Test Engineer at Department for Work & Pensions, UK Wide, 12 Months, £Contract Rate

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Test Engineer for a 12 Month contract based in Birmingham, Manchester, Blackpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle - Hybrid working 

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation
• Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now
• Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society
• Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

As a Test Engineer your main responsibilities will be:

• Build and deliver comprehensive, robust and reliable automated test frameworks and automation suites to provide full coverage of business requirements
• Identify and drive resolution of defects or issues preventing delivery of Test Engineering activities
• Maintain full traceability of defects, tests and requirements
• Design, build and maintain an effective test infrastructure
• Create and maintain appropriate documentation within the test automation code base
• Knowledge of the latest technical test tools and where it would be beneficial to apply them
• Review the test suite and update the code base to reflect current best practices and reduce technical debt
• Develop and maintain reusable libraries and services
• Ensure that usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development of citizen services

Essential:

• Automation Testing experience
• Java
• AWS
• Performance testing
• CI/CD

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.

Armed Forces Covenant / Commitment

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 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.