AMS PSR

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Test Engineer for a 6 Month contract (Inside IR35) based Hybrid in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

As a Senior Test Engineer, you will work within the Digital Modernisation & Efficiency (DME) team to support the delivery of accessible user centred designed services to both citizen and DWP colleagues.

This role requires excellent attention to detail, a commitment to quality, a belief in the benefits of faster feedback and the ability to make decisions to manage well assured services. Performing both manual and automated testing to ensure the highest level of quality possible.

As a Senior Test Engineer your main responsibilities will be:

• Design and implement end-to-end test strategies for legacy-to-cloud service migration.
• Lead automated testing efforts using Selenium, Cucumber, and related tools.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary Scrum teams (Test, Software, DevOps Engineers)
• Execute black-box and functional tests against both UIs and APIs.
• Conduct non-functional testing: performance, accessibility, and security.
• Provide test execution, reporting, and defect triage support throughout the development lifecycle.
• Drive improvements to test automation frameworks and testing best practices.

Essential:

• Proven experience designing and executing test strategies for complex, large-scale systems (especially legacy-to-cloud migrations).
• Extensive hands on experience with automation frameworks and tools (e.g. Selenium, Cucumber). Ability to improve test coverage and maintain robust automated test suites.
• Automated Functional Testing: Experience building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated functional tests against UIs and APIs, including contributing to improvements in testing frameworks.
• Black Box Testing: Skilled in designing and executing black-box test scenarios.
• Programming for Automation: Demonstrable skills in a modern programming language (e.g. Java, Python, or JavaScript), with strong knowledge of software testing practices.
• Non Functional Testing: Experience in conducting performance, security, and accessibility testing, with knowledge of relevant tools and standards.
• Experience leading testing across multiple teams and collaborating across the full software lifecycle.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".