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Senior Test Engineer

InvitiseRusholme, Manchester🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 23 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape testing strategies and provide technical leadership within a central government department, with a competitive day rate of up to £600. If you have proven experience defining test strategies, leading teams, and working with technologies like Informatica and Oracle, you'll thrive in this impactful position. Apply now to contribute to vital projects and enhance your skills in a dynamic environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Rusholme, Manchester, United Kingdom
Posted
2 days ago
OracleSQLAWS

Job Description

We're looking for a Senior Test Engineer for a central government department, based across multiple UK sites including Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Blackpool and Leeds (hybrid) on an initial 6-month contract, paying up to £600 per day (Inside IR35). This is a hybrid role with an expectation to spend around 3 days a week on site.

The successful Senior Test Engineer will define the overall testing strategy and provide technical leadership across multiple test engineering teams. You'll own delivery of testing activities against quality, time and cost objectives, act as the escalation point for defects and blockers, and shape test infrastructure and tooling decisions.

You'll also drive standardisation and best practice by sharing reusable libraries, lessons learned and reporting approaches with stakeholders. You will need proven experience working with the following:

Informatica PowerCenter<br />Oracle<br />Defining test strategy and leading test engineering teams<br />Planning and coordinating functional and non-functional testing<br />Managing and prioritising defects with the business<br />Communicating test results to technical and non-technical stakeholders The following would be beneficial:

AWS<br />Automation testing<br />SQL and working with large data sets You'll need to hold or be eligible to obtain SC clearance for this role. Interested? Please apply below.

Senior Test Engineer, Test Lead, QA Engineer, Test Manager, Informatica PowerCenter, Oracle, SQL, AWS, Automation Testing, Data Testing, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Blackpool, Leeds, Hybrid, Contract, Inside IR35

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