Test Engineer

Job summary

Test Engineer
£52,000 per annum
Bedford
Permanent
Hybrid Working

* MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW IN BEDFORD 7th or 9th SEPTEMBER*

Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Test Engineer. You will be the sole Test resource embedded in a Scrum Team consolidating legacy instances of Zendesk and Dynamics 365 into a single instance of D365 under MaPS control. As part of the Scrum Team you will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of Quality Assurance and Testing are included throughout the process, ensuring that requirements are testable, tickets are complete, Definitions of Done are recorded and test executions are completed with appropriate evidence recorded. You will also be involved with the defect triage and management as part of the Scrum Team.

A second part of the role will be to automate the test scripts used during the project to leave a legacy automated regression pack that can be incorporated into the wider Regression Pack. This will include a mix of code level tests and user journey tests to give a broad picture of the products health.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing.

Job description

Role Overview
The Test Engineer will report directly to our QA Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for:

Supporting the overall Automated Testing process, maintaining the framework and supporting the other Test Engineers with their automated testing. You will also contribute to the Automated Regression packs with the tests you create. You will work directly with the Product Teams (Scrum Teams) to support their delivery, while also being part of the QA team and participating in our Community of Practice.

At this role level, you will:

• Identify and raise awareness of risks arising from the automation test results
• Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing
• Be proficient in a range of coding languages (you may be an expert in only one)
• Support the wider team to help improve maturity and capability
• Support the Automated Regression pack so that it remains relevant
• Maintain the automation framework and pipelines to support rapid delivery
• Support Test Engineers to deliver automated test sets that can be incorporated into the wider pack
• Represent QA/Testing inside a Scrum Team, evaluating and owning appropriate tickets
• Evaluate Backlog Items for testability and own any items marked for testing
• Support stakeholders in matters of automated testing to increase understanding
• Participate in Scrum Ceremonies and Artefacts
• Report to QA Manager on progress and issues and escalate any issues that require it.

Person specification

Skills and Experience Required
To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

Functional testing:

• Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques and communicate test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Make decisions on the environment for testing, and can coach others
• Identify defects, alert the business to them, and help to prioritise them based on defect severity

Non-functional testing:

• Design and execute a wide range of non-functional testing techniques
• Communicate non-functional test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Make decisions on running types of non-functional testing
• Coach and mentor others
• Identify defects, alert the business to them, and help to prioritise them based on defect severity

Technical breadth

• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of different tools and techniques, and can train others
• Advise others on testing techniques and frameworks
• Effectively research, plan and train others within the team

Test analysis

• Think creatively, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings to a larger team
• Lead investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes
• Drive the collection of information and the creation of recommendations for improvements
• Absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions

Skills required:

• Strong experience in Automation Testing Experience, with the ability to plan, design, script and execute tests
• Creation and maintenance of Automation Frameworks
• Creation and maintenance of Regression Library
• Ability to script Automation tests at a code level, including aspects such as data matrices and cross-browser functionality
• Experience working as part of a Scrum Team within Agile methodology
• Experience with Playwright
• Experience in React
• Strong capability on multiple languages – Python and Java primarily
• Ability to communicate with multiple levels of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical
• Testing Methodology certificate (ISTBA/ISEB, BCS, etc.) preferable.

Benefits

About Us
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:

• Caring
  We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting
  We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming
  We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

Our Inclusive Working Environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”

Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.

What We Offer

• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
• Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

Flexible Working
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined prim