Overview

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We are looking for a Senior Performance Test Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We’re using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We’d love you to join us.

What you’ll do

If you're passionate about making sure systems run smoothly under pressure and want to help build services that millions of people rely on every day, this could be the role for you.

You'll be part of an agile, forward-thinking team working on high-impact projects. Your job? Making sure our systems are fast, reliable and ready for anything. You'll lead performance testing across key services, work closely with developers and architects and bring your expertise to everything from test automation to CI/CD integration. It's a hands-on role where you'll shape strategy, mentor others and help us stay ahead of the curve.

You'll need to be comfortable working with tools like JMeter or K6, have experience with AWS and Kubernetes and know your way around Git pipelines. If you love solving problems, spotting bottlenecks and making things better, we want to hear from you.

You and your role

If you're passionate about making sure systems run smoothly under pressure and want to help build services that millions of people rely on every day, this could be the role for you.

You'll be part of an agile, forward-thinking team working on high-impact projects. Your job? Making sure our systems are fast, reliable and ready for anything. You'll lead performance testing across key services, work closely with developers and architects and bring your expertise to everything from test automation to CI/CD integration. It's a hands-on role where you'll shape strategy, mentor others and help us stay ahead of the curve.

Requirements include comfortable familiarity with tools like JMeter or K6, experience with AWS and Kubernetes, and knowledge of Git pipelines.

Skills, knowledge and experience

• Significant demonstrable experience Performance Test Engineer / Lead in an agile team with a pragmatic, strategic mindset with focus on systems scalability and sustainability
• Extensive experience in performance testing APIs, UIs, microservices and enterprise databases (e.g.- MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle).
• Detailed working knowledge with practical experience and skill at identifying performance bottlenecks cross application and infrastructure layers.
• Strong working knowledge and practical experience of performance testing tools (JMeter and K6) and performance monitoring tools like Grafana, Kibana, Kiali, Prometheus and AWS CloudWatch.
• Detailed working knowledge and familiarity with IaC and modern DevOps practices

Location and working pattern

Location: You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model – you’ll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay and benefits

Pay: Pay up to £71,017, with competitive pay and pension contributions.

Pension: Employer contributions worth 28.97% (about £16,000 per year).

Holidays: Generous leave starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days over time, plus up to 3 extra flexi-time days per month and common public holidays.

Benefits: Broad package including flexible working, volunteering time, authentic-workplace culture, discounts, travel assistance, professional development and career progression.

Process

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

Click Apply for more information and to start your application.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Management
• Industries: Desktop Computing Software Products, Software Development, and Technology, Information and Internet

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