Join a team at the heart of the global economy! The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Inspire People are partnering together to bring you an exciting opportunity for a Platform Test Lead.
£62,103 - 78,054 plus excellent Civil Service benefits and pension
London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford
Hybrid / Flexible working
With DBT's AWS-based platform supporting digital services across government, this is your opportunity to lead the testing strategy for one of the UK's most technically ambitious digital environments, ensuring the platform is robust, secure, and scalable.
You'll embed automation and quality assurance into how DBT designs, delivers, and evolves its cloud platform, supporting services that help UK businesses grow, invest, and trade globally.
The Role
1. Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of automated test frameworks for platform components and services.
2. Define and own platform-level test strategies including integration, performance, security, and end-to-end testing.
3. Work closely with Platform Engineers, Architects, and Cyber specialists to embed testability and resilience in every layer of the platform.
4. Drive improvements in deployment testing, enabling faster, more reliable releases.
5. Support observability and FinOps initiatives through cost-impact and performance-focused testing.<...