Lead Test Engineer (Security) Companies House-SEO
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Lead Test Engineer (Security)
Companies House
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 7th July 2024
Details
Reference number
357536
Salary
£38,000 - £53,991
The basic salary is £38,000 - £42,991 with an additional, non-pensionable digital allowance of up to £11,000. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
DDaT Lead
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
CH - Digital Services
Type of role
Digital
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
Remote working (anywhere in the UK)
About the job
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity in the Digital Services team! You’ll be joining our team at a time of transformation, and you will be part of shaping the future of our department. We use Agile Methodologies and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Lead Test Engineer (Security) with great technical skills able to coach and mentor other testers and lead the non-functional testing workstreams such as Security and Performance testing.
You will be part of our lead tester group, working collaboratively with your team and overseeing the testing journey with management responsibilities.
This provides an opportunity to make the test community thrive by exploring new and emerging tools and approaches and working out how you can help the organisation deliver better services.
This is a rewarding role within the Test Team and provides an opportunity to contribute to the success of existing and future services provided by Companies House.
To find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work visit Companies House
We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Remote contracts will only be offered to successful candidates who are not within a commutable distance to our Cardiff, Belfast or Edinburgh offices. If you are located in a reasonable distance to one our offices, you will receive a hybrid contract aligned to one of our offices.
Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect people to attend their base office a minimum of one day a week but the exact degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities and should be agreed through discussions with your line manager.
Job description
Responsibilities
As a Lead Test Engineer focusing on security and performance you will:
- Take ownership security testing within the software development lifecycle. This will involve running vulnerability scans using tools such as Burp, coordinating with relevant teams, testing security related issues.
- Take ownership of performance testing using our in-house framework based on Jmeter, InfluxDB and Grafana.
- As a manager, you will provide advice, coaching and mentoring to testers on non-functional testing subjects such as security, performance and accessibility testing.
- Attend meetings and provide stakeholders with updates.
- Design and execute manual and automated non-functional test cases using standard testing techniques.
- Design and implement pipeline solutions for any non-functional testing services.
Further information on the Test Engineering profession and skills expected of a Lead can be found Here.
Person specification
We are looking for the following experience, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the experience and technical skills sections when writing your personal statement.
Experience
- A relevant certification to ISTQB or relevant functional and non-functional technical testing experience is essential.
- A relevant certification in ethical hacking or penetration testing, such as such as 7Safe CSTA or GIAC Penetration testing, or evidence that you are working towards this or have proven working experience is essential.
- Proven experience writing and executing performance testing scripts.
- Certified Agile Tester or equivalent Agile working experience.
- Experience of Non-Functional testing practices including Security, Performance and Accessibility Testing.
- Has a working knowledge of a minimum of 5 of the following:
- Jenkins / Concourse
- JMeter
- API
- OAuth2
- SQL
- XML
- AWS
- Unix based systems
- MongoDB
- InfluxDB
- Oracle
- Version control
- Postman/SOAP UI
- Karate/Rest
- Burp Scanner
- OWASP ZAP
- Accessibility tools such as Wave & Screen readers
Qualifications
A relevant certification to ISTQB or relevant functional and non-functional technical testing experience is essential.
A relevant certification in ethical hacking or penetration testing, such as such as 7Safe CSTA or GIAC Penetration testing, or evidence that you are working towards this or have proven working experience is essential.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Seeing the Big Picture
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Penetration testing or ethical hacking
- Performance or load testing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £38,000, Companies House contributes £11,008 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Join us at Companies House and experience the difference of working within a culture that values you, not only as an employee, but as an integral part of our Companies House team.
We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.
Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.
We celebrate diversity...
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk
Where will you be working?
You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
In your application form we’d like you to:
- Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements in relation to the experience detailed in the advert and job description above.
- Write a personal statement of 500 words where you demonstrate how you meet the experience and technical skills detailed in the person specification above.
At sift candidates will be assessed against experience and technical skills listed in the person specification of the advert and are asked to supply work history/personal statement and reference any transferable skills using the job description for reference.
There will be a separate technical stage, where you will be asked to complete a technical assessment.
At interview candidates will be assessed against the behaviours listed in the advert and we will use Success Profiles Behaviours and Strengths.
We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and personal statement.
What will the process look like?
- We will sift applications and then invite successful candidates from the sift stage to complete a technical assessment. The third and final stage is a virtual interview.
Read more information and guidance about Applying for Your New Job.
Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and may include Strength based questions in the interview.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
Successful candidates must pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before they can be appointed. BPSS is an entry level security check. It uses the Police National Computer (PNC) to make sure a candidate has no convictions. The check returns evidence of any current criminal record and un-spent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Check (SC) before they can be appointed.
To gain SC clearance you must have been a UK resident for a minimum of 3 out of the last 5 years and will need to successfully complete all stages of the vetting process. More information can be found at National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Nationality statement
Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. If you're applying for a role requiring security clearance, please be aware that foreign or dual nationality is not an automatic bar. However certain posts may have restrictions which could affect those who do not have sole British nationality or who have personal connections with certain countries outside the UK.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
