Test Engineer - ICO - HEO

As part of the Digital, Data and Technology Services (DDaT) team, you will be responsible for driving the testing activities within in a given project/product; ensuring that new and amended systems, configurations, packages, or services, together with any interfaces, perform as specified (including security requirements) and ensure that the risks associated with deployment are adequately understood and documented. Testing includes the process of engineering, using and maintaining test-ware to measure and improve the quality of the software being tested.

You will review requirements and specifications and define test conditions. To design test cases and test scripts and support data mapping back to pre-determined acceptance criteria - recording and reporting on outcomes. Analyse and report test activities and results. Interpret, execute and record test cases in accordance with test plans. Identify and report issues and risks within related product.

To develop an understanding of the role of testing within product/service development, as a tool for design improvement as well as a validation process.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing requirements and specifications  and defining test conditions
• Designing and executing test plans and carry out exploratory testing as part of a broader risk-based approach.
• Collaborating with product teams and application support to write automated tests across different levels and review release scripts across environments
• Designing and identifying new test techniques and tools to write test cases, test scripts and supporting data mapping back to pre-determined acceptance criteria, recording and reporting outcomes.
• Writing and executing functional and non-functional tests at each level; debugging and refactor the test code in accordance with project test plans.
• Designs test environment set-ups and configuration and recruiting and training test subjects
• Identifying, analysing and reporting on test activities, issues and risks associated with a related project/product.
• Identify and raise defects with the team, as part of product responsibilities
• Support other test engineers and product teams to identify test scenarios to be automated
• Responsibility for identifying, raising and managing defects within a given project/product/service and/ or as part of product responsibilities
• Taking a business and operational view when analysing the system under test, in so doing identifying gaps not just in software but in processes too
• Responsible for evaluating business artefacts and supporting system integration testing
• Prime responsibility in the acceptance activity within a development phase of given project/product/service.
• Providing reports on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated with the overall project.
• Knowledge of the WCAG 2.2 standards and how to test against them to spot problems and opportunities that ensure all our digital services work for all users

Person specification

Essential criteria assessed at application stage

• Experience relevant to the role requirements, as described in the role responsibilities and person specification, and accumulated through any combination of academic or vocational qualifications or experience.
• ITIL qualification,
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum
• Proven experience of working with Agile and Waterfall methodologies and working within an agile framework
• Proven experience of full stack testing and being involved from the beginning of a project in a test engineering capacity
• Understanding and working knowledge of the role of defect management.

Essential criteria assessed at interview stage

• Able to design and execute test cases using standard testing techniques. Able to come up with different business scenarios for a feature, working with others in the team.
• Able to identify simple patterns and trends. Investigates problems and opportunities in existing processes and contributes to recommending solutions to these.
• Aware of non-functional testing techniques. Able to execute non-functional test scenarios and raise defects. Understands a range of standard non-functional testing techniques.
• Working knowledge of Government Digital Service Design Standards
• Experience of Test Case Creation, Functional Testing and Non-Functional Testing
• Experience of User test software and methodology and able to write user scripts
• Experience of change management