Test Engineer - Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham or Yeading.

The central responsibility of this role is to deliver effective and reliable testing across DVSA digital services, supporting the delivery of high-quality, user-focused outcomes within Agile teams.

Working within a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to the design and implementation of testing processes for a range of DVSA digital services. You will be responsible for delivering structured, cost-effective test activities to support the successful delivery of major initiatives.

You will apply established testing methodologies, primarily testing techniques, to ensure services meet defined business needs and operate in accordance with government and industry quality standards. You will work closely with development teams to identify and capture test cases, support test environment readiness, and design and execute test plans across DVSA digital projects and products.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to:

• Contribute to test planning, estimation and traceability activities within Agile sprint teams, using appropriate tools to ensure effective and efficient test execution.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners and wider scrum teams to develop a strong understanding of requirements, risks and testing objectives.
• Design and implement structured test processes, including the creation and execution of test plans, test conditions and test scenarios that meet business requirements, user needs and quality standards.
• Support testing by leveraging testing tools to execute test scenarios, review results, and gain insights, collaborating with colleagues responsible for building the frameworks
• Execute functional, integration, system and revalidation testing activities, ensuring testing remains relevant to business needs and product risk.
• Proactively prevent defects by working closely with development teams to build a shared understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Troubleshoot issues to support root cause identification and resolution, documenting, tracking and escalating defects as appropriate.
• Work effectively within fast-paced digital delivery environments, maintaining focus on quality, risk and user outcomes.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Required experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Understanding and experience of testing within a software delivery team.
• Familiarity with test tools and frameworks and the ability to apply them to design effective test scenarios and maximise the value of testing activities
• Ability to quickly research and learn new tools and testing techniques to support quality assurance activities.

Additional Information

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

Regular travel to our Swansea office will be required, which may involve overnight stays. If you are based in Swansea, occasional travel will be required.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).