Senior Test Engineer (Performance Testing)

You must be a practitioner in technical breadth over a range of tools and techniques and have strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. You must also have performance tuning and root cause analysis expertise.

You must be able to collaborate with development, infrastructure, operations, architecture, and business teams.

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

For more information about the role, please see the attached job description and candidate pack.

Qualifications

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing
• Degree level or equivalent in Computing or significant experience working in a related field.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £49,443, HM Land Registry contributes £14,323 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

#WeAreHMLR

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

We have integrity– we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way. We drive innovation– we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes. We are professional– we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise. We give assurance– we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.

You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

Please attach your CV when prompted detailing your qualifications and work history. You must also attach your Certificate for ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing and Degree level or equivalent in Computing. The qualification is essential for this role and failure to attach it will result in your application not being progressed any further.

Your CV will be assessed against the essential experience criteria detailed in the attached Job Description.

Skills

The Personal Statement section (in no more than 750 words) should be used to outline your wider skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the essential experience criteria listed below:

Give examples in your statement, and detail how your performance testing experience will demonstrate the following essential criteria

• Practitioner level experience of automated performance testing and automated test tools
• Practitioner in technical analysis. Absorb large amounts of conflicting information to determine solutions
• Performance tuning and root cause analysis expertise.

If successful at sift, you will be invited to attend a virtual, blended interview, which will be held through Microsoft Teams which will include a 10 minute pre-prepared presentation detailing the value you have brought to your roles as a performance tester with real life examples. Further information will be provided to those invited to interview. Interviews will be held shortly after the sift.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.

• Please note we may be sifting whilst this campaign is open so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible *

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.

The blended interview will assess the behaviours and experience listed in the candidate pack.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview. If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair