Assurance Analyst (Tech) (Rgn) in DIGITAL ASSURANCE & PRODUCTIVITY DIVISION
Bank of England · GB
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About the Role
This role supports the Test Enablement function within the Digital Assurance & Productivity Domain under the CTO Division. This function is responsible for defining, establishing, and forward planning the Bank’s portfolio release & test environment management function. It collaborates with other functions to coordinate release and test environment activity, manage risks, and govern software releases through different development lifecycle stages and environments.
Responsibilities
- Scheduling and planning releases
- Maintaining and distributing a release schedule
- Working collaboratively and managing communication with relevant stakeholders
- Maintaining records and controlling environment usage to support release and change management activities
- Engagement with Service to ensure Releases follow the Change Management process
- Co-ordinate software implementations across test and Live environments
- Provide input and support for Releases being represented at the Change Advisory Board (CAB)
- Provide support in collating and reviewing the artefacts required for every release (Release Acceptance Criteria)
- Provide administration support including arranging meetings, minute taking, documentation, resource request for release, change request closure, record keeping and audit support
Requirements
- Knowledge of Change, Release and Test Environment Management tools (e.g. BMC Helix, Planview Release & Verify, Jira, Azure DevOps)
- Written and verbal communication skills for presenting across both Business and Technology teams
- An understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Flexibility (there will be some out of hours and weekend work)
- Understanding of Release management
- Understanding of Project management skills
- Understanding of Service management skills
- ITIL
- Proficient use of MS office programmes especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Test Environment management skills
- Planview Release & Verify
- JIRA/Confluence
- Source Code Management tool exposure (ideally GITHub)
- Azure DevOps
- Understanding of automation and AI
- Reporting tools (ideally PowerBI or Tableau)
- Proven ability to develop a detailed understanding of the business function relating to the system under change and the stakeholders’ risk appetite, in order to articulate the appropriate design for test environments and data driven from test objectives and the test strategy
- Occasionally there may be the need to understand complex business processes involving the interaction of a number of systems
- A general understanding of the Bank’s various responsibilities and how these fit into the Bank’s overall objectives
- A general appreciation of the Banking and insurance industry
- Previous experience working in a service management role
- Knowledge of change and release management principles and the processes required for supporting them
- Knowledge of test environment management (route to Live)
- Knowledge of Service Management tool (Remedy, Service Now or similar tool)
- Clear planning and organisation skills
- Can do attitude
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Excellent team working skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving
Skills
- Change Management tools
- Release Management tools
- Test Environment Management tools
- BMC Helix
- Planview Release & Verify
- Jira
- Azure DevOps
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Project management
- Service management
- ITIL
- MS Excel
- MS PowerPoint
- Automation
- AI
- PowerBI
- Tableau
- Planning
- Organisation
- Team working
- Collaboration
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving
Location
- Leeds
- London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full time
- Flexible Working Options
Salary/Compensations
- London salary: £33,600 - £37,800
- Leeds salary: £30,240 - £34,020
Benefits
- Non-contributory, career average pension giving a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of annual salary for every year worked
- Option to increase pension to 1/65th or decrease to 1/105th in exchange for salary through flexible benefits programme
- Discretionary performance award based on a current award pool
- 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits
- 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Income protection
About the Company
- The Technology division leads and supports all aspects of technology delivery across the Bank, from maintaining critical systems which underpin the UK economy, to providing big data analytics, implementing comprehensive cyber security programmes, and introducing innovative solutions in support of a digital workplace.
- Technology’s key objective is to support all other areas of the Bank in achieving our collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. This is achieved through the delivery of appropriate, high performing, resilient solutions and information services across the organisation and externally.
Equal Opportunity
- The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion.
- We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
- At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work.
- We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status.
- We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
- We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns.
- We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.
- From 1st October 2026, we expect all our colleagues to spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office per month.
- This is to capitalise on the benefits of working together in person across teams, while maintaining the flexibility offered by home working.
- Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them and their team.
- We're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme.
- If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.