Senior Technical Tester
Job summary
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for a Senior Technical Tester to help design, build and improve the digital services that support the NHS and wider health and care system.
You will be a key contributor within an agile, multidisciplinary engineering team, developing accessible, high-quality and performant applications used by millions of users. You will work closely with designers, front-end and back-end developers, contributing to technical decisions and supporting the quality assurance of NICE's digital services.
Interviews will take place in-person, in our Manchester office, and will include technical test as part of the interview process.
Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.
We reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications so please don't delay your submission.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure testing the quality and security of built applications.
- Work collaboratively as part of an Agile, multidisciplinary delivery team .
- Ensuring services meet accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and follow NICE and GDS best practice.
- Supporting live services and helping identify and resolve technical issues.
- Working with the wider Engineering Team to ensure applications are built and deployed to a high standard with minimal issues.
- Create packages for deployment, Deploy and validate the success on the live environment.
- Maintain regular communication with the Agile, Development and Webops teams, escalating risks and issues as appropriate
- Ensure technical incidents for the live operational environment are communicated to the team effectively and in a timely manner.
- Produce and maintain appropriate management reporting documentation as required.
- Attend and contribute actively to Team meetings and agile ceremonies.
- Maintain documentation of the performance of NICE systems including Management Information reports as required.
- Support and contribute to the Transition/Development planning activity as required.
About us
We are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make. NICE offer:
Generous NHS Pension Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.
Flexible working Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.
Exclusive discounts Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.
Time to recharge Start with 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
Inclusive staff networks Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud - we celebrate diversity.
Tailored development Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Experience
- Proven experience testing complex software systems, including REST APIs, databases and integrations. Ability to validate data integrity, error handling, system interactions and end-to-end business processes using appropriate technical testing approaches.
Experience
- Proven and demonstrated experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team, through all phases of the software development lifecycle.
Experience
- Proven experience planning, executing and managing accessibility testing of web applications against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA standards
Experience
- Proven experience planning, executing and managing cross-browser and cross-device testing of web applications, ensuring consistent functionality, usability and accessibility across supported desktop browsers, mobile devices and tablets.
Skills/Knowledge
- Demonstrable experience designing, developing and maintaining automated tests using tools such as Playwright, WebdriverIO, Cypress, Postman or equivalent.
Skills/Knowledge
- Proven experience defining and implementing test approaches for complex software projects. Ability to analyse requirements, identify risks, design effective test coverage, apply appropriate test techniques and balance manual, exploratory and automated testing.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Address
3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place,
Manchester
M1 3BN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nice.org.uk/