Senior Test Engineer (CH11830R)

Job title Senior Test Engineer

Department Digital, Data & Technology Group

Salary Starting from £37,999, rising to £45,163

Grade Grade 7

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Wednesday 09 October 2024

Closing date Sunday 27 October 2024

Interview date Tuesday 19 November 2024

Reference CH11830R

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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Reporting to the Head of IT Portfolio Management, this role will be responsible for establishing and leading a new Quality Assurance and Testing (QAT) practice. The Senior Test Engineer will define QAT policies, strategies, utilise test automation where appropriate to implement best practices and drive excellence in software and service testing.

Working with the IT Portfolio Team, the Senior Test Engineer will support the delivery of projects within the IT Projects portfolio, through the implementation of appropriate test and quality assurance frameworks and processes that integrate with the Project Management Framework and ITIL processes.

The role will work with colleagues and key stakeholders across the organisation to define and implement consistent approaches to business acceptance testing ensure the quality assurance of technology related projects and services.

You will collaborate with technical delivery teams across the department to ‘shift testing left', educating, empowering and enabling delivery teams to embed Quality Assurance and Testing best-practices within their day-to-day work.

This role will also represent QAT practice at the regular Change Advisory Board (CAB) to ensure appropriate quality assurance around changes to live IT services.

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We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

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