportunity to contribute to the success of existing and future services provided by Companies House.
We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Remote contracts will only be offered to successful candidates who are not within a commutable distance to our Cardiff, Belfast or Edinburgh offices. If you are located in a reasonable distance to one of our offices, you will receive a hybrid contract aligned to one of our offices.
Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.
Job description
As a Lead Test Engineer you will:
* Take ownership of the squads automated pipeline. This also includes various functional, non-functional and accessibility tools. Our tests run on a Selenium Grid hosted on AWS.
* Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing.
* Be proficient in a range of coding languages.
* Lead the delivery practice, focusing on complex problem-solving and influencing senior team members.
* Design and execute non-functional test cases using standard testing techniques.
* Advise on up-to-date functional testing techniques.
Person specification
We are seeking candidates with the following experience, which will be assessed during the sift, technical stage, and interview. Please ensure your personal statement addresses the four bullet points in bold below.
* Professional certification: Hold a relevant certification (e.g., ISTQB, ISEB) or demonstrate equivalent practical experience in functional and non-functional testing.
* Automation testing expertise: Proven ability in test automation using modern technologies, with experience in frameworks such as Java, Selenium, or Cucumber. Experience in Playwright and TypeScript is particularly desirable.
* Coaching and mentoring: A strong track record of supporting and developing Test Engineers, particularly in building automation skills.
* Agile experience: Certified Agile Tester qualification or substantial hands-on experience working within Agile methodologies.
* Experience of Non Functional testing practices including Security, Performance and Accessibility Testing.
* Has a working knowledge of a minimum of 5 of the following:
1. API
2. AWS
3. Burp (security)
4. BrowserStack
5. Concourse / Jenkins
6. Docker
7. JMeter
8. Karate/Rest API
9. MongoDB
10. Kafka
11. Oracle
12. Playwright
13. Postman/SOAP UI
14. Selenium Grid
15. SQL
16. Typescript
17. Unix based systems
18. Git
19. XML
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Making Effective Decisions
* Managing a Quality Service
* Working Together
* Seeing the Big Picture
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* Technical expertise of test automation
Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:
* A generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day.
* Enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.
* A range of recognition schemes including instant awards to thank and recognise each other's efforts and contributions.
* Strong ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion.
* Great work life balance with flexible and mobile working available for many roles.
* A pro-active approach to employee wellbeing that allows our employees to flourish and be their best at work.
* Online financial support and advice.
* Seasonal flu jabs.
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave allowances.
* A focus on career development and progression.
* A number of inclusive network groups to support our colleagues.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Staff discount scheme.
* Holiday play scheme for children.
* 3 days paid volunteering leave.
In your application form we'd like you to:
1. Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.
2. Write a personal statement of 1250 words where you tell us about why you'd be great for this role. Your personal statement should demonstrate your skills and experience detailed in the bullet points above.
What will the process look like?
* We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to attend a technical assessment stage.
* At sift, candidates will be assessed against experience and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference.
* Candidates successful at sift will progress to the assessment stage, where you will be asked to complete a technical activity to demonstrate the technical skills and experience listed in the job description.
* For candidates successful at the technical assessment stage, the final stage is an interview (via Teams).
* Behaviour interview questions will be sent to candidates on the day before your interview.
* We plan to sift w/c 13 January, technical assessment w/c 20 January and interview w/c 27 January & 3 February.
Next Steps
Click 'Apply Now' to be taken to our main advert Civil Service Jobs where you can see more details regarding the role, the incredible benefits we have to offer and what it's like to work in Companies House.
This role closes on 12 January 2025.
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