QA Engineer, Methods
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IT services consultancy
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IT services consultancy
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To help safeguard public-facing services and apply digital thinking to make sure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens.
Role
Who you are
- You must be familiar with Agile practices and tools and able to work in fast paced CI/CD environment. You will be proactive and always look for ways to improve the automated tests to make them more efficient
- Experience with devising TDD/BDD or Acceptance Test Driven Development strategies using a range of tools/frameworks, ensuring test coverage and execution is in line with the project, programme or portfolio Test Strategy and Business Risk Objectives
- Strong Java coding experience and knowledge of automated test frameworks e.g. Serenity, RestAssured
- Strong experience using API testing tools, ideally Postman
- Experience with integrating testing as part of the Secure-SDLC and CI/CD tooling in an DevSecOps environment using: GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab SaaS, Artifactory, Nexus etc
- Experience with testing citizen facing services
- Experience with testing highly scalable, distributed, cloud native (PaaS/FaaS) and microservice orientated architecture applications leveraging containerisation, container orchestration, service mesh, messaging, proxies, API, persistent and ephemeral storage etc
- Experience using formal Test Management tools (Jira/Confluence, ALM)
- Good awareness of Application Lifecycle Management and IT Service Management using tools such as Splunk, Grafana and ServiceNow
- This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website
Desirable
- Experience of using JavaScript Automation Frameworks such as WebdriverIO, Playwright
- Experience of running stress/load testing using K6 and Grafana or other/similar open-source tools
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Portal
- ISEB Certification in Software Testing
- Experience with data migration projects
- Experience working in the Public Sector
What the job involves
- As a QA Engineer you will be expected to work at one of our clients and perform high quality functional and non-functional testing on complex systems
- You will work closely with developers, devops engineers and business stakeholders (operations, incident management and product management) to understand the positive and negative impact software can have on end users and provide accurate updates on the progress and outcomes of testing
- Perform functional and non-functional (performance, accessibility, security, operational/user acceptance) testing, working within an Agile team
- Develop and maintain test automation solutions and scripts, promoting best practices within the development team
- Develop and maintain performance/load/stress testing solutions using standard or open-source tools
- Resolve problems and blockers as they occur and help to unlock the progress of testing
- Collaborate, communicate & work effectively with geographically distributed cross-functional teams
- Defect Management, ensuring that defects are effectively triaged and managed until resolution
- Promote the value of solid testing practices to all delivery stakeholders and influence adoption of best practice
Our take
The UK public sector has long understood the need for digital transformation, but antiquated systems and outdated processes can make even the most ambitious plans for adaptation fall short. Methods has existed for more than 30 years to assist government departments and agencies make the leap, helping them understand the possibilities of digital transformation and guiding them through strategic planning, data migration and implementation phases.
Methods is an acknowledged leader in IT consultancy within the public sector, praised for their human touch and focus on sustainability which it believes sets it apart from firms. Indeed it is trusted by huge swathes of the UK public sector including the NHS, the Office for National Statistics, the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, to name just a few.
Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in mid-2022. This acquisition will help to reinforce Method's position as a leading player in the public sector while also allowing it to broaden its role in the private sector. It is poised for growth and is investing heavily in talent to make this a reality.
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Company benefits
- Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
- Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
- Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
- A supportive and collaborative environment
- Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
- Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
- Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Pizza Thursday monthly, weekly social in the office and commitment to charitable causes
- Time off 25 days a year
- Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
- Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
- Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
- Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Pat Crossley-Smith
(Executive Director)Previously worked in Agile Product at BUPA and Senior Manager in Development at British Airways.
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