Test Engineer
Summary
Test Engineer in the Welsh Revenue Authority's Digital team (Cardiff, hybrid), ensuring the quality and resilience of cloud-based tax administration services. Day to day: designing and executing manual and automated tests across the full testing lifecycle and embedding automation in CI/CD using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium and Azure DevOps.
- Job grade: Higher Executive Officer
- Contract type: Permanent
- Business area: WRA - Strategy
- Type of role: Digital
- Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share
- Number of jobs available: 1
Location
About the job
Job summary
We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax, Landfill Disposals Tax and the introduction of the Visitor Levy in Wales. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.
Join a place with purpose
You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.
Our people
You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance – there’s a place for you in our friendly team.
You’ll be our greatest asset
You’ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.
We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits – our People Survey results say it all!
We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.
More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028 .
Job description
As a Test Engineer within the Welsh Revenue Authority’s (WRA) Digital team, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and resilience of our cloud services. You will work across the full testing lifecycle, applying both manual and automated testing techniques to validate user focused solutions that support tax administration in Wales. You will collaborate closely with developers, analysts, and delivery teams in an agile environment to embed testing early and effectively. Your work will directly contribute to the delivery of secure, accessible, and robust services that meet the needs of our users. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking organisation where you will be supported to grow your skills, contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, and make a meaningful impact on public services in Wales. "At the WRA, we take quality seriously. As Test Manager, I’m proud to work alongside developers, analysts, and delivery teams to build resilient, cloud-based digital services that support new Welsh taxes. It’s a truly collaborative effort — and an exciting opportunity to make a real impact.” Ruchi Dhamija, Test Manager |
Person specification
Test Design & Execution
- Analyse requirements and collaborate with analysts to create thorough test scenarios.
- Design and deliver comprehensive test cases and plans aligned with business and technical objectives.
- Apply manual, automated and exploratory testing strategies to validate functionality across systems.
- Execute tests, record results accurately and report defects clearly.
- Track defects through their lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution and
- Test for non-functional requirements including accessibility, performance, security, compatibility and integration.
- Verify fixes and perform regression testing to maintain quality across
- Ensure service consistency across devices, browsers and operating
- Adopt risk-based testing approaches to prioritise coverage and optimise
- Maintain detailed test documentation, onboarding guides and runbooks.
- Support UAT and release readiness checks where required.
- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the overall test strategy by providing feedback and suggesting enhancements based on project experience.
Automation & CI/CD Integration
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright, Cypress or Selenium.
- Embed automated tests within CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, JENKINS) to enable rapid feedback and early defect detection.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows using Git and Azure DevOps, applying BDD/TDD practices where appropriate.
- Ensure robust version control and change management for all automated scripts.
- Drive continuous improvement of automation frameworks and testing processes to increase efficiency and reliability.
- Support full automation of testing across environments to reduce manual effort and accelerate delivery.
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Publish regular test status reports, highlighting progress, defects and risks.
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders on testing progress, risks and
- Work closely with developers to form a shared understanding of the codebase and agree on functionality to be covered.
- Collaborate with business analysts to ensure acceptance tests reflect required business scenarios.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and support iterative development.
- Liaise with third-party suppliers and partners to align testing approaches, share knowledge and ensure appropriate tools and practices are used.
- Provide assurance on testing strategy and quality standards when working with external vendors.
Candidate Information Session
If this seems like a role you’d be interested in, join us for our virtual Candidate Information Sessions. You’ll meet the Line Manager, get an overview of the role as well a feeling for what it’s like to work at the WRA. We’ll also talk through our benefits and provide helpful tips for your application with us. Please register for one of the sessions below:
Register here for 12.30pm on 21st October 2026:
Register here for 16.00pm on 21st October 2026:
Qualifications
Languages
Welsh language skills Welsh skills are not essential. This means that you do not need Welsh language skills to undertake this role and these skills won’t be assessed during the recruitment process. However, we actively encourage all staff to learn, or improve their Welsh language skills and offer a range of opportunities to suit everyone.
