Details
Reference number
428535
Salary
£46,293 - £51,439
plus allowance up to £6,000 per annum depending on technical assessment
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
Band 4
Contract type
Permanent
Type of role
Digital
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
* Location
* About the job
* Benefits
* Things you need to know
* Apply and further information
Location
Birmingham, Liverpool, Newport (Gwent)
About the job
Job summary
Do you want to be part of a forward thinking Digital team?
Would you like to work on diverse projects that will provide opportunities to expand Agile, Devops and Automation experience?
Would you like to be part of our digital transformation journey?
Job Summary
We are looking for a dynamic, self motivated candidate who can work independently. The Senior Test Engineer is accountable for identifying the functional and non-functional testing requirements. They will develop reusable automation frameworks that support a range of testing activities; they will perform both automated and manual testing, and undertake risk and issue reporting.
The Senior Test Engineer will contribute to the wider organisational quality testing strategy and the implementation of new testing tools and technologies.
This role aligns against Senior Test Engineer from the Government Digital and Data Framework
Job description
Directorate Overview
The Digital & Data Services (DDS) directorate is at the heart of CCS's digital transformation journey, responsible for delivering modern, efficient, and user-centred digital services that support over £30bn of public sector procurement annually. We're building a world-class digital capability that will revolutionise how the public sector buys common goods and services.
Team Summary
This post sits within the Delivery Capabilities & Standards Domain, working alongside cross-functional teams adopting an agile and user-centric approach.
The Delivery team is responsible for the development, testing and delivery of a variety of digital solutions for CCS. We may build solutions in-house, through our delivery partners or implement off-the-shelf solutions.
We are responsible for setting the standards for development, testing, and delivery in CCS.
Key Responsibilities:
* collaborate with stakeholders to identify functional and non-functional quality characteristics for testing
* identify the most appropriate quality testing approaches and test types to ensure comprehensive coverage; functional, regression, integration, security, usability and non-functional
* manage stakeholder requirements and communications remaining focused on user needs
* contribute, escalate and advise on the resolution of defects and risks, managing stakeholder expectations
* work collaboratively within Agile Scrum delivery teams, contributing to Sprint ceremonies, and the creation of robust and comprehensive test coverage
* contribute to the wider organisational quality testing strategy
* develop, standardise and extend reusable automation frameworks that support a range of testing activities
* contribute to the implementation of new testing tools and technologies
* maintain and adapt CI/CD pipelines
Person specification
Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):
* Demonstrable experience as a Test Engineer across a number of programmes, including all test stages and test types
* Strong communication, stakeholder & people management skills, with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
* Demonstrable experience of creating and managing automated testing frameworks, utilising continuous integration/deployment pipeline environments, using tools such as Jenkins,Github,AWS, Browserstack
* Use of Object Oriented Programming such as Java or Ruby to create and execute automated tests, and automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD, Junit/TestNG, Maven, Playwright
* Experience testing the integration of micro services and APIs using tools such as Postman, REST Assured
Desirable criteria :
* Experience of conducting and enabling non-functional testing such as Performance, Security and Accessibility; including test types, test tools, and standards
In the event of a high number of quality applications, desirable will be used as a second sift
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Changing and Improving
* Delivering at Pace
* Communicating and Influencing
* Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* Data Analysis
* Complex Problem resolution
* Maximise use of Technical tools and software
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £46,293, Crown Commercial Service contributes £13,411 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
What we will offer you, here are some of the benefits you can expect:
* Competitive salary
* Generous pension scheme
* A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
* Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
* Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
* Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank
Explore fully how we will reward your work.
Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack
At CCS, we actively support, promote and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people.
We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact
Working flexibly, delivering outcomes
CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.
Selection Process
Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift and interview times and dates to be confirmed. (Subject to change)
To find out more about our recruitment process please click here
Please note: Applicants can make use of artificial intelligence but the information presented at application must be factual.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check .
See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
* UK nationals
* nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
* Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name : Lawrence Harris
* Email : CCS--
Recruitment team
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Further information
Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles details of which can be found