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Job summary
The Test Engineer will play a critical leadership and technical role in the testing strategy and processes of large-scale DVSA digital services.
Working within a delivery focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with members of multidisciplinary Agile teams, you will play a key role in designing and implementing testing processes and strategies for a range of DVSA digital services. You will be responsible for the delivery of discrete, cost-effective test procedures to support the delivery of major initiatives.
You will share knowledge with wider teams, providing support where necessary. You will have a solid understanding of testing methodologies, both manual and automated, and knowledge of scripting languages and tools to support testing procedures.
You will ensure that DVSA-developed digital services function properly, meet defined business needs and operate in accordance with government and industry quality standards. You will work with development teams to identify and capture test cases, set up test environments and design and execute test plans for a range of DVSA digital projects and products.
You will:
* Work closely with Senior test engineer, developers, product owners and wider scrum teams to develop a strong understanding of projects and testing objectives.
* Design and create test conditions and scripts to address business and technical use cases.
* Create, maintain, and execute automation packs and analyse automation test results.
* Troubleshoot issues to enable root cause identification and resolution.
* Document, track, and escalate application defects as appropriate.
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.
Person specification
About you:
The post holder will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:
* Understanding and / or experience of testing within a software delivery team.
* Excellent analytical skills.
* Knowledge of automated testing tools and processes such as BDD, Cucumber and frameworks such as playwright.
* Proven experience of working within project teams, ideally in an Agile environment.
* Ability to communicate technical subjects simply and clearly in conversation, documentation, and presentations with a range of stake holders.
There may be an element of travel associated with this role to other DVSA offices, with some infrequent overnight stays.
Additional Information
This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham or Birmingham. Your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.
Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
Alongside your salary of £34,233, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency contributes £9,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
* An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
* Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30.
* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
* Latest IT and Tech devices.
* A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
* Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level.
* Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names.
* Employee assistance programme for health and wellbeing.
* Cycle to work scheme and Gym membership offers.
* For more information visit our careers page
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Information Technology
* Industries
Technology, Information and Media, Information Services, and IT System Testing and Evaluation
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