The IPO is a modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively. In order to provide up to date services to our customers both nationally and internationally systems need to be developed, improved and maintained. You will have the opportunity to work on the latest cutting-edge cloud technologies, use modern delivery processes and work on innovative projects some including the use of AI and ML. Working alongside experts in their fields you will have the opportunity to make valuable contributions without compromising on quality.
You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role you will work within a multi-disciplinary squad using several technologies to build enterprise grade services. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for assigned deliveries. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. Opportunities to contribute to the technical strategy are also available.
As a multi-skilled individual, you will have the opportunities to develop and mature skills in a core role but extend this to skills typically aligned to other role types. You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop.
Contract Type: Fixed Term / Length of employment: 16 months.
Working Style
This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office .
The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.
Main duties consist of but are not limited to:
Responsible for writing, executing and maintaining functional/non-functional automated UI and API tests/suites aligned against acceptance criteria to support our continuous deployment environment
Be responsible for the design, coding, testing, maintenance, and documentation for robust, scalable and reusable solutions that deliver exceptional user experience using DevOps best practice
Proactively investigate problems and opportunities in existing processes, evaluating and communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholders
Work closely with software developers to reach a common understanding of the code base and test coverage at unit level
Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver highly user focused and successful digital services ensuring governance standards are adhered to.
Identify defects, incidents, risks and issues in line with IPO standards
Keeping an open mind and exploring innovative ways to solve problems, working in a fail-fast fashion to provide required functionality.
Mentor colleagues in automation/test standards and business processes following agreed governance and best practice
Assist in implementing toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability
Person specification
Essential Criteria
Essential Experience
Experience in delivering technical solutions
Experience with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile
Understanding of DevOps principles
Essential Technical
Good understanding of mainstream testing frameworks/libraries such as Selenium WebDriver, BDD SpecFlow and RestSharp
Experience in a mainstream development language
Experience in Web Services, REST
Experience of writing SQL statements
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £36,736, Intellectual Property Office contributes £10,642 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access
Access to Microsofts ESI training suite
Hybrid working with no core hours
Substantial support for career progression
25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments
You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave
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