Test Engineer

Test Engineer- Up to 12 months Fixed Term Contract (FTC)

Full time / Part time

Salary: 34604- 39200pa with potential for further progression to44137pawith our pay progression scheme.

Location: Manchester

Contracted to our Wilmslow office. We will berelocatingto Manchester city centre from 28 September 2026. Once the move takes place your contracted office will be Circle Square Manchester. Through hybrid working we offer flexible home and office-based working opportunities and there will be times when you will be expected to attend the office to collaborate with colleagues or travel due to business need.

Why work for the ICO

• Pay progression scheme.

• Hybrid and flexible working options.

• 25 days paid holiday per year plus privilege and public holidays.

• Flexi leave (up to 26additionaldays leave per year).

• Pension (employer contribution around28.9%).

• Online discount scheme to save money at major supermarkets retailers gyms restaurants insurance providers and many more.

• Health Cash Plan.

• Fantastic development opportunities to learn and progress.

Further details can be found on the benefits section ofourwebsite.

Job summary

As part of the Digital Data and Technology Services (DDaT) team you will be responsible for driving the testing activities within in a given project/product; ensuring that new and amended systems configurations packages or services together with any interfaces perform as specified (including security requirements) and ensure that the risks associated with deployment are adequately understood and documented.

Testing includes the process of engineeringusingandmaintainingtest-ware to measure and improve the quality of the software being tested.

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is the independent regulator of information a data-driven world we provide advice guidance and support to organisations enabling compliance with their obligations as well as protecting individuals and their personal data.

As an employer we are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives and careers of our people and we empower you to be curious impactfulcollaborativeand respectful.

Job description

You will review requirements and specifications and define test conditions. To design test cases and test scripts and support data mapping back to pre-determined acceptance criteria - recording and reporting on outcomes. Analyse and report test activities and results. Interpretexecuteand record test casesin accordance withtest plans.Identifyand report issues and risks within related product.

To develop an understanding of the role of testing within product/service development as a tool for design improvement as well as a validation process.

Key responsibilities:

• Reviewing requirements andspecifications anddefining test conditions

• Designing and executing test plans and carry out exploratory testing as part of a broader risk-based approach.

• Designingwritingandmaintainingautomated test scripts and suites.

• Designing and writing automated test strategy.

• Designing andidentifyingnew test techniques and tools to write test cases testscriptsand supporting data mapping back to pre-determined acceptance criteriarecordingand reporting outcomes.

• Writing and executing functional and non-functional tests at each level; debugging and refactor the test codein accordance withproject test plans.

• Identifyinganalysingand reporting on test activities issues and risks associated with a related project/product.

• Identifyand raise defects with the team as part of product responsibilities

• Support other test engineers and product teams toidentifytest scenarios to be automated

• Responsibility foridentifyingraisingand managing defectswithin a given project/product/service and/or as part of product responsibilities

• Taking a business and operational view when analysing the system under test in so doing identifying gaps not just in software but in processes too

• Responsible for evaluating business artefacts and supporting system integration testing

• Prime responsibility in the acceptance activity within a development phase ofgiven project/product/service.

• Providing reports on progress anomaliesrisksand issues associated with the overall project.

• Knowledge of the WCAG 2.2 standards and how to test against them to spot problems and opportunities that ensure all our digital services work for all users

Person specification

Essential criteria assessed at application stage:

• ITIL qualification

• Knowledge of Jira/Confluence Agile Scrum

• Experience designingdevelopingandmaintainingautomated test scripts working with an automated test tool.

• Proven experience of working with Agile and Waterfall methodologies

• Proven experience of working within an Agile framework.

• Proven experience of Full-Stack testing

• Being involved from the beginning of a project in a test engineering capacity

• Understanding and working knowledge of the role of defect management.

Essential criteria assessed during interview:

• Working knowledge of Government Digital Service Design Standards

• Proven experience of automated testing including writing andmaintainingautomated test suites

• Experience of Test Case Creation Functional Testing and Non-Functional Testing

• Experience of change Management

• Experience of User test software andmethodologyand able to write user scripts

• Able to design and execute test cases using standard testing techniques. Able tocome up withdifferent business scenarios for a feature working with others in the team.

• Able toidentifysimple patterns and trends. Investigates problems and opportunities in existing processes and contributes to recommending solutions to these.

• Aware of non-functional testing techniques. Able toexecute non-functional test scenarios and raise defects.

• Can run non-functional tests others have written and knows the processes to do so. Understands a range of standard non-functional testing techniques.

Equality diversity and inclusion

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality diversity and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace whereall ofour colleagueshave the opportunity tomake a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together witha number ofstaff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.