HSS Test Engineer in Manchester

Location: Manchester or Gloucester (on site 5 days per week)

Eligibility: Due to security vetting requirements candidates must be eligible for or currently hold clearance. Candidates must be sole UK national/British citizen and have resided in the UK for 10 years and over.

DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.

At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto; it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment while promoting our people first agenda, community and healthy work‑life balance. Our consistent positive customer feedback and continuous growth help cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.

Role Responsibilities

• Contribute to test planning, scheduling, and managing test resources; lead formal test execution phases on larger projects
• Define test cases and create integration and system test scripts and configuration test questionnaires from functional requirement documents
• Maintain defect reports and update reports following regression testing
• Adhere to and advocate use of established quality methodology and escalate issues as appropriate
• Understand the functional design of software products/suites being tested and their underlying technologies to facilitate authoring testware, diagnosing system issues, and ensuring that tests accurately address required business functionality
• Apply basic industry and functional area knowledge related to the software product being tested and applicable regulatory statutes to determine whether system components meet business specifications
• Develop specified testing deliverables over the lifecycle of the project

Required Skills

• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Effective analytical, planning, and problem‑solving skills
• Good personal computer and business solutions software skills
• Great communication and presentation skills with peers and clients
• Ability to write lengthy procedural, step‑based narrative test materials, including necessary testbed set‑up steps
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Desirable Skills And Technologies

• Knowledge of varied operating environments: Windows, Red‑Hat, Linux
• Exposure to Cloud and virtualization technologies: AWS, Azure, VMWare
• Experience working with configuration management, defect tracking, query tools, software productivity tools, and templates used to create test scripts, trace matrices, etc.
• Experience with software product testing and applicable regulatory statutes
• Experience in Oracle, SQL/PL_SQL, MongoDB, or other relevant programs

What We Will Do For You

• Competitive compensation
• Pension scheme
• DXC Select – Comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more)
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more)
• DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events)

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritises in‑person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.