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DWP Digital Test Engineer – Cloud First (DE)

Closing date for applications: 29/03/2022
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Data engineer
Summary of the work
 The specialist will work with the existing DWP Test teams and the 'Cloud First' project. This will consist of DWP Digital staff and other 3rd party suppliers engaged in test automation development work.
Latest start date
 01/05/2022
Expected contract length
 6 months
Location
 North West England
Organisation the work is for
 Department of Work and Pensions
Maximum day rate
 £400
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
 The existing team is augmented with a mix of Civil Servants and other 3rd party supplier resource.
What the specialist will work on
 Test Engineer: DWP are looking to engage with a supplier to provide an experienced Automation Tester to work within the existing DWP Team, to help deliver our strategic move towards continuous testing and development of the CloudFirst automated testing packs required specificallySpecialist will be highly experienced automation tester, able to deal with the design,development,testing /hardening and implementation of test packs.- Specialist will map requirements, design, and develop functional automation tests. Managing all the key dependencies for automation (environments,data,requirements, CI/CD tools etc)- Knowledge transfer to existing test team members. - Support Cloud First project delivery of key objectives
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 Specialist will work within DWP Hybrid Approach of 8 working days per month in the DWP Hub office (either Manchester or Blackpool) and remainder remotely until further notice.
Working arrangements
 Specialist will work within DWP Hybrid Approach of 8 working days per month in the office and remainder remotely until further notice.
Security clearance
 The supplier will be required to hold BPSS security clearance as a minimum.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 5
Cultural fit criteria
 -work as a team with our organisation and other suppliers -be transparent and collaborative when making decisions -have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes -take responsibility for their work -share knowledge and experience with other team members -be comfortable standing up for their discipline -Upholding DWP values and working within Government Digital Standards.
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Development of automated test suites
  • Code documentation
  • Modern standards approach
  • Web application testing
  • Significant experience of desiging test packs based discussion with stakeholders
  • Significant experience of building automation packs
  • Good experience of undertaking knowledge transfer to existing teams
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a transformation project, and supporting the delivery of key milestones
  • Attend and participate in Agile ceremonies
  • The specialist will need to be a highly experienced (Practitioner level) Test Engineer
  • Day to day planning, design, and development of automation tests. Contributing towards programme milestones
  • Test team and project teams, and undertaking KT
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • TestComplete
  • Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Office 365, and end user computing experience
  • ISTQB or equivelent experience
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a enterprise scale organisation
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 29/03/2022

DWP Digital Test Engineer – Cloud First (DE)

Closing date for applications: 29/03/2022


Specialist role:

Data engineer

Location:

North West England

Organisation:

Department of Work and Pensions

Maximum day rate:

£400
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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