Senior QAT Analyst

About

Are you a Senior QAT Analyst with a curiosity about finding solutions to sophisticated problems? We are growing our teams at the Home Office and have multiple opportunities available on our Police and Public Protection Technology (PPPT) portfolio. You'll work the newest technologies and one of the largest/most sophisticated AWS networks in Europe and deliver fast paced, impactful projects, which make a real difference to the UK!

Closing date - Sunday 10th December @ 11:55pm

Quality Assurance and Testing (QAT) is an important part of our mission. Everyone is responsible for quality, and we have a team of skilled people who make sure quality is delivered in the most effective way. This means getting fast feedback, understanding how a service performs, and helping the development team to make more informed decisions. We value automating as much of the test effort as possible allowing our team of specialists and domain authorities to undertake better evaluations!

What you will do:

• Collaborate and develop an understanding of needs and translate them into a QAT approach.
• Take a user centred approach to implementing team or sprint level quality assurance and testing activities, providing practical, risk-based solutions including formal test analysis, design and exploratory or experience-based methods.
• Apply practices to different technical delivery environments and delivery lifecycles including agile teams and continuous release pipelines.
• Work in collaboration with delivery partners to ensure that effective and efficient capabilities are developed and coordinate into the software development process.
• Drive forward the development of capabilities including continuous professional development and identifying new and emerging industry leading technologies.
• Provide technical advice and assurance on the wider application of solutions, influencing the efficiency and delivery of quality practices throughout the team or sprint level.

What you will bring:

• Translating QAT and development strategies into practical, risk-based QA and test activities across the delivery lifecycle, ensuring alignment to user needs, technical dependencies, and organisational standards.
• Analysing sophisticated user needs, business requirements and technical designs at project or service level, identifying or assuring test goals, test case specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Working in a technical environment, requiring internal and external integration, ensuring the deployment of various tools and test environment options including open-source technologies, automation frameworks and modern platforms.
• Applying knowledge and experience of a specific technical or business domain to enable the delivery of QAT.
• Establishing and managing relationships with multiple delivery partners including technical and non-technical customers, communicating the goals and progress of quality assurance and testing activities as an embedded member of the delivery team or across a specialist area of delivery.
• Developing yourself and the wider team through a variety of activities that achieve current business goals, help to meet future challenges, and build a capacity for change.

💜 Some of the benefits our QAT community enjoy 💜

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, plus 8 days public holidays and 1 day for the King’s Birthday, rising further with service.
• Flexible working options so you can achieve work life balance - including part-time, flexi time and job sharing.
• Training and development opportunities tailored to your role.
• An in-year bonus scheme.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

*For full job description, benefits and salary please follow the "Apply" link *

Please note for this role you will require an SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements, you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years.