Senior Software Tester – Mission-Critical Systems

Leidos Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work

Wellbeing Resources

Learning & Development

Impactful Projects

Job summary

Senior Software Tester to join Leidos Australia’s Mission Software Solutions in Victoria. The role is on-site in Scoresby, VIC or Canberra, collaborating with software engineers, analysts and customers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business and user requirements.

You will contribute across the full testing lifecycle, from requirements analysis and test planning through to execution, defect management, validation and reporting, ensuring quality across complex systems for

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in software testing across SDLC phases.
• Experience developing and executing test plans and procedures.
• Experience with defect identification, tracking and verification.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies and best practices.
• Experience using test management and defect tracking tools.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Review and assess requirements for testability and quality assurance.
• Develop and maintain test strategies, test plans, test cases and test procedures.
• Conduct functional, integration, system, regression and acceptance testing activities.
• Execute manual and automated testing and accurately record results.
• Analyse test outcomes and identify defects, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with software development teams to verify defect resolution.
• Establish traceability between requirements, test cases, defects and test results.
• Produce clear and concise test reports, metrics and stakeholder updates.
• Support verification and validation activities to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing practices, tools and processes.

Skills

Software testing

Test planning

Defect tracking

SDLC knowledge

Test automation

Tools

Test management tools

Defect tracking tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Senior Software Tester to join Leidos Australia’s Mission Software Solutions in Victoria. The role is on-site in Scoresby, VIC or Canberra, collaborating with software engineers, analysts and customers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business and user requirements.

You will contribute across the full testing lifecycle, from requirements analysis and test planning through to execution, defect management, validation and reporting, ensuring quality across complex systems for