The public sector client is looking to recruit a Test Engineer for a 6 months temporary contract, who can work remotely for this assignment. The client is based in Manchester.

The successful candidate will have a valid DBS or be willing to apply for one on CV submission. Please Note: This assignment sits inside IR35.

Technical Skills required
This should also include the Levels of skills you require
1. Experience in the development of automated test suites and tools including Java, Javascript, Selenium v3.14.1+, Cucumber , Jenkins v2.11+
2. Experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery – Methodology and tools (i.e. GIT).
3. An understanding of the following test phases and standards associated to Performance Test, Accessibility Test, Security Test and Compatibility Test.
4. Agile Methodologies – with experience of BDD (behaviour driven development) and TDD (test driven development) processes, and an understanding of the key principles to develop a modern standards approach to testing

Knowledge and Experience required:
e.g. Previous experience of working for a government dept.
• Experience of working in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, delivering products within specific time-scales and engaging with multiple senior Stakeholders

Summary of the Role and key responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities for this role include, but are not restricted to the following:
• You will be building and delivering comprehensive, robust and reliable automated test frameworks and automation suites to provide full coverage of business requirements.
• Take responsible for designing, building and maintaining an effective test infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of the latest technical test tools and where it would be beneficial to apply them.
• You will ensure that usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development of services.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary Agile Team understand Agile delivery principles, methodology and tools.
• Undertake the design, and build the technical setup and working methods for continuous integration, delivery and deployment practices.

Minimum Requirement:
Test engineers build automation test solutions that help to assure the quality of products that make up the client’s digital services and contribute towards their design.
As a Test Engineer you will be responsible for the testing of applications and infrastructure which make up mobile services. This includes defining the appropriate depth and breadth of testing using a risk based approach, and ensuring the stability, robustness and reliability of test suites.
You are responsible for testing all areas of the products including but not limited to functional, business requirements, performance, security and accessibility.
You will work alongside other engineers both within the teams around you and the wider community to deliver consistent solutions and strategies.
You will be willing to challenge current processes and help improve the ways of working, as well as identify tooling that will drive innovation and constant improvement of both testing and products.

This is the nice to have but not essential criteria
• Setting up test frameworks for testing mobile apps
• Experience of Appium