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave + Bank holidays, and 2 Privilege days
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Generous employer pension schemes with a contribution of upto 28.97%
- Tusker car scheme
- Vivup Cycle2Work and advances of salary for season Travel Tickets
- Lifestyle Benefits offering discounts on shopping, restaurants and entertainment
- Wellbeing hour each week
- Access to subsidised sports groups
- Generous family-friendly leave policies
- Free Welsh language courses and time off to learn
- Access to a range of staff diversity networks
- Free counselling and support service via our Vivup Employee Assistance Programme and Your Care Health platform
- A thriving culture that’s described as innovative, collaborative and kind
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Selection process details
We’ll always be clear about how we assess your application, at each stage of the process. This will usually include:
- Assessment of your Application Form and CV against the relevant Success Criteria
- A panel interview (if you’re successful at the initial sift stage) Interviews will take place in person.
- If any additional assessments are needed for this role, such as a test or presentation at interview, we’ll let you know in advance.
- Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted using the lead behaviour, Managing a Quality Service.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader so we’ll ask you if you need any adjustments at each stage of the recruitment process. So that we can support you in a way that works for you, we’ll offer a pre-interview accessibility chat to anyone that declares a disability or needs any adjustments. This will take place with someone who is independent of the recruitment process and you won’t be placed at any disadvantage as a result of needing adjustments.
A reserve list may be held for this role for applicants that have scored above the appointable threshold at interview. This means that if a similar vacancy becomes available in the next 12 months we may contact you to offer you the role.
We recommend you review the job description (or candidate pack) under the 'attachments' section before completing your application.
Behaviours | ||
Criteria | Assessed in personal statement and CV | Assessed during interview or assessment |
Managing a Quality Service Collaborate with stakeholders to define priorities and objectives, addressing risks and resolving issues promptly. Ensure testing activities are completed within agreed timescales by adapting to changing demands and managing workload effectively. | Yes | Yes |
Working Together Establish professional relationships with a range of stakeholders. Collaborate with these to share information, resources and support. | No | Yes |
Making Effective Decisions Analyse and use a range of relevant, credible information to support decisions. Invite challenge and where appropriate involve others in decision making. | Yes | No |
Communicating and Influencing Communicate technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders and influence decisions on quality assurance approaches. | No | Yes |
Strengths | ||
Criteria | Assessed in personal statement and CV | Assessed during interview or assessment |
Precise You are detail-focussed, you ensure everything is accurate and error free. | No | Yes |
Team Player You work well as part of a team and strive to ensure the team pulls together and is effective. | No | Yes |
Problem Solver You approach challenges logically and creatively, finding effective solutions under pressure. | No | Yes |
Experience | ||
Criteria | Assessed in personal statement and CV | Assessed during interview or assessment |
Knowledgeable in performance and accessibility testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Axe, Wave) and familiar with CI/CD pipelines, including integration of automated tests to ensure quality across the delivery lifecycle. | No | Yes |
Experience in defect management and reporting, including tracking issues through to closure using tools like Azure DevOps or JIRA. | Yes | No |
Technical knowledge | ||
Criteria | Assessed in personal statement and CV | Assessed during interview or assessment |
Expert in at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript or Python) for creating test automation scripts, with strong expertise in testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or RSAT. | Yes | Yes |
Understanding of risk-based testing and test governance processes. | No | Yes |
Qualifications | ||
Criteria | Assessed in personal statement and CV | Assessed during interview or assessment |
Certified Tester Foundation Level | Yes | No |
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Luke Cox, Yolk Recruitment
- Email : luke.cox@yolkrecruitment.com
- Telephone : 07458 160 673.
Recruitment team
- Email : luke.cox@yolkrecruitment.com
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in line with the recruitment principles, and you wish to complain, you should contact the Head of HR.
Email: hr@wra.gov.wales
If you’re not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
Attachments
| Job description Test Engineer - English - (FINAL) Opens in new window (pdf, 353kB) |
| Disgrifiad swydd Peiriannydd Profi -cy_gb (FINAL) Opens in new window (pdf, 356kB) |
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