Senior DXP Test Analyst

Embedded within the Digital Platforms team, the Test Analyst drives continuous quality strategy to ensure quality outputs for the Museum. Collaborating directly with designers, developers, content authors, and product leads from sprint planning to deployment, they embed testing methodologies to refine acceptance criteria, automate where feasible, and perform hands-on exploratory testing. The role ensures flawless end-to-end user journeys across critical digital assets—delivering robust, accessible, and resilient digital products across continuous deployment cycles. Key duties and responsibilities The successful candidate will: Plan, undertake and document testing of digital products, services, applications and user interfaces. Analyse user stories, business requirements, and technical specifications to derive functional and non-functional test scenarios Strong ability in understanding and analysing business requirements/user stories and supporting the creation of robust user stories. Conduct manual and automated accessibility testing against relevant standards, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Test digital solutions using assistive technologies, including screen readers, keyboard-only navigation, screen magnification and other relevant tools. Develop test plans, scenarios and test cases based on solution requirements, user journeys and identified accessibility risks. Identify, analyse and document defects and barriers, including their impact on users. Provide clear and practical remediation guidance to developers, designers and other delivery team members. Work collaboratively with UX/UI designers, user researchers, developers and testers to identify and address issues throughout the delivery lifecycle. Review designs, prototypes and implemented solutions to identify issues early and reduce downstream remediation. Verify defect remediation and undertake regression testing to ensure requirements continue to be met. Provide specialist accessibility testing advice to delivery teams and stakeholders, including advice on accessibility risks, testing coverage and solution readiness. Contribute to accessibility assurance activities and provide evidence to support release and quality decisions. Support the development and continuous improvement of accessibility testing approaches, tools, standards, reusable test assets and quality assurance practices. Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities including developing and maintaining UAT strategies, plans, schedules, reporting, and associated testing artefacts. Facilitate stakeholder engagement, testing workshops, working groups, and governance activities to support delivery outcomes. Monitor and report on testing progress, risks, issues, dependencies, defects, and readiness, escalating matters as required. SFIA 9 skill mapping (indicative)  Skill  Level  Acceptance testing 4 Methods and tools 4  Quality assurance 3  Testing 5  User experience evaluation 3  Criteria The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters. Essential criteria Weighting 1. Demonstrated ability to lead testing activities, provide authoritative specialist advice, manage risks, improve methods and standards, and transfer knowledge while collaborating with multidisciplinary delivery and application teams. Weighting: 40% 2. Demonstrated experience developing acceptance criteria and automated coverage for functional and non-functional requirements, and clearly analysing and reporting test outcomes, issues and risks. Weighting: 35% 3. Demonstrated ability to work in an Agile, multidisciplinary team with strong interpersonal skills to clearly communicate to a technical and non-technical audience. Weighting: 25% Desirable criteria 1. Assists in the development of new or improved practices and organisational processes or standards. Assists projects, functions or teams in planning the quality management for their area of responsibility. Facilitates localised improvements to the quality system or services. 2. Support user story creation and defining acceptance criteria. 3. Deals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned, and the collection and dissemination of relevant information. Implements stakeholder engagement/communications plan. Collects and uses feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure the effectiveness of stakeholder management. Helps develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships. Opportunity summary Sellers can submit Up to 2 candidates Number of sellers invited Between 5 and 10 Number of candidates submitted Fewer than 10 RFQ closing time 02 Weeks 02 Days 12 Hours Send us feedback About Accessibility Privacy Terms of use Disclaimer and copyright An initiative of the Digital Transformation Agency The Australian Government acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present. © Commonwealth of Australia