Test Engineer
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Tēnei tūranga – About the role
Reporting to the Test team Lead, the Test Engineer will play a key role in ensuring Quality aspects of our systems and solutions are delivered to a high standard to achieve the desired business outcomes. The Test Engineer will be responsible for developing and executing test cases to verify product functionality, as per product specifications.
The role will play an integral part in the defining and implementing of test strategy, building test suites and improving internal processes to deliver best services.
The Test Engineer will be responsible for:
- Playing a key role in projects from the planning phase to shift the Test efforts by understanding the business solutions to build the right test tools and automation frameworks to aid testing.
- Effectively identify what’s relevant to automate and can build automation approach that is fit for the purpose.
- Working with release managers, business users and the wider team to determine the release readiness.
- Lead and contribute to discussions that are based on test coverage metrics.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- At least five years’ experience of working as a Test Engineer in ICT teams who is proficient with coding skills and passionate in automating repetitive tasks to gain efficiencies.
- Experience in building custom Test Automation frameworks from scratch that validates API, UI layers of a solution and can be reusable across the organisation for various projects by putting Test Pyramid concepts into practice.
- You’re capable to build centralised repository of Automation test metrics that are accurate and provides timely feedback.
- Ability to think through the desired outcomes, context before writing the code.
- A solid understanding of Object-Oriented programming development practices and experience with C#, Groovy etc. and scripting languages like JavaScript.
- Demonstrated ability to solve technical problems and implement innovative testing solutions by following best practices in code health, testability, and maintainability.
- Has demonstrated experience working in Integrated SaaS products environment.
- Hands on Experience in using CI tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Bamboo and you’re pro with code versioning tools branching and committing code following the right standards maintaining code quality.
- Ability to achieve Test Traceability through Automation execution results linking back to test cases and user stories.
- Take ownership for the Automated Regression test failures and ensure the tests are reliable and maintainable.
- Provide inputs to integrate security, scalability in to development and integration pipelines.
- Sound communication skills – both verbal and written particularly business writing and reporting, ensure your communication is always clear and concise.
- Willing and able to adapt new priorities as necessary.
- Commitment to growth and curious to be involved in wider initiatives, discussions that improves overall quality across the organisation.
Qualifications
- A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Agile and DevOps delivery methodology/experience is desired.
- Certification or equivalent experience which can demonstrate your coding capabilities.
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Technology outcomes
- Design automation solutions that are agnostic to tools, technology and frameworks.
- Able to set up, configure and manage automation tools on machines and be competent with using IDEs such as IntelliJ, Eclipse, Pycharm, Atom or similar.
- Proactively work with stakeholders to provide advice to continually improve the level and quality in their automation.
- Take responsibility for the test tools, artefacts that you create and ensure they’re following the standards to minimise rework/re-factor efforts, maximise reuse.
- Enables, early feedback and accelerates test delivery by building continuous testing capability.
- Overall, be a key player in improving release frequency, confidence in software releases through set of Integration tests, automated functional checks that can run autonomously on demand to provide valuable execution metrics.
Customer focus
- Identifies the needs or expectations of customers.
- Treats internal customers with the same courtesies they would extend to external customers.
- Works hard to meet customer deadlines.
- Always looks to improve service.
- Maintains professionalism.
- Strives to be part of customers success story.
Relationship management
- Takes responsibility for own work.
- Self-starter.
- Seeks input if required.
- Recognises and acts on opportunities.
- Enjoys being a team player.
Action orientated
- Takes responsibility for own work.
- Self-starter.
- Seeks input if required.
- Recognises and acts on opportunities.
- Enjoys being a Team player.
Self-management
- Models positive behaviours.
- Models the desired values and culture of the organisation.
- Willingly shares knowledge, expertise and within the team and with others in the organisation.
- Acts with honesty and integrity.
- Welcomes feedback and is receptive to input from others.
Organisational commitment and public service
- Builds commitment to MBIE’s vision, mission, values and services.
- Willingly undertakes any duty required within the context of the position.
- Manages own personal health and safety, and takes appropriate action to deal with workplace hazards, accidents and incidents.
- Complies with all legislative requirements.
- Adheres to the Ministry’s and State Services Commission Codes of Conduct.
Wellbeing, health & safety
- Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
- Ensures own and others safety at all times.
- Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
- Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
- Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry
The Test Engineer position reports into the Manager ICT Business Management within the ICT branch. The branch sits within the Digital, Data and Insights group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
