Senior Test Analyst: Lead QA for Government Systems

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is seeking multiple experienced Senior Test Analysts to support an Australian Government agency. You will determine and carry out testing activities to validate the design and behaviour of systems and services, working closely with development teams and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include test strategy, integration testing, UAT, defect management, and maintaining traceability across requirements and test artefacts.

Qualifications

• Senior Test Analyst with experience in complex delivery programs.
• ISTQB certification or equivalent practical testing experience.
• Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence for test management.
• Experience managing defects through full lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based environments and system integration.
• Experience delivering system integration testing, user acceptance testing and regression testing.
• Ability to present technical and testing information clearly to stakeholders.
• Experience leading or coordinating a small test team (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Liaise with stakeholders to understand business risks and define measurable acceptance criteria for new or enhanced software features.
• Work with development teams to understand system architecture, integrations, constraints, infrastructure and downstream impacts of change.
• Design, maintain and execute test strategies, test plans and test cases, including regression testing.
• Perform system integration testing and user acceptance testing for new features, enhancements and defect fixes.
• Identify, analyse, log and prioritise defects, and verify fixes through re-testing.
• Maintain full traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, test scenarios and test cases.
• Select, apply and document suitable test techniques and methodologies to achieve effective test coverage.
• Produce and maintain test artefacts, including test plans, reports and metrics.
• Make sure acceptance criteria and definition of done are understood, agreed, documented and met.
• Lead and coordinate testing activities, including allocating work, setting priorities and evaluating testing outcomes against business objectives.

Skills

Test planning

Acceptance criteria

Stakeholder communication

Test strategy

Defect management

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Profectus is seeking multiple experienced Senior Test Analysts to support an Australian Government agency. You will determine and carry out testing activities to validate the design and behaviour of systems and services, working closely with development teams and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities include test strategy, integration testing, UAT, defect management, and maintaining traceability across requirements and test artefacts.