Defence Business Services - DBS - Test Engineer

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB DESCRIPTION

The main duties are;

• Devising and maintaining the test strategy for DBS and communicating across the Technical Delivery team.
• Overall Planning and co-ordination of system tests within development and integration projects.
• Managing resource to enable testing of DBS Financial applications, either used internally by DBS or externally by DBS customers overseeing and ensuring all test phases including unit, system, integration, functional testing, & acceptance are conducted to agreed standards, in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Maintaining and reviewing all relevant testware including test plans, test cases and test reports.
• Develop, document and review testing deliverables across projects and communicate these to the relevant stakeholders.
• Determine specific standards for project testing phases and ensure ITMS resource (including EA) conform to these standards
• Define and enable delivery of reports to applicable stakeholders on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated to the overall project or release including system quality and suggestions for improvement.
• Validate new designs or solutions to meet quality and performance requirements
• Ensure security policies and procedures are in place during testing of applications and systems to ensure that the necessary controls are incorporated
• Interacting positively with DBS Finance and Commercial customers to plan, clarify requirements, report test progress and status as required.
• Control the review of the test preparation for each release
• Definition and prioritisation of testing activities ensuring necessary resource to execute testing activities.
• Encourage and implement the use of relevant test metrics to monitoring progress throughout the testing phase.
• Management, communication and resolution of defects raised during the testing process. Assessment against entry and exit criteria for testing phases.

Provide an environment that allows the team to:

• Reviewing test incidents and observations raised, hastening as necessary and monitoring status to allow for a quality product
• Ensure timely update and completion of Change Requests (CR) status using the Change Management software
• Contribute to continuous test case and process review.
• Coach and mentor direct reports, monitor performance levels and ensure these are aligned to MoD standards
• Attending necessary governance boards

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Required Functional / SFIA Competencies

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,223 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• An environment with flexible working options Monday-Friday
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service (pro rata). In additional to 8 public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The Sovereign’s birthday
• Hybrid working where role permits
• An opportunity to be considered for Reward and Recognition - £250-£5000 per year
• Family-friendly policies including - parental leave and adoption leave
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Professional and personal development of skills
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Minimum of 15 days special leave in a rolling 12 month period for volunteer reserve commitments
• Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days per year
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

EXPERIENCE:

• CV
• Personal Statement
  At interview you will be assessed against the following:

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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The main duties are;

• Devising and maintaining the test strategy for DBS and communicating across the Technical Delivery team.
• Overall Planning and co-ordination of system tests within development and integration projects.
• Managing resource to enable testing of DBS Financial applications, either used internally by DBS or externally by DBS customers overseeing and ensuring all test phases including unit, system, integration, functional testing, & acceptance are conducted to agreed standards, in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Maintaining and reviewing all relevant testware including test plans, test cases and test reports.
• Develop, document and review testing deliverables across projects and communicate these to the relevant stakeholders.
• Determine specific standards for project testing phases and ensure ITMS resource (including EA) conform to these standards
• Define and enable delivery of reports to applicable stakeholders on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated to the overall project or release including system quality and suggestions for improvement.
• Validate new designs or solutions to meet quality and performance requirements
• Ensure security policies and procedures are in place during testing of applications and systems to ensure that the necessary controls are incorporated
• Interacting positively with DBS Finance and Commercial customers to plan, clarify requirements, report test progress and status as required.
• Control the review of the test preparation for each release
• Definition and prioritisation of testing activities ensuring necessary resource to execute testing activities.
• Encourage and implement the use of relevant test metrics to monitoring progress throughout the testing phase.
• Management, communication and resolution of defects raised during the testing process. Assessment against entry and exit criteria for testing phases