Senior QA Tester

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance.

For further information, please see 'Selection process details'. Do you have hands on experience of Virtual Machine Environment (VME) and mainframe testing along with a knack for risk based test planning?

Are you ready to lead testing, raise quality standards, and coach others to succeed?

If so, join us as a Senior QA Tester within DWP Digital.

In Benefit Supporting Services (BSS), you will help safeguard and improve the quality of the legacy benefit systems that millions of citizens rely on.

You will take ownership of risk based testing across VME and mainframe applications, ensuring that every change is robust, reliable, and ready for live service.

You will work alongside dedicated testers, developers, and business analysts, collaborating closely with stakeholders across DWP Digital.

Your role will involve planning and delivering system and acceptance testing, assuring batch and interface changes, and applying a shift left approach to prevent defects early.

You will also have opportunities to guide and develop colleagues, sharing expertise and helping uplift capability across the team.

Your contribution will strengthen essential services, protect vulnerable customers, and support the department’s wider transformation as we maintain and modernise our legacy platforms.

Lead and deliver system and acceptance testing for functional and non-functional changes across one or more mainframe systems.

Assure batch and interface processing, identifying and mitigating risks.

Collaborate with developers and business stakeholders to resolve defects and improve processes.

Share knowledge and support the development of junior testers and associates, with the potential for line management responsibilities.

Document test activities and ensure effective handover to support continuity and skills transfer.

Coach colleagues, uplift capability across the team, and take on line management responsibilities where required.

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