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Job description As a practitioner level Senior Performance Test Engineer, you will: Design, implement, and execute performance testing strategies that align with business and user requirements, contributing to the overall test and quality planning efforts. Take ownership of performance testing within the automated pipeline, primarily using JMeter integrated with our CI/CD process (Concourse). Collaborate with teams across Companies House to champion a performance-first mindset throughout the development lifecycle. Analyse system performance, using tools such as Grafana, identify bottlenecks, and work closely with business analysts, developers, architects, and DevOps engineers to optimise performance. Establish and maintain performance baselines, stress testing, load testing, and scalability testing frameworks. Drive best practices and mentor other testers in performance testing techniques and tools. Research, recommend, and implement emerging tools to improve the efficiency and accuracy of performance testing. Document, and maintain performance testing standards, best practices, methodologies, runbooks, and findings using collaboration platforms such as Confluence, SharePoint, or other designated tools. Ensure knowledge is effectively shared and accessible across relevant teams. Salary Base salary is £40,398pa with an additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. The pay advertised is the maximum that can be offered. Benefits Alongside your salary of £40,398, Companies House contributes £11,703 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. We offer an excellent benefits package that includes: a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day enrolment into the with a contribution rate of averaging 28% a range of recognition schemes including instant awards to thank and recognise each other's efforts and contributions strong ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion great work life balance with flexible and mobile working available for many roles a pro-active approach to employee wellbeing that allows our employees to flourish and be their best at work and has enabled us to become an platinum accredited employer online financial support and advice seasonal flu jabs generous maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave allowances a focus on career development and progression a number of inclusive network groups to support our colleagues and a great sports and social society cycle to work scheme staff discount scheme holiday play scheme for children 3 days paid volunteering leave Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change) Closing date: 17 August (at 23:55) Sifting: w/c 18 August & w/c 25 August 2025 Technical assessment: w/c 1 September 2025 Interviews - w/c 8 September & w/c 15 September 2025

Senior Performance Test Engineer Pay up to £71,017, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. 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 skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 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 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. 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. Details. Wages. Perks. 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: We offer competitive pay of up to £71,017. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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.

Senior Performance Test Engineer Pay up to £71,017, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. 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 skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 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 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. 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. Details. Wages. Perks. 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: We offer competitive pay of up to £71,017. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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.

Senior Performance Test Engineer Pay up to £71,017, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. 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 skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 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 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. 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. Details. Wages. Perks. 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: We offer competitive pay of up to £71,017. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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.

Senior Performance Test Engineer Pay up to £71,017, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. 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 skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 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 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. 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. Details. Wages. Perks. 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: We offer competitive pay of up to £71,017. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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.

Senior Performance Test Engineer Pay up to £71,017, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. 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 skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 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 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. 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. Details. Wages. Perks. 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: We offer competitive pay of up to £71,017. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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.

Senior Performance Test Engineer Pay up to £71,017, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. 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 skills, knowledge and experience will you need? 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 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. 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. Details. Wages. Perks. 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: We offer competitive pay of up to £71,017. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 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.