Senior Test Engiineer

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On behalf of the Met Office , we are looking for a Senior Test Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 8 Months contract based Hybrid / in Exeter .

As a Senior Test Engineer , your main responsibilities will be:

- Develop and maintain a pragmatic test approach, plan and schedule aligned to the EDC delivery iterations and release milestones.
- Review requirements, acceptance criteria, user journeys and technical designs to ensure they are clear, testable and traceable.
- Design, prepare and execute functional tests covering creation, editing, curation, approval, publication, search and viewing of metadata records.
- Test role-based access, validation of mandatory metadata fields, approval workflows, auditability and the integrity of migrated catalogue records. Plan and carry out integration, regression and end-to-end testing across the catalogue, metadata repository, search capability and any relevant connected services (if applicable)
- Define and coordinate appropriate non-functional testing, including accessibility, performance, security, reliability, resilience, usability and operability.
- Record, analyse , prioritise and track defects to resolution, working collaboratively with developers and product colleagues.
- Produce concise test evidence and reporting, clearly communicating quality, coverage, defects, risks, readiness and recommendations.
- Support identification of the user acceptance testing cohort, prepare test scenarios and guidance, and help train and support business testers.
- Contribute to release, service acceptance and transition decisions by providing an evidence-based view of product quality and residual risk.
- Promote quality throughout the delivery lifecycle through early engagement, exploratory testing and continuous improvement of testing practices.

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 in Python & Typescript.
- Demonstrable experience as a Senior Test Engineer or Senior Test Analyst within an agile, multidisciplinary digital delivery team.
- Experience of translating requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria into clear test conditions, scenarios, cases and evidence.
- Hands-on experience of functional, integration, regression, end-to-end and exploratory testing of web-based services.
- Experience of defect management , including clear reproduction steps, severity and priority assessment, triage and verification of fixes.
- Experience of testing workflow-driven and role-based systems, including data validation, permissions and audit trails.
- Understanding of non-functional quality considerations, particularly accessibility, performance, security, reliability and usability.
- Ability to work with developers, product and delivery colleagues, subject-matter experts and business users, and to communicate clearly to different audiences.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking and a practical, risk-based approach to quality assurance.
- Experience of using Jira / confluence or a similar tool for requirements, test and defect management .

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

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, The Met Office 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.

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".