Quality Engineer - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Appcastenterprise

Appcastenterprise

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

End Date
Friday 10 February 2023
Salary Range
£41,715 - £46,350

We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options.

Agile Working Options
Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion
Job Description Summary

Working in a cross-functional team as a Quality Engineer with specialist skills in security testing to deliver products that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect.

Job Description

About us
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're inspired and driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. We're on a mission to build the bank of the future,and we need your help to do it

Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mentality is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.

Our flat teams will encourage and empower you to make decisions, build positive relationships, and deliver a meaningful difference to our customers, colleagues, and communities

About the role:

As a Quality Engineer, you'll play a key role in driving quality software solutions into production.

You'll strive to deliver customer driven solutions whilst reducing security risk by implementing the right level of engineering artefacts through Agile testing,with an "Automation first" approach in every phase of the software delivery process that aids speed to market and better quality.

You'll build our security testing practices and approaches on real software delivery as well as supporting the adoption of an automation test strategy for our team.

You'll balance hands on security testing, whilst also building up the Quality Engineeringstandards. You will work closely with other QEs in order to support overall testing activities and drive best practices.

Where does the role sit within Lloyds Banking Group?

Our Insurance, Pensions & Investments (IP&I) Platform is focused on improving support to our customers throughout their financial lives, with clear, straightforward customer journeys, helping empower them to make the right decisions on their long-term Saving,Investment & Retirement needs.

This will create new, and improve existing, products and services to help us really make a difference to our customers.

Your responsibilities and day-to-day work will include:

Acting as a security champion for the team across the SDLC
Helping to design and implement, maintainable automated security testing
Contribute to risk assessments and threat modelling
Participating in exploratory, functional, accessibility and performance testing alongside automated security testing,

Essential criteria:

Previous experience working as a Security Test Engineer or in a similar role within commercial environment
Ability to work without supervision but also in partnership with the other QE in the team.
Demonstrable experience using automated security testing tools Zed Attack Proxy, Burpsuite, SonarQube
Strong communication skills with ability to clearly present ideas and provide guidance to others.
Previous experience working within modern Agile practices and demonstrating real passion for its principles.
A demonstrated commitment to your own development and a desire to develop a breadth of skills in Quality Engineering.

Desirable skills & experience

ISTQB Advanced Security Testing certification
Previous experience using automated testing tools such as Postman, Selenium, WebdriverIO, CypressIO, Load Runner, Performance Center.
Understanding of microservices / NodeJS / BDD Best Practice.
Your experience has given you an understanding of programming principles and standard methodology, e.g. for crafting reusable, modular and sophisticated code.
Reviewing colleague's work and providing them with feedback in a constructive and positive way is something you enjoy.
Familiarity with DevOps tooling for execution of automation tests such as Jenkins,
Real desire to be part of a large transformation to Cloud journey

Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture focused on making a difference.

Together we'll make it possible...

You'll also receive a package that includes

Discretionary bonus
Cash sum of 4% which you can exchange for a variety of benefits or simply take the cash
Private Medical Insurance
Pension, where we'll give up to a max of 15%
Share plans
28 days holiday plus bank holidays

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financialservices of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
**We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunityto make a real difference.