Senior Test Engineer

Experis

London, UK

2 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary to permanent

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Compensation

£75,340.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.adzuna.co.uk

Tech stack

JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Automation of Tests Microsoft Azure Spreadsheets Cloud Computing Continuous Integration Data Validation Data Stores DevOps Github

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Design of User Interfaces Interoperability JavaScript Libraries Apache JMeter Open Source Technology Microsoft SharePoint User-Centered Design Performance Testing Postman Cypress (Programming Language) SC Clearance Playwright Data Management Selenium Webdriver Api Management Jenkins

Job description

Define, own, and communicate test strategies aligned with delivery, business risk, and government service standards.
Select and tailor manual, automated, exploratory, and risk-based test approaches for complex systems and integrations.
Advise delivery and product leadership on test scope, entry and exit criteria, and quality risks.
Balance assurance with pragmatic, proportionate testing within agile delivery constraints.
Lead the design and evolution of automated UI, API, or service-level test frameworks aligned with the teams technology stack.
Decide what to automate, taking value, maintainability, and risk into account.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and advise teams on improving feedback cycles.
Evaluate and recommend DEFRA community testing tools, frameworks, and practices.
Plan, build, and execute non-functional testing, including performance, accessibility, security, resilience, and interoperability.
Work with specialists and suppliers to ensure appropriate coverage when tools or expertise are shared.
Interpret test results and explain their business and user impact.
Ensure non-functional testing evidence supports confident release decisions.

Technologies:

API
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Cypress
DevOps
GitHub
Support
JavaScript
Jenkins
Jest
JMeter
Playwright
Postman
Security
SharePoint
UX UI Design
Cloud, We are recruiting a Senior Test Engineer for beta work on the MEL Data Store project. The project will deliver a secure, long-term digital solution to collect, store, validate, analyse, and report Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning data from Landscape Recovery projects. It will replace SharePoint- and spreadsheet-based submissions with user-centred design, robust data management workflows, an external-user submission tool, and a central datastore intended to support 20-30 years of programme delivery. The current processes are described as creating legal, financial, and reputational risks for Natural England and the wider Defra Group. The role is remote, with a stated rate of £473. Additional vetting is required and may extend the usual onboarding timeline.

Requirements

SC clearance
Experience with automated testing frameworks, including Playwright and Jest
Skills in data validation testing
Experience with load and performance testing for bulk uploads
Experience testing CI/CD pipelines
Expertise in test automation using JavaScript-based frameworks such as WebdriverIO, Playwright, or Cypress
Familiarity with open-source JavaScript libraries or frameworks for API testing, or Postman
Experience with JMeter or k6 for load and performance testing
Experience with continuous integration pipelines using Jenkins and AWS, or Azure DevOps (ADO)
Expertise in GitHub
Experience using exploratory testing techniques to focus on areas of greatest risk
SFIA Level 5 testing capability