Senior Automation Tester - Newport, United Kingdom - Intellectual Property Office

Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
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Newport, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description
Details
Reference number
327827
Salary
£41,016 - £51,104
Maximum salary amount includes Recruitment Retention Allowance and Technical Allowances of up to £8,037. Final salary package will be dependent on skills and experience.
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
C1
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
IPO - Digital, Data and Technology Directorate
Type of role
Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time
Number of jobs available
1
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About the job


Benefits:

Things you need to know
Location
Newport, NP10 8QQ
About the job
Job summary

Overview of the Senior Automation Tester role

About this Role

The IPO is a modern organisation which depends on its IT services to operate and innovate effectively.

In order to provide up to date services to our customers both nationally and internationally systems need to be developed, improved and maintained.

You will have the opportunity to work on the latest cutting-edge cloud technologies, use modern delivery processes and work on innovative projects some including the use of AI and ML.

Working alongside experts in their fields you will have the opportunity to make valuable contributions without compromising on quality.

You will need the appetite to learn new technologies and methodologies for delivering high quality IT services. In this role you will work within a multi-disciplined squad using several technologies to build enterprise grade services. You will be expected to be proactive and take accountability for the squad assigned deliveries. The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. A Senior Test Engineer is expected to contribute to the technical strategy for the department.


As a multi-skilled individual, you will have the opportunities to develop and mature skills in a core role but extend this to skills typically aligned to other role types.

You will have a high level of input in defining which additional skills you can develop

Person Specification

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, SpecFlow, MSTest, RestSharp and JavaScript
Working knowledge of non-functional test tools including JMeter and Azure Load Test
Experience with Git
Has a deep understanding of architectural principals with design patterns
Experience of writing SQL statements

Working Style


This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices.

This role is based in our Newport office.


Benefits:

Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access
Access to Microsoft's ESI training suite


Pension: 27.1% - 27.9% employer contributions
Hybrid working with no core hours
Substantial support for career progression
25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments
You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave

How to apply


Your CV will be used to assess your suitability for the role therefore please ensure that you evidence the essential requirements listed in the person specification above.


For further information on the sift and interview stages of this recruitment campaign, please head to our 'Things you need to know' section below.

For further information around the Civil Service recruitment process, please visit our civil service careers page - IPO - Recruitment Support, Civil Service Careers (civil-service-)

Job description


For a thorough understanding of the role and general day to day duties, please refer to the attached role Profile.

Alternatively, If you require job-specific information, please contact Dominic Read.


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Person specification
Please refer to main duties and job specification/attached role profile.
Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Developing Self and Others
Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Please refer to the technical skills outlined in the attached role profile.


Benefits:


Benefits of working with the wider IPO:
A very generous pension scheme with 27.1% - 27.9% employer contributions. Further information around the benefits of joining the Civil Service can be found via the Civil Service Pension Scheme page;

25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments (1 day per year) over 5 years of reckonable service.

You will also get 8 days public leave an
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