Job Title: Senior Test Engineer
Location: Newport (Can be remote – 1 day/week on site)
Contract Duration: 6 Months – potential extension
Daily Rate: £750day(Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC

Minimum Requirement:
• API AND UI automation experience
• Hands on experience
• C sharp (C#)
Job Description:
Main Duties
Technical
• Responsible for writing, executing and maintaining functional/non-functional automated UI and API tests/suites aligned against acceptance criteria to support our continuous deployment environment
• Able to test data processes
• Be responsible for the design, coding, testing, maintenance, and documentation for robust, scalable and reusable solutions that deliver exceptional user experience using DevOps best practice
• Work closely with software developers to reach a common understanding of the code base and test coverage at unit level
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver highly user focused and successful digital services ensuring governance standards are adhered to.
• Identify and manage defects, incidents, risks and issues in line with standards
• Build automated test solutions from scratch in line with Test Strategy and Engineering Principles
• Contribute to the design, coding, testing and documentation of small scale to large, complex or mission critical programs
• Implement toolkits and APIs for purposes such as integration, performance optimisation, security and scalability
• Proactively apply HMG IA technical security controls according to ISO 27001 & the Security Policy Framework (SPF)
Behavioural
• Understanding yourself to be a leader (and the impact of your behaviour on others in a project team focused on results)
• Engaging Stakeholders (for mutually beneficial collaborative relationships outside of the team)
• Work across several multi-disciplinary teams to deliver highly focused and successful digital services
• Provide project / delivery management support when required
• Effective management and delegation of tasks within the team
• Applies “progress over perfection” principle
• Takes full responsibility for decisions and delivers
• Inner composure, recovers quickly from setbacks and learns from the experience
• Highly driven & inspires others to move things along and make things happen
• Work collaboratively with IT and stakeholders, share knowledge and expertise with your wider team, aspire to be a role model within the organisation, champion our culture of learning, development, cross-company collaboration and teamwork
Personal and Team Development
• Drive your own training and self-development, keeping skills up to date and learning new skills
• Take responsibility for ensuring that the team test and build activities follow agreed governance and processes
• Promote and display the organisation and Civil Service Values
• Guide more junior members in their personal development
• Coach and mentor colleagues
• Continuously improves technical knowledge and stays abreast of latest trends
• Relevant Skills and Experience
Essential Experience
• Has been a key player in delivering technical solutions as part of large projects
• Experience of working with cloud technologies including Azure
• Experience of using data models
• Experience in test documentation, such as strategies and approaches
• Experience in testing front-end and back-end web services
• Experienced with Agile delivery model
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps
Essential Technical
• Experience with Automation tools, including MS Visual Studio with C#, Selenium, BDD, Reqnrole, MSTest, RestSharp and JavaScript
• Working knowledge of non-functional test tools including JMeter and Azure Load Test
• Experience with Github
• Has a deep understanding of architectural principals with design patterns
• Experience of writing SQL statements
Desirable
• Knowledge of Unit Testing
• Advocate of DevOps principles
• ISTQB Foundation
• Experience with Docker
• Python

Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181