Test Engineer

Summary: The Test Engineer role requires a proactive individual with current SC clearance to ensure the quality and accessibility of applications for a public sector organization. The position involves both manual and automated testing, with a focus on collaboration in an agile environment. The successful candidate will utilize tools like JIRA and AWS, and will be responsible for developing test plans and scripts. This is a 6-month contract with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring presence in Birmingham or London two days per month.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review requirements, define test conditions, and create manual and automation test scripts.
• Raise and manage defects using tools like JIRA, prioritizing them based on severity.
• Ensure products are Accessibility compliant and meet departmental standards.
• Evaluate software for bugs, execute test cases, and enhance usability.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, scripts, and reports.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders in an agile environment.
• Produce and maintain robust test automation scripts in a CI/CD environment.
• Perform non-functional testing for UIs and APIs.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience testing in an agile environment.
• Proficiency in Java/Selenium, with experience in Playwright or Cypress preferred.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD approaches and tooling in AWS and Git.
• Proactive, self-starting attitude, able to work remotely with minimal supervision.
• Excellent analytical skills to identify testing requirements.
• Ability to work comfortably with and elicit information from technical and specialist stakeholders.

Salary (Rate): 450

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT