Senior Test Analysts (5783)

Harrison Mcmillan; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrison McMillan invites applications for a Senior Test Analyst to support a Federal Government Department in Canberra. The role focuses on comprehensive test planning, execution, and governance across REST/SOAP services, web applications, and cloud-hosted environments.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of testing experience, ISTQB certification, and familiarity with COTS/Bespoke systems. NV1 security clearance and experience with MS Power Apps and low-code tools are advantageous.

Qualifications

• ISTQB Foundation or higher certification is required.
• Extensive testing experience across product, systems and services.
• Experience with testing REST/SOAP web services and web applications.

Responsibilities

• Plan and drive testing activities across all stages and iterations of product, systems and service development.
• Provide authoritative advice and guidance on test planning and execution.
• Carry out testing methods, automated tools and techniques to solve testing problems.
• Measure and monitor adherence to testing standards and processes.
• Assess risks and take preventative action.
• Contribute to development of testing policies, standards and guidelines.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-hosted applications.

Skills

Test planning

QA leadership

Automation awareness

Problem solving

Security awareness

Education

ISTQB Foundation or higher

Tools

Azure DevOps

REST/SOAP testing

Job description

At Harrison McMillan, our mission is simple: to change lives, one placement at a time.

As a trusted recruitment partner to government and industry, we pride ourselves on connecting exceptional people with roles where they can truly make an impact.

Harrison McMillan is seeking a Senior Test Analyst to work with a Federal Government Department in Canberra.

Key duties and responsibilities

Plan and drive testing activities across all stages and iterations of product, systems and service development

Provide authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution

Carry out appropriate testing methods, automated tools and techniques to solve problems in tools and testing approaches

Measures and monitors applications of standards for testing

Assess risks and take preventative action

Identify improvements and contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for testing

ISTQB Foundation or higher certification

Minimum 8+ years analyst experience

Experience in testing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and Bespoke coded products

Experience using testing tools such as Azure DevOps for test planning, execution, and defect management

Demonstrate experience in leveraging appropriate resources and methods to deliver the QA function in a cost-effective manner and capability to update, maintain and articulate testing artefacts

Experience in testing of REST Services / SOAP web services and web applications

Minimum NV1 security clearance

Domain knowledge of Federal Government systems and testing procedures

Experience in MOE, and infrastructure / hardware testing

Experience in low code / no code platforms such as Salesforce, Smart IQ, MS Power Apps

Experience in Cloud hosted applications and CI/CD pipelines as well as on premise hosted systems