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

Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
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Newport, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Reference number
344886
Salary
£61,614 - £72,931
Maximum salary amount includes Recruitment Retention Allowance and Technical Allowances of up to £8,238. Final salary package will be dependent on skills and experience.
Job grade
Grade 7
C2
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
IPO - Digital, Data and Technology Directorate
Type of role
Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
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Location
Newport
About the job
Job summary
Job description

Overview of the Lead 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 as well as mentoring and coaching team members.

The role will also require the investigation, diagnosis and fix of any system issues. A Lead Automation Tester is expected to contribute to the technical strategy for the department. Formal line management duties also form the key duties of this role.


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

Has been a key player in delivering technical solutions as part of large projects
Experience in leading and/or managing a squad of test engineers
Experience of using data models
Experience of working with cloud technologies such as Azure

Technical Skills

Experience with API Automation tools, such as MS Visual Studio with C#, Selenium, BDD, SpecFlow, MSTest and RestSharp
Experience of working with source/version control technologies such as Git
Excellent understanding of a mainstream automation testing frameworks/libraries such as Selenium, BDD, SpecFlow, and RestSharp
Experience in web services, REST
Experienced with modern delivery models such as Scrum and Agile
Advocate of DevOps principles
Has a deep understanding of architectural principals such as SOA and Micro-Services
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-)

Person specification


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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Behaviours

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

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
As per attached role profile


Benefits:


For more information about what's on offer at the Intellectual Property Office please review our IPO benefit pack attached to the bottom of this advert.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Additional details on security and vetting

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