Test Engineer - Welsh Revenue Authority - HEO

Test Engineer - Welsh Revenue Authority - HEO

£37,111 - £45,378 plus additional DDaT allowance. Published on

Full-time (Permanent) £37,111 - £45,378 plus additional DDaT allowance. Published on 9 January 2026

We encourage flexible and hybrid working. Some office attendance will be required based on business needs. This role is based in our Cardiff office.

We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax and Landfill Disposals Tax. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.

You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.

You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance – there’s a place for you in our friendly team.

You’ll be our greatest asset.

We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits – our People Survey results say it all!

We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.

As a Test Engineer within the Welsh Revenue Authority’s (WRA) Digital team, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and resilience of our cloud services. You will work across the full testing lifecycle, applying both manual and automated testing techniques to validate user focused solutions that support tax administration in Wales.

You will collaborate closely with developers, analysts, and delivery teams in an agile environment to embed testing early and effectively. Your work will directly contribute to the delivery of secure, accessible, and robust services that meet the needs of our users.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking organisation where you will be supported to grow your skills, contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, and make a meaningful impact on public services in Wales.

At the WRA, we take quality seriously. As Test Manager, I’m proud to work alongside developers, analysts, and delivery teams to build resilient, cloud‑based digital services that support new Welsh taxes.

It’s a truly collaborative effort — and an exciting opportunity to make a real impact.

• Analyse requirements and collaborate with analysts to create thorough test scenarios.
• Design and deliver comprehensive test cases and plans aligned with business and technical objectives.
• Apply manual, automated and exploratory testing strategies to validate functionality across systems.
• Execute tests, record results accurately and report defects clearly.
• Track defects through their lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution and
• Test for non-functional requirements including accessibility, performance, security, compatibility and integration.
• Verify fixes and perform regression testing to maintain quality across
• Adopt risk‑based testing approaches to prioritise coverage and optimise
• Maintain detailed test documentation, onboarding guides and runbooks.
• Support UAT and release readiness checks where required.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the overall test strategy by providing feedback and suggesting enhancements based on project experience.

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright, Cypress or Selenium.
• Embed automated tests within CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins) to enable rapid feedback and early defect detection.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows using Git and Azure Dev Ops, applying BDD/TDD practices where appropriate.
• Ensure robust version control and change management for all automated scripts.
• Drive continuous improvement of…