Senior Software Tester – Defence SDLC Lead (Flexible)

KBR, Inc.; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Competitive salary

Paid parental leave

Income protection

Career development

Employee stock purchase plans

Job summary

KBR, Inc. in Australia seeks a Senior Software Tester to lead testing across the SDLC from Canberra and Brisbane. This permanent role requires NV1 clearance or higher and compliance with ITAR.

You will develop testing methodologies, create test plans and cases, track defects, and ensure traceability to requirements while coordinating with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to deliver high‑quality software solutions for Defence contracts.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing test strategies, plans, cases and reports across the SDLC.
• Hands-on testing across system integration, regression, verification and performance testing.
• Strong QA methodologies and test environment management.
• Experience preparing test data and using databases to support tests.
• Ability to identify and resolve defects with traceability to requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Desirable: Agile environments and automated testing tools, Defence ICT systems, ISTQB/DO-178C/MIL-STD-498.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain testing methodologies, processes, tools, and documentation across the SDLC.
• Plan, design, execute, and validate software and system test activities, including test cases, test plans, readiness reviews, and test reporting.
• Monitor and communicate test progress, results, risks, and issues to key stakeholders.
• Perform defect analysis, tracking, reporting, and resolution support in collaboration with project teams.
• Support requirements management and ensure traceability between requirements, testing, and delivered outcomes.
• Escalate software, hardware, resource, or project issues as required.
• Collaborate effectively with cross‑functional and geographically distributed teams to deliver high‑quality software solutions.

Skills

Test strategy

Test plans

Test cases

Test data

Defect tracking

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Agile experience

Automated testing tools

Tools

Automated testing tools

Job description

KBR, Inc. in Australia seeks a Senior Software Tester to lead testing across the SDLC from Canberra and Brisbane. This permanent role requires NV1 clearance or higher and compliance with ITAR.

You will develop testing methodologies, create test plans and cases, track defects, and ensure traceability to requirements while coordinating with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to deliver high‑quality software solutions for Defence contracts.