Senior Test Analyst

Test Analysts determine and then carry out testing activities to validate the design and behaviour of systems and services.The role will place you as a Senior Test Engineer within the DVA ecosystem.Senior Test Engineers ensure that ICT solutions improve quality, performance, architectural and functional requirements and are fit for business purpose. Senior Test Engineers ensure that all test effort activities are effectively completed and carried out in accordance with agreed test guidelines.Senior Test Engineers work under the limited direction of senior staff. They exercise both initiative and judgement in the interpretation of policy and in the application of practices and procedures. Decision making is dependent on judgement, skills and knowledge. Senior Test Engineers manage and organise their own work in the context of competing priorities, including contributing to business planning, changes in workplace practices and innovative improvement strategies.The role will involve having or the ability to gain knowledge of Services Australia’s software development lifecycle, tools, services, deployment procedures and cyber security policies as well as industry best practices. You will work closely with Software Architects, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Analysts and Developers with the shared purpose of building simple, helpful, respectful and transparent services for everyday Australians. Key duties and responsibilities Duties and responsibilities may include: create and execute complex test cases on appropriate testing platforms using own in-depth technical analysis of specificationscreate complex test data within external software vendor environmentreview test cases from team members to ensure qualitydevelop and review test plans, test cases, task cards and supporting test data, working to the specifications providedapply in-depth technical analysis, practices and procedures when designing, executing and creating test casesassist with defining requirements for the test environmentsrecord and analyse test results, and report any unexpected or unsatisfactory outcomesidentify, analyse, manage and document all defects, programming errors and operational characteristics that are inconsistent with stated requirements and design specificationsconduct testing to ensure the ICT Service functions as per requirementscreate test data in vendor environmentmonitor and manage time and effort to ensure test cases are running to project schedule and escalate any issuesensure work aligns with business processes and overall delivery outcomescollaborate with stakeholders to resolve issues and ensure effective and timely implementation of projectsprovide advice and assistance to external software vendors in regard to testing and development of softwareresolve or escalate issues as required and suggest alternative approachesperform cost analysis activities as required