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Lead Test Analyst

CCS is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.

As a trading fund and executive agency of the Cabinet Office, we implement procurement policy on behalf of the government.

We use the collective buying power of our customers and our commercial expertise to help public sector organisations achieve value for money and provide great outcomes for taxpayers.

The Digital Services team is responsible for the digital delivery of technology and technology operations for CCS. The Strategic Delivery team is responsible for the development, testing and digital delivery of a variety of solutions for CCS. We may build solutions in-house, through our delivery partners or implement off-the-shelf solutions. We are responsible for setting the standards for development, delivery and testing in CCS

As a Lead Test Analyst your main responsibilities will be: 

• Plan, design and execute a wide range of testing types; functional and non-functional
• Lead and oversee all test activities, including test planning, test case creation, review and reporting, to ensure the interoperability of various digital services and products
• Identify risks/issues and articulate them clearly and effectively. focusing on complex problem solving and influencing senior team members
• Produce and maintain test automation frameworks
• Produce professional Reports for Project Stakeholders, identifying patterns and trends from the Test Execution and Defect logs
• Train and supervise the work of other team members, and advise others on testing techniques and test types
• Investigate problems and opportunities in existing processes and recommend solutions
• Utilise technical knowledge to keep abreast of industry developments to make cost effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• Experience creating automated testing frameworks, utilising continuous integration / deployment pipeline environments, using tools such as Travis, Jenkins, TeamCity, Github
• Expert in software testing, with experience of working in an Agile Scrum delivery model, using supporting tools to manage and execute testing e.g JIRA / ZEPHYR
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to coach and motivate team members. Must display strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Proficient in testing the integration of micro services and APIs using tools such as Postman,REST Assured
• Ability to actively engage with performance test engineers and work alongside them to review performance test plans, read and interpret performance test reports.
• Use of Object Oriented Programming such as Java or Ruby, and execution of automated tests using tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD, Junit/TestNG, Maven

If this Lead Test Analyst role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with rishon.reid@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people.

Disability confident  

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CCS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.  

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview. 

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any?point during the recruitment process or if there is a?more accessible way for us to communicate, please do?let me know. 

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.

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