Job in Germany: IT Quality Assurance and Automation Clerk

We - the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) - are a higher federal authority within the remit of the Federal Ministry of Finance. Our main office is in Bonn. Other offices are located in Berlin, Saarlouis and Schwedt. With around 2,400 employees, we perform central tax tasks with a national and international focus. We are looking for several people to work at our Bonn office as soon as possible IT quality assurance and automation clerk (m/f/d) The posts are graded according to salary group A 12 BBesG and the jobs according to pay group 11 TVöD and are generally also suitable for part-time employment. The BZSt is pursuing a comprehensive digitalization strategy and is in the middle of a transformation process. By using new technologies (e.g. AI applications, low-code applications) and developing modern specialist applications, digitized, data-driven processes are being established in the specialist areas, which enable automation-supported work and data-based decisions. IT quality assurance supports the development of complex IT processes/IT components in linear and agile software development projects. The focus here is on the planning and implementation of acceptance tests. To this end, IT Quality Assurance develops both manual and automated test procedures. The planned medium-term use of low-code applications and the use of artificial intelligence methods will also increase the proportion of automated test procedures. With your IT expertise, you will support our tax experts and thus make a key contribution to future-proofing the BZSt in the digital transformation process. We offer you: a transfer by way of secondment with the aim of transfer and promotion opportunities up to grade A 12 in this post, provided you are already in the career path of the senior civil service Permanent employment as a tariff employee according to pay group 11 TVöD (federal government) with gross earnings of between 4,032.38 euros and 4,765.62 euros for new hires in the civil service the possibility of additional variable salary components depending on the applicant situation Extensive unconditional opportunities for mobile working (e.g. in the "home office") Individual and structured induction training by experienced colleagues Good development opportunities and promotion prospects Wide range of training and development opportunities Compatibility of work and family/care: we support our employees with flexible working time models (such as part-time and parental leave), teleworking as well as a parent-child office and our own U3 childcare facility Active health prevention (sports activities, relaxation courses, etc.) Central location, excellent parking facilities and good public transport connections (including entitlement to purchase a Germany Job Ticket sponsored by us) What are your tasks? You will actively shape the digital transformation of the BZSt through the quality assurance of IT software developments and automation and perform the following tasks in particular: Holistic IT quality assurance of complex IT processes/IT components in linear and agile software development projects by planning and carrying out acceptance tests Test preparation includes checking technical requirements, planning test activities, creating test cases and the associated test data, functional testing of the test environment, creating test case documentation Test execution includes the coordination and execution of tests, documentation of test progress, documentation of errors found Test follow-up includes, in particular, supporting the specialist department in defining acceptance criteria, maintaining test data, preparing error post-tests and regression tests, updating test documentation Development of applications for test automation e.g. programming for the automation of test cases Development and quality assurance of low-code applications for automation e.g. programming of robotic process automation tools Communication with the tax departments of the BZSt, the IT service provider ITZBund and the IT development teams Representation of the Federal Government in international working groups of the OECD and the EU Business trips of up to ten days per year may be required to carry out the tasks. Your profile: You have completed a bachelor's or diploma degree with at least 180 ECTS credits in (business or administrative) computer science or a comparable, computer science-related bachelor's or diploma degree (e.g. IT security, IT management or data science) If you are already a civil servant in the higher civil service, you are only eligible to apply if you hold at least one post in grade A 10 and are a civil servant for life if you graduated from a foreign university, you must also provide proof of German language skills comparable to level C 1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or an equivalent recognized language certificate at least two years of professional experience in information technology related to the field of work after graduation is mandatory You also have knowledge and practical experience in the programming and database languages SQL and Python (e.g. proven by certificates or modules taken during your studies) Possession of an ISTQB certificate as a software tester is an advantage. You will fit in with us if you have a strong analytical mindset and plan systematically and methodically and have a talent for communication and convey complicated content in an understandable way and act cooperatively and as a team player and be highly motivated for the tasks of the BZSt. What else you should know: Your qualifications and strengths count for us. That's why we welcome everyone - regardless of gender, sexual identity, origin, age, religion, ideology or disability. We strive for professional equality between women and men and expressly encourage women to apply. We have also set ourselves the goal of employing more severely disabled people. Severely disabled people with equal qualifications are given preferential consideration in accordance with the framework inclusion agreement in force in the Federal Finance Administration. Further information about the BZSt can be found online at Have we piqued your interest? If so, we look forward to receiving your online application by February 3, 2025. To apply, please use the online application form on the job portal is available. It is intended to conduct the interviews in the 12th/13th calendar week of 2025 at the Bonn office. Any more questions? Ms. Bolde (Tel: 0228 406-3317) will be happy to help you with any questions about the application modalities and the recruitment process. personalgewinnungbzst.bund.de / Mr. Reischl (Tel: 0228 406-2792) will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the job. We look forward to receiving your application By submitting your application, you consent to the BZSt storing your personal data within the meaning of Articles 5 and 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in conjunction with Section 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). Your data will be used exclusively for the purpose of the selection procedure and will be destroyed after completion of the procedure in compliance with data protection regulations.