Test Engineer - Ordnance Survey : Job Details

Test Engineer - Salary £41,892.00 - £48,874.00 (dependent on experience) - Hybrid Working

Our growing Technology team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them.

Join us and you'll have an opportunity to make an impact and be part of an organisation committed to driving sustainable outcomes. At OS, we use location data and intelligence to help customers build more resilient societies, preserve the environment, foster healthier, happier spaces that people want to live in, and support the delivery of improved public services and critical infrastructure

This role is based within the Distributing service. We are an agile team comprised of 6 sub-teams, each with a focus on the continuous development of cloud infrastructure to enable the distribution of data to our customers via RESTful APIs and the OS Data Hub website. Ordnance Survey has a testing community of 70+ test professionals that support each other with regular sessions on test related topics, tools, and techniques - be a part of it!

About the role

• Implement and extend automated tests using our existing frameworks
• Focus on both front-end and API testing to ensure seamless user experience and functionality
• Contribute your testing expertise into agile team ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups
• Clearly communicate software risks & test outcomes with the team, team lead, project manager & test lead
• Provide expertise with performance testing of our systems
• Support the Ordnance Survey Testing Community, with common standards such as metrics and use of test tools

Here is a snapshot of the technologies that we use

• Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, REST Assured, BrowserStack, Postman, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps (sprint backlogs, pipelines, test plans), GIT, YAML, JSON, HP Web Inspect, JMeter

What we're looking for

• Highly skilled in creating, maintaining and peer reviewing test automation code, preferably in Java
• Previous working experience supporting, contributing to and enhancing extensive Java-based Selenium test frameworks.
• Strong API test automation skills
• Experience with BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) software development methodology.
• Excellent knowledge and skills in software testing & industry best practices
• Working experience with Agile Scrum, collaborating with the team for backlog refinement and ability to estimate testing activities for sprint planning
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices, and how they relate to test
• Proficiency with non-functional testing, such as performance testing using tools such as JMeter
• Experienced with the management of defects, identifying, debugging, and working with the team to resolve them.

The Rewards

We want you to love what you do. That is why our benefits package rewards a job well done.

• Salary - £41,892.00 - £48,874.00
• Performance related bonus up to 10%
• A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)
• 28 days annual leave (3 taken over Christmas) in addition to bank holidays
• Paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Free subscription to OS Maps
• Access to online learning platforms
• Coaching and Mentoring schemes
• Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits

At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like

• An extra days' leave for each year you work, up to 33 days
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Hybrid working
• Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton
• We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
• Eyecare Vouchers
• OS Explorers Nursery discount
• Cycle to Work scheme

Location: We embrace a hybrid working model at OS and understand there is no one size fits all in relation to how we work. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to be in the office for 7-8 days of the year for various team workshops, with the remaining time being a personal choice as to whether you work from home or spend more time at OSHQ.

Security: OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some of our roles require additional security clearance, including to SC or DV level in some cases. We will tell candidates at the appropriate time during the recruitment process if additional clearance will be required for this role.

Closing date: 2nd February 2025

Interviews will be held w/c 17th February over Teams

Please submit your CV along with a covering letter which describes why you should be considered for this role.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role, therefore you must have the right to work in the UK, without the need for employer sponsorship.

Research indicates that women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community members, neurodiverse individuals, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Ordnance Survey, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace where everyone can thrive. If you're enthusiastic about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other roles within Ordnance Survey.