Senior Test Engineer

Join our client’s team as an APS5 Test Engineer and help ensure ICT services perform as intended and meet business and user needs. This opportunity offers the chance to contribute to testing across a large-scale government service environment, working with stakeholders, delivery teams and software vendors.

The initial contract is for up to 12 months, with a hybrid arrangement potentially available after the first six weeks onsite. Roles are based in the capital city of a selected state: Queensland, the ACT or Victoria. Candidates must be able to obtain a Baseline security clearance.

About the role

You’ll plan and carry out structured testing across appropriate platforms, assess outcomes against requirements and help the team deliver dependable services. Working with general direction and support from senior staff, you’ll use sound judgement to organise your work, manage competing priorities and provide guidance to less experienced testers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop test plans, test cases, task cards, test data and supporting requirements from supplied specifications.
• Execute assigned test cases at different stages of testing, including acceptance testing, and confirm services meet agreed requirements.
• Identify, document and manage defects and inconsistencies with requirements or design specifications.
• Analyse and report on testing activities, results, issues and risks, escalating matters to senior staff as appropriate.
• Contribute to team tools, process improvements and test automation initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and external software vendors to support effective testing and delivery.
• Allocate work where required, support team processes and provide assistance and training to less experienced testers.
• Maintain accurate records of testing effort and build knowledge of relevant systems, policies and procedures.

About you

You bring strong practical testing experience and can select suitable approaches across manual and automated testing. You’re confident translating requirements into meaningful test coverage, evaluating results and communicating findings clearly. You can also assess usability and accessibility, gather feedback and recommend improvements.

• Experience in acceptance testing, test planning, test case design and execution.
• Ability to apply and improve testing methods and tools in line with agreed standards.
• Capability to analyse test outcomes, identify risks and communicate issues effectively.
• Strong collaboration skills and the judgement to work independently within defined parameters.
• Ability to quickly learn relevant frameworks, policies, business systems and security requirements.
• Experience in government or another large-scale organisation is preferred.

If you’re a proactive test professional keen to make a meaningful contribution to complex ICT services, this is an opportunity to bring your expertise to a collaborative delivery team.

Please apply now to Jin quoting JL680397.

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