About the job
Job summary
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Joining HM Revenue & Customs as a QAT Analyst, you will have the opportunity to take the lead in providing essential test support for updates, improvements, and development of both new and existing systems across various platforms and locations.
Your role will require using your technical expertise to support Project and Test teams.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include implementing DevOps principles and practices for developing Automated Testing, Operational Acceptance, and Performance Testing.
Additionally, you will play a vital role in improving team capabilities to introduce Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery on different platforms.
Job description
As a Senior QAT Analyst, you will lead test support for updates, enhancements, and development of both new and existing systems, across multiple platforms and locations. Utilising your technical expertise and knowledge you will provide support to Project and Test teams with responsibility for using DevOps principles and practices to develop Automated Testing, Operational Acceptance and Performance Testing. In addition, you will assist in developing the Team capabilities to introduce Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery across a variety of platforms.
Person specification
Key duties
Your responsibilities will include any or all the following disciplines across the full range of duties:
* Test Management of all aspects of Software Testing across the Software Development Life cycle.
* Leading a team with a clear delivery focus.
* Leading a technical team and defining/improving service processes and procedures.
* Day to day management of test activities and testers.
* Stakeholder / Supplier Engagement.
* Technical problem solving, developing and implementing solutions.
Essential Criteria
* Strong proven test management experience across all areas of software testing throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle.
* Strong experience in automation testing and test management tools and demonstrate you have the technical ability to be hands‑on.
* Experience of a range of tools (e.g. Zephyr, JIRA, Postman, Bruno, Selenium, SOAP UI, Jmeter, Cucumber, Confluence) and experience with cloud‑based systems.
* Experience of working in multi‑disciplinary team, using Agile methodologies to deliver products.
* Experience with automation testing and continuous integration and relevant tools i.e. Ansible, Puppet, GitLab Runner and Jenkins.
* Experience in release and configuration management processes using version control systems such as Git.
Desirable Criteria
* Experience of PVT and OAT.
* A validated technical background (skills, experience and/or qualifications e.g. ISEB/ISTQB).
* Experience in line management, managing teams and mentoring staff.
Transitional Sites Information
If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it’s important to note that these are not long‑term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.
* Centenary Court, Bradford - moving to 7 and 8 Wellington Place, Leeds
* Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford
You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.
Leeds Locations
Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC’s Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
Pension – We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
Family friendly policies.
Personal support.
Coaching and development.
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