GovTEAMS Test Analyst

Department of Finance; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Finance in Canberra is seeking an APS6 GovTEAMS Test Analyst to ensure the quality, reliability and continuous improvement of GovTEAMS across the Australian Government. You will work with business stakeholders, technical specialists, vendors and product owners to validate enhancements, support releases and ensure solutions meet user, security and accessibility requirements.

The role combines hands‑on testing with stakeholder engagement and requirements validation, offering

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and execute test plans, test cases, test scripts and test data to support platform enhancements and releases.
• Conduct functional, integration, system, regression and user acceptance testing activities.
• Validate that platform changes meet business requirements, functional specifications and user expectations.
• Identify, document, manage and track defects through to resolution.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and coordinate stakeholder participation.
• Review business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure they are clear, complete and testable.
• Translate requirements into effective test scenarios and test cases.
• Support release planning, deployment validation and post‑implementation review activities.
• Prepare testing reports, defect summaries and release readiness assessments.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, quality assurance practices and service delivery outcomes.
• Maintain testing documentation and ensure compliance with governance, accessibility, privacy, cybersecurity and record‑keeping requirements.

Job description

The Government Services Branch (GSB) supports the Department of Finance in achieving its purpose of providing high quality services that enable the Commonwealth to achieve value in the management of public resources for the benefit of all Australians. We deliver Whole-of-Government services to Commonwealth agencies, including developing and supporting the secure telecommunications and digital collaboration needs of the Australian Government.

We provide and manage:

• GovPlace - a secure, whole-of-government collaboration platform provided by the Department of Finance. It gives agencies a supported PROTECTED-level environment with essential tools and applications for collaboration across government.
• GovTEAMS - a comprehensive whole-of-government collaboration service for the Australian Public Service.
• GovLINK - a secure inter‑agency communication service that encrypts all nominated traffic, classified up to the PROTECTED level, between agency internet gateways.
• The Parliamentary Document Management System (PDMS) - delivering services to support the management of parliamentary workflow across government.

ABOUT THE BRANCH

The Government Services Branch (GSB) supports the Department of Finance in achieving its purpose of providing high quality services that enable the Commonwealth to achieve value in the management of public resources for the benefit of all Australians. We deliver Whole-of-Government services to Commonwealth agencies, including developing and supporting the secure telecommunications and digital collaboration needs of the Australian Government.

We provide and manage:

• GovPlace - a secure, whole-of-government collaboration platform provided by the Department of Finance. It gives agencies a supported PROTECTED‑level environment with essential tools and applications for collaboration across government.
• GovTEAMS - a comprehensive whole-of-government collaboration service for the Australian Public Service.
• GovLINK - a secure inter‑agency communication service that encrypts all nominated traffic, classified up to the PROTECTED level, between agency internet gateways.
• The Parliamentary Document Management System (PDMS) - delivering services to support the management of parliamentary workflow across government.

The key duties of the position include:

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

As an APS6 GovTEAMS Test Analyst, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability and continuous improvement of the Australian Government's collaboration platform, GovTEAMS. You will work closely with business stakeholders, technical specialists, vendors and product owners to validate platform enhancements, support releases and ensure solutions meet user, security and accessibility requirements.

The role combines hands‑on testing expertise with stakeholder engagement and requirements validation, providing opportunities to influence platform outcomes and contribute to the delivery of secure, modern digital services across government.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop, maintain and execute test plans, test cases, test scripts and test data to support platform enhancements and releases.
• Conduct functional, integration, system, regression and user acceptance testing activities.
• Validate that platform changes meet business requirements, functional specifications and user expectations.
• Identify, document, manage and track defects through to resolution.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and coordinate stakeholder participation.
• Review business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure they are clear, complete and testable.
• Translate requirements into effective test scenarios and test cases.
• Support release planning, deployment validation and post‑implementation review activities.
• Prepare testing reports, defect summaries and release readiness assessments.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, quality assurance practices and service delivery outcomes.
• Maintain testing documentation and ensure compliance with governance, accessibility, privacy, cybersecurity and record‑keeping requirements.

Eligibility

• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
• We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with Disability, LGBTQI+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged people.

Getting to know the Department of Finance

As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met.Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks. Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities. We do this through our professional and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders.Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management