Test Engineer at Ministry of Justice, UK Office/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

Role Overview

We are seeking experienced Test Engineers to provide independent testing, quality assurance, defect management and release assurance across a range of End User Computing Services (EUCS) and technology transformation programmes within the Ministry of Justice.

The roles will support testing activities across both Modern Workplace and File & Data Management services, covering project delivery, service improvements, migration activities, operational releases, and assurance activities.

You will support the delivery of critical Microsoft 365, cloud, infrastructure and workplace technology initiatives, ensuring changes are thoroughly tested and validated before release into production. This will include supporting migrations, service improvements, security enhancements and operational change activity across business critical services.

As a Test Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Plan, coordinate and execute testing activities across Modern Workplace, Microsoft 365, infrastructure, cloud and EUCS transformation programmes.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test scripts, automated test assets, test evidence and assurance documentation.
• Execute functional, non-functional and release testing activities, ensuring changes are appropriately validated prior to production deployment.
• Identify, manage and track defects through to resolution, working closely with technical and delivery teams.
• Contribute to risk based testing and quality assurance practices, helping reduce operational, security and delivery risk.
• Collaborate with Delivery Managers, Engineers, Product teams and service stakeholders across multiple workstreams.
• Produce test reports, governance artefacts and assurance outcomes to support delivery and compliance decision making.
• Support testing activities associated with migrations, service transitions, security improvements, platform enhancements and technology transformation initiatives.

PLEASE NOTE: SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Essential:

• Experience testing Microsoft 365, enterprise workplace technology, infrastructure, cloud or end-user computing services.
• Test planning, test execution, defect management and test reporting.
• Working within Agile and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Experience supporting migration, transformation or service transition programmes.
• Ability to work independently across multiple workstreams and manage competing priorities.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and experience working with Delivery Managers, Engineers, Product teams and service stakeholders.
• Experience with qTest or similar test management and defect-tracking tools.
• Understanding of risk-based testing approaches and quality assurance practices.
• Experience producing test evidence and assurance artefacts to support governance and delivery decision-making.

Desirable:

• Previous experience working within UK Government or wider public sector organisations.

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

Disability Confident 

As a Disability Confident employer, MOJ encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, MOJ welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the 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.