Senior Test Engineers
Recruiter
Companies House
Listed on
7th March 2023
Location
Cardiff
Salary/Rate
£33134 - £48000
Salary Notes
Competitive + Benefits
Type
Permanent
Start Date
ASAP
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Senior Test Engineers Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 19th March 2023 Location Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ Job summary 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 Senior Test Engineer with great technical skills able to coach and mentor other testers.
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.
At Companies House, hybrid working is about achieving an effective balance between working in the office and working from other appropriate locations. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect our people to attend the Cardiff office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager. Job description You will be part of a scrum team responsible for the automated and manual testing of Companies House services. They will act as an advocate for quality and champion behaviour driven development.
You will work in an Agile environment promoting Behaviour Driven Development and an automate first approach.
You will take ownership of the scrum's automated tests which are written in the Gherkin syntax within a Java based framework using Cucumber/Selenium WebDriver.
The tests run on a Selenium Grid with the infrastructure hosted on AWS. You will be responsible for test approach within your scrum team, and the quality of the delivered code.
Person specification As a Senior Test Engineer you will;
- Identify and raise awareness of risks arising from the automation test results
- Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing
- Be proficient in a range of coding languages (you may be an expert in only one)
- Mentor and advise other team members in testing practices
Further information on the Test Engineering profession and skills expected of Seniors can be found here.
About Us
Companies House is an award-winning employer, building brilliant services on cutting edge technology. You'll join our digital team at a time of transformation and you will be a part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. Wherever we can, we provide opportunities to work part-time, job-share or look for smarter ways of working. We'll support you to meet other commitments and help you find a better work-life balance. We're keen to create an environment that works for everyone. Our aim is to be the best registry in the world achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services. We are currently delivering an organisation wide transformation programme focussing on a complete redesign of our digital services, target operating model and culture. This change will need different skills, capabilities and mindset where adaptable, bold and curious behaviours are the norm and empowerment is encouraged and utilised.
Companies House values its people, their contributions and has created a real sense of community where people seek to create strong connections. Our commitment to learning and development is exceptional, and we believe passionately in the employee experience with is prevalent through the engagement, wellbeing and development strategies which have resulted in Gold Investors in People and MIND index awards.
We encourage professional development, celebrate success and live our values to effect real change.
Experience
You will have experience of;
- Automation of manual processes
- Collaborative working
- Working in an Agile environment
- Leadership, coaching or mentoring of others
You will need to be able to demonstrate
- A relevant certification to either ISTQB or ISEB standard or relevant functional and non-functional technical testing experience.
The following would be beneficial but not essential;
- Certified Agile Tester or equivalent Agile working experience.
- Experience of Non Functional testing practices including Security, Performance and Accessibility Testing.
Technical Skills
You will be proficient in Automation Testing using technologies such as Java, Gherkin, Selenium/Cucumber. You will be expected to coach and mentor Test Engineers.
Some experience of any of the following would also be beneficial;
- Jenkins / Concourse
- JMeter
- Selenium Grid
- API
- SQL
- XML
- AWS
- Unix based systems
- MongoDB
- Oracle
- Version control
- Postman/SOAP UI
- Karate/Rest Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Managing a Quality Service Delivering at Pace Working Together Developing Self and Others Benefits Half a day each week dedicated to Innovation Time where you can build new applications, try new technologies or work towards certifications. It's up to you.
We also offer lots of training opportunities. We trust and empower our staff to work in a way which best suits them and flexible working hours allow everyone to perform at their best.
We pride ourselves on offering a quality work life balance. Your wellbeing is very important to us.
If you need it, we'll supply a chair, desk and additional monitor to enable to you to work from home in comfort.
In addition to a competitive salary and highly competitive contributory Civil Service Pension, we also offer a benefits package including:
- A generous 30 days annual leave (based on full time hours) in addition to public holidays
- Strong ethos of equality and diversity
- Great work life balance with flexible and mobile working
- A pro-active approach to employee wellbeing that allows our employees to flourish and be their best at work
- Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave paid at full rate of pay for the 26 weeks of Ordinary Maternity leave, followed by an extra 13 weeks Statutory Maternity Pay and a further 13 weeks leave is also available which is unpaid. We offer 2 weeks statutory paternity leave
- Up to 3 days paid leave for volunteering opportunities
