Job detail for Senior Developer In Test

About the Service

Cornwall Council Information Services are working to build high quality digital applications for our residents and staff.

We have adopted Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform to support multiple business applications across the authority. We’ve already built many applications and we need talented people with automated testing skills to join our growing team, help us accelerate the roll out of additional applications and to continually exploit new and emerging capabilities.

Senior Developers in Test are critical to our success, and we are pleased to offer an opportunity to join us for a 7 month fixed term maternity cover.

We’re a diverse team with experience spanning testing, front end, UI, UX, back end.

About the role

Among the tools we use to deliver and test our applications include:

• Cypress, Playwright, AccelQ, postman

• Dynamics Customer Service including Omnichannel and PVA integration

• PowerApps portals

• PowerAutomate/Flows

• Wider Azure Stack (b2b, b2c, storage, functions, user management & permission handling etc…. )

• DevOps, GIT repos and pipelines

• .Net framework, .Net core, C#, Javascript/Typescript/React, SQL, HTML, SCSS/CSS

• Power BI

You are not expected to know all of the above, however you should consider yourself an expert in automated testing tools and have experience in leading testing across a large platform. The role will also require some manual testing, therefore experience in manual testing of applications built in the technologies listed is also essential.

You are able to lead and direct specialist teams in testing and monitoring technical customer platforms or solutions. You will be responsible for making decisions on technical approach to testing, automated test design and overseeing all testing across a platform of over 30 applications.

You are able to take high level business requirements & problems and translate these to effective solutions. You enjoy working directly with your customers to help them to solve their business problems and meet their objectives.  You understand the importance of designing for consistency, resilience and supportability.

We are an Agile team, so you will need to be flexible, adept at working in sprint cycles and comfortable with rapid fail fast principles. We work closely with our customers in smaller iterative deliveries.

We’re a friendly team and want new team members who will support our ethos of succeeding and failing as a team. Our team members support each other through mentoring and utilising the diverse range in the team though cross skilling.  As a principle developer mentoring will be an important part of your role.

We work closely with other development teams within Information Services and share expertise and best practices to ensure a consistent approach across the service.

If you feel you have the aptitude and attitude for this type of roll but are not fully experienced, please contact matthew.smith@cornwall.gov.uk for an informal conversation, as there may be other opportunities that may suit you.

For any problems with the application process, or if you would like to know more about this opportunity and how Cornwall Council offers a flexible family friendly working environment, please contact matthew.smith@cornwall.gov.uk.

Please use the supporting information within the application to include information about you and your experience, relevant to the role profile.

This position will be subject to a standard criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern:

37 hours per week Monday to Friday.

This is a 7 month fixed term contract for maternity cover.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact matthew.smith@cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and your application

We recognise that you may choose to use AI tools when preparing your application. We ask that any information you include is an accurate reflection of your own skills, knowledge, experience and achievements. You may be asked to discuss the examples and evidence you provide during the selection process.

We may adapt our shortlisting approach where we receive a high volume of applications. Any shortlisting decisions will be based on the information provided in your application and the essential requirements of the role.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.