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At the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), we take testing very seriously and we automate as much as we can. Our SDETs are building best-in-class test automation software so that we can build products quickly and safely. You will be a critical part of a squad following a behaviour-driven design approach (ATDD). You will love to code and to test in equal measure and challenge us to increase the scope of our Continuous Testing.

We use Cucumber with Ruby for most of our testing. Our systems under test are usually Dockerised or Serverless applications.

In this dynamic role you will be part of an engineering team accountable for continually driving all aspects of quality improvements. You will be working in one of our delivery teams or as part of the dedicated independent testing team.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

•    Developing applications using: Java, Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Node.js and React.js.
•    Testing using: Ruby and Cucumber, Capybara, RSpec, Artillery and Jest.
•    Deploying and running using: Cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, MS Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless Technologies.
•    Coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues

Our delivery squads follow a DevOps model and are responsible for the full life-cycle of their product. As such, there may be an opportunity going forward to participate in an out-of-hours rota which will attract an additional allowance.

Additional Information 

Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

Person specification

The DVLA is at the cutting edge of cloud-first technologies. You will be comfortable using the Cucumber framework and able to develop expertise in the Ruby programming language to test applications and infrastructure on Platform-as-a-Service environments.

You will have real experience of building test automation for both web-based user interfaces and APIs.

You will proactively look to implement Continuous Testing principles to speed up the feedback cycle for all elements of quality, such as security and accessibility, using automation by default.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about SDET principles who has a good comprehension of Automation Testing, able to use modern programming language and to programmatically test any software product and develop automation for it.

You will have examples of improving QA efficiency through test automation and tools. You will have high attention to detail and not be afraid to challenge when needs be.

It would be great if you had experience of technical coaching and enjoy leading junior members of a team.

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