Full Description

About Methods

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022. Alten is a global engineering firm with approximately 57,000 employees specializing in engineering and IT services.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Hands-on Testing: Execute functional, regression, and exploratory testing across web and mobile applications.

Automation: Build and maintain automated test scripts within existing frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines

Collaboration: Participate in Agile ceremonies (Stand ups, Sprint Planning, Refinement, Retrospectives) to provide test effort estimations, ensure requirements are testable and provide accurate reports of the testing activities

Defect Management: Identify, document, and track defects, working closely with developers to ensure timely progression and resolution

Technical Advocacy: Help the team maintain high standards for code quality and test coverage

Continuous Learning: Use your dedicated development time to explore new tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, K6) and share knowledge with the wider QA community

Technical Mindset: Proven experience in software testing with a strong understanding of the SDLC and Agile methodologies

Test Planning: Writing and maintaining test plans including product quality, risk coverage, quality gates and test completion

Test Design: Ability to write clear, concise test cases based on user stories and technical requirements

Exposure to testing in cloud-native environments (AWS, MS Azure, or GCP). Experience with integrating testing as part of the Secure-SDLC and CI/CD tooling in an DevSecOps environment