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Ordnance Survey
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Southampton, Hampshire
Test Engineer
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Salary: £35,700 - £39,900 per annum |
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Overview
We have a fantastic opportunity to join us as a Test Engineer based in Southampton. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £35,700 - £39,900 per annum depending on experience plus benefits. Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and a world-leading geospatial data and technology organisation. As a reliable partner to government, business and citizens across Britain and the world, OS helps its customers in virtually all sectors improve quality of life. OS expertise and data supports efficient public services and infrastructure, new technologies in transport and communications, national security and emergency services and exploring the great outdoors. By being at the forefront of geospatial capability for more than 225 years, we’ve built a reputation as the world’s most inspiring and trusted geospatial partner. We offer fantastic benefits to our Test Engineer : - Competitive salary plus performance related bonus - Competitive pension - 37 hour working week - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas - Training and development - A wide range of additional benefits including free parking, paid volunteer day, support with health and wellbeing, sports and social activities, staff discount on over 500 national stores and more About the role: We are looking for a proactive and technical Test Engineer to join our test community, within the Engineering group. You will improve the test capability in all aspects of the engineering lifecycle through coaching, mentoring and technical leadership. Working within an agile team, you will be responsible for designing, writing and executing automated and manual test suites; to ensure adequate and effective test coverage and provide test assurance of the user stories in a test-first environment using cloud architecture. You will provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to. This is a technical role and requires knowledge of test automation, cloud-based infrastructure testing, data testing with an understanding of ETL’s, API testing, front-end web-based application testing, security testing, performance and load testing. What we are looking for in our ideal Test Engineer : Essential; - Expert knowledge and skills in software testing & industry best practice - Proven technical skills in test automation frameworks and languages - Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders and customers - Experience of allocating and prioritising own work and working across multiple delivery teams Desirable; - Proven analytical skills, designing and implementing tests around TDD/BDD feature files for functional and non-functional test activities - Ability to define and lead on the appropriate end to end test approach - Excellent knowledge of agile methodologies and working closely with engineers, advising on process improvement - Experience of testing on a cloud platform - Coaching and mentoring experience - Awareness of geospatial systems and technologies Closing date: Sunday 5 th April Data is our business. Recognising this, we are transforming towards a truly agile and data-centric organisation. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. Please click ‘apply’ today to submit your application or to find out more about the Test Engineer role, we would love to hear from you. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89653198