We are looking for a Senior Test Engineer with experience of building frameworks and strategies to test colleague facing systems on a variety of platforms.
Nationwide utilises many systems to support our customers in a variety of situations. These include our in-house developed single portal for retail colleagues (SAMM); collections and recovery platforms which support our customers in times of need and Microsoft Power Platform which provides several applications covering ISA processing to back-office support.
A strategic roadmap covers the applications driving the society forward in capability and this needs to be delivered at pace. The right test strategy will support the move to regular deployments whilst ensuring we carry out the rigorous testing needed to ensure we deliver with the quality required by our customers, colleagues and regulators.
The successful applicant will be responsible for defining and driving the test strategy across the value stream ensuring we move forward with industry best practice. This will require key stakeholder engagement and management in addition to relevant testing experience. You will lead a team of like-minded individuals who deliver the testing required on each application to the highest quality.
This role will provide the opportunity to work with some cutting-edge technologies and industry leading vendors.
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time,
based at either our Swindon or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.
What you'll be doingJoining the Customer Servicing CIO, you will work in our Colleague Servicing value stream applications and lead the Test professionals working across different development teams.
You will be responsible for the creation and delivery of the test strategy setting out testing solutions for all test types (functional and non-functional) aligned to proven patterns; working closely with lead engineers to create the right test approaches and frameworks for the test engineers to follow.
Your goal is to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of testing processes which align to our Technology Standards. Our test practice community will support you with guidance and help from your peers.
You will help engineers to adopt good practice and automation in the testing of both strategic IT initiatives and smaller deliveries enabling decisions to be made with confidence and at pace.
You'll also provide technical test leadership within the value stream, managing and mentoring individuals, driving the team to deliver on a regular basis.
Your updates to and interaction with key Senior stakeholders will give them confidence in test delivery.
About youWe are looking for a Senior Test Engineer with strong Automation Pipeline skills to lead test professionals across different teams who create and execute testing solutions including automation frameworks.
We need someone with expertise including:
- Structured test techniques to derive appropriate test coverage and drive efficiency in test
- Appropriate certification in test methods and practices e.g. ISTQB/ISEB, CAT, Practitioner in Agile Quality
- Understanding appropriate test approaches for various large scale integrations and different system topologies such as Cloud, client server, mainframe, event driven architectures.
- Staying up to date with industry trends, tools, and best practices in IT testing and data solutions. Your knowledge will contribute to enhancing the quality of our data products.
- Technical leadership and organisational skills
- Provide leadership and mentorship to the test engineers, supporting their professional growth and fostering a collaborative and positive team environment.
- Ownership of the overall testing process, leading the execution of test plans and test cases to validate the functionality, accuracy, and performance of solutions
- Continuous improvement of testing methods and processes
- Excellent problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with excellent verbal and written communication
- Proven ability to be accountable for test engineering decisions within a technical environment
- The ability to quantify measures of success in a language that makes sense to stakeholders
- Management of and engagement with our Test partners and 3rd party suppliers
- Technical expertise including:
- Coding ability (e.g. java) to define and support the creation and maintenance of automation frameworks
- Solid skills in SQL and database querying for data validation.
- API and service testing
- Tools such as Selenium, Jira, Zephyrscale, Git, TFS
Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.
- Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It's also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
- Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
- Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.
We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you're sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it's a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.
The extras you'll getThere are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- A personal pension - if you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top up by a further 16%
- Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
- Life assurance worth 8x your salary
- A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Wellhub - Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
- Access to an annual performance related bonus
- Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
- 25 days holiday, pro rata
What makes us differentNationwide is the world's largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK's population. We've got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we're not a bank.
As a building society, we're owned by our members - that's our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose - Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.
When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You'll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You'll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don't have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.
What to do nextIf this role is for you, please click the 'Apply Now' button. You'll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.
We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.
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