Test Engineer
Posted Today by ISR RECRUITMENT LIMITED
£425 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
Nationwide
Summary: The role of GDS Test Engineer involves consulting on modern web-based services for the Government Digital Services platform, focusing on delivering high-quality, user-centered digital services. The position requires strong automation, API testing, accessibility, and security testing skills, with a collaborative approach in an Agile environment. The successful candidate will work closely with developers and product owners to ensure robust and secure services. This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record in testing practices and a passion for quality and accessibility.
Key Responsibilities:
- Consulting on meaningful digital services with real user impact.
- Collaborating with multi-disciplinary delivery teams to improve testing practices.
- Designing, executing, and maintaining automated and manual testing practices across web and API-based services.
- Carrying out cross-browser and cross-device testing using BrowserStack.
- Implementing BDD test scenarios using Cucumber / Gherkin and developing automated browser tests using Selenium and Ruby.
- Performing accessibility testing using tools such as WAVE and Pa11y.
- Conducting security testing using OWASP ZAP and Dependency Check.
- Validating RESTful APIs using Postman or Newman.
- Using browser developer tools to support functional and non-functional testing.
- Maintaining test code, documentation, and version control using Git, GitHub, or GitLab.
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with BrowserStack, Ruby, Cucumber / Gherkin, Selenium, API testing, accessibility testing, and security testing.
- Confident using browser developer tools and debugging techniques.
- Strong understanding of version control using Git.
- Comfortable working in Agile delivery environments.
- Desirable skills include performance testing using JMeter or BlazeMeter and experience with the GOV-UK Design System.
- Experience configuring or contributing to CI/CD pipelines for automated testing.
Salary (Rate): £425/day
City: undetermined
Country: Nationwide
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
The Opportunity:
We are currently seeking an experienced GDS Test Engineer with proven experience consulting as a Test Engineer on modern web-based services for the Government Digital Services platform.
You will be joining a delivery team working on high-quality, user-centred digital services, where you will work closely with developers, product owners and delivery colleagues to ensure services are robust, accessible, secure and performant.
This role will suit someone with strong automation, API testing, accessibility and security testing experience, who is comfortable working in an Agile environment.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- BrowserStack (cross-device/browser testing)
- Ruby
- Cucumber / Gherkin (BDD)
- Selenium
- API testing (REST, Postman/Newman)
- Accessibility testing (WAVE, Pa11y)
- Security testing (OWASP ZAP, Dependency Check)
- Confident using browser developer tools and debugging techniques
- Strong understanding of version control using Git
- Comfortable working in Agile delivery environments
Desirable:
- Performance testing using JMeter or BlazeMeter
- Experience working with the GOV-UK Design System and assuring compliance with design standards
- Experience configuring or contributing to CI/CD pipelines for automated testing
Role and Responsibilities:
You will be consulting on meaningful digital services with real user impact, collaborating with experienced, multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
A culture that values quality, accessibility and security as first-class concerns where you will have the opportunity to influence and improve testing practices across delivery.
Designing, executing and maintaining automated and manual testing practices across web and API-based services, carrying out cross-browser and cross-device testing using BrowserStack.
Implementing BDD test scenarios using Cucumber / Gherkin, as well as developing and maintaining automated browser tests using Selenium and Ruby.
Performing accessibility testing using tools such as WAVE and Pa11y and conducting security testing using OWASP ZAP and Dependency Check.
Validating RESTful APIs using Postman or Newman, along with using browser developer tools (Lighthouse, JavaScript debug console, etc.) to support functional and non-functional testing.
Collaborating effectively within Agile delivery teams, contributing to continuous improvement of testing practices whilst maintaining test code, documentation and version control using Git, GitHub or GitLab.
Applications:
Please contact Edward here at ISR Recruitment to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology??