Senior Test Engineer

Available Locations

Liverpool, Newport, Norwich, Glasgow or Birmingham.

The following locations listed below are restricted to contracted GCA staff already based in one of these offices:

London, Bristol, Manchester or York.

External applicants are not eligible for these sites. If you select one of these locations as an external applicant your application will unfortunately be withdrawn.

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Do you want to be part of a forward thinking Digital team? Would you like to work on diverse projects that will provide opportunities to expand Agile, Devops and Automation experience? Would you like to be part of our digital transformation journey?

Job Summary

We are looking for a dynamic, self motivated individual who can work independently. The Senior Test Engineer is accountable for identifying the functional and non-functional testing requirements. They will develop reusable automation frameworks that support a range of testing activities; they will execute both automated and manual testing, and undertake risk and issue reporting. The Senior Test Engineer will contribute to the wider organisational quality testing strategy and the implementation of new testing tools and technologies.

Key Accountabilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify functional and non-functional quality characteristics for testing.
• Identify the most appropriate quality testing approaches and test types to ensure comprehensive coverage; functional, regression, integration, security, usability and non-functional.
• manage stakeholder requirements and communications remaining focused on user needs.
• contribute, escalate and advise on the resolution of defects and risks, managing stakeholder expectations.
• Work collaboratively within Agile Scrum delivery teams, contributing to Sprint ceremonies, and the creation of robust and comprehensive test coverage.
• Contribute to the wider organisational quality testing strategy.
• develop, standardise and extend reusable automation frameworks that support a range of testing activities.
• contribute to the implementation of new testing tools and technologies.
• maintain and adapt CI/CD pipelines

Open to UK nationals only.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

Selection Process

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk.

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

Please note this is two stage interview, Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)

• Closing date – 21st September 2026, at 23:55
• Sifting of applications - 21th September 2026 onwards
• Candidate Technical Test - to be sent to candidate 2nd October
• Sifting of Test- w/c 5th October 2026 (Candidates who pass the assessment, will be progressed to interview stage)
• Interviews (please note the portal refers to this stage as 'interview 2') - w/c 19th October 2026

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