Associate Test Engineer 2023

Our growing Technology and Design team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.

Join us and you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they couldn’t have done it without us. And to be central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

About the role

Are you just starting out on your software testing career and want to be the next generation of OS’s testing community?

Come and join our Data Capture and Engineering domain as an Associate Test Engineer and you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact from day one. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally.

To hear our customers say they couldn’t have done it without us. And to be central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

We are looking for individuals with a real passion in IT development, a person that is driven by innovation and wants to help shape the future of technology.

Joining a dedicated professional Agile development team; working closely with a technical mentor, who will help you to develop your business and technological knowledge and skills required to thrive within the role and progress in your career.

What to expect within the role

You will be supported to learn how to design, write and execute automated and manual test suites to ensure adequate and effective test coverage and provide test assurance of the user stories in a test-first environment using cloud architecture.

You will provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to. We will help you grow your knowledge of:

• Agile software development, DevOps and testing technologies
• Programming languages and tools such as Scala, Databricks, Azure Data Factory + more

What we’re looking for

Applicants are not expected to have all the technical and business skills needed to start; we understand that knowledge is grown over time. Thus, we’re looking for a candidate that shares our values, strives for innovation and is driven by technology.

Evidence that you already have experience of software development or testing will support your application. Examples to incorporate into your Cover Letter:

• IT experience using tools, technologies, methodologies, or best practice for developing, testing, or supporting systems or software
• Experience of implementing tests and/or test frameworks
• Knowledge and experience of non-functional testing
• Academic knowledge in IT practices
• Drive and determination to rapidly learn complex skills independently
• Collaborating and working in teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders and customers

Skills required for this role

• Computer Coding
• Computer Programming
• Delivery Methodologies
• Software Components
• Software Development
• Software Engineering
• Troubleshooting

The rewards

We want you to love what you do. That’s why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Check out how we support and invest in our employees by clicking here. We’ll give you:

• Salary: £27,744 - £31,008
• Performance related bonus
• A competitive pension scheme
• We embrace flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
• 25 days annual leave - (30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas
• Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location

OSHQ is based in Southampton, Hampshire but at OS we believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We embrace a hybrid working model where we believe the choice is with the individual on when they work from our fantastic offices in Southampton, London or from home. We want to continue to be an inclusive employer and recognise that one size doesn’t necessarily fit all.

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.

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together – in an encouraging and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We believe combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way.

We are looking for passionate people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background or religion. We’re individually talented and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.