Lead Test Engineer

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Our reward package

We're looking for an exceptional Lead Test Engineer to help us make a difference to our planet.

Our Lead Test Engineer will work a hybrid pattern of homeworking and approximately once per month in Exeter HQ .

Why join us?

We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

As our Lead Test Engineer, your total reward package is potentially worth up to £57847.00 annually, which includes basic salary, market supplement, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions.

Your starting salary will be £37418.00 and you will have opportunities to progress to £41159.00 over time. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minima.

In addition you will be paid £6000.00 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. You will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2022 until March 2024 in your monthly pay whilst performing this role.

Your package includes: - Outstanding Civil Service Pension - Flexible hours and homeworking - Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave - Cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel - Access to discounted shopping on a range of retail, leisure and lifestyle categories

Who we are

We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, to help people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

Together:

We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact

We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better

We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making

We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater

We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Job Purpose

Transport Tribe is a DevOps tribe made up of three development squads. The Tribe is responsible for building and supporting critical systems that supply weather data to key transport industries (e.g. Aviation, Rail & Marine) allowing them to make better decisions on safety and logistics.

As a tribe we pride ourselves on our 'one team' culture and even though each squad is working on separate projects we manage the responsibility of supporting our systems as one Tribe.

References:

Joe (Technical Lead of Blackbird Squad) - "I've been working in the Transport Tribe for a while now, and thoroughly enjoy it! The work we do impacts major sectors like Aviation and is really important, which provides a lot of satisfaction personally. The Team also has a brilliant culture and everyone is very supportive which makes it a fantastic place to work!"

Rob (Industrial Placement) - "Working as a part of the Transport Tribe is an amazing experience and I wholly love working with everyone. From day one, the team has supported and helped me grow and given me the opportunity to make a difference, working on projects crucial to the transportation industry."

As a Tribe we are keen to grow our maturity in the testing and QA space enabling us to meet our regulated contractual obligations more efficiently and reliably. To achieve this we are looking to recruit a Lead Test Engineer.

Responsibilities include:

Developing test strategies/plans for projects being undertaken by the Transport Tribe.

Defining mechanisms to help measure the quality of the Tribes software systems.

Coaching, mentoring & educating Tribe members in best practise, approach and automation.

Script non-functional and functional tests.

Assist with reviewing and bringing onboard 3rd party squads.

Take an active part in supporting the Tribes operational systems.

Take an active role in the Testing Community of practice, and regularly share learning with external test communities.

Work closely with leads across the digital, data and technology profession to champion quality.

Have line management responsibilities

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

Ability to analyse requirements, lead on investigative work to identify gaps, understand system and container based architecture diagrams and produce test strategies/plans for complex IT systems.

Broad hands-on experience of IT Trends and technologies used to test IT systems from a functional and non-functional perspective including test automation.

Knowledge of how testing fits in with Agile methodologies and a continuous delivery approach.

A communication style that fosters good working relationships with technical and non-technical colleagues enabling trust and respect.

Leadership qualities that inspire and nurture.

How to apply

If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you. Apply below using your CV and Cover Letter/Supporting Statement (which must bullet point how you meet each of the essential criteria). Closing date 21/08/2022 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 29/08/2022 . You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. Our interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams.

If successful, please note we are unable to offer expenses for travel to your normal place of work. Please ask at interview if you would like extra clarity on how often this requirement is likely to be.

How we can help:

If you are considering applying and need assistance to do so, please contact us via . You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity.

You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident (Guaranteed Interview) Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We are an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

Additional information

We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/7/365 support to respond to operational service requirements. This post may be part of an on-call roster and the postholder would be required to participate in an on-call roster where in operation. The hiring manager will be able to let you know if this applies to this job.