Senior Test Specialist

Paxus - Technology + Digital Talent; Perth; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxus - Technology + Digital Talent is seeking a Senior Test Specialist for a 12-month contract to act as the primary testing quality assurance lead, coordinating testing across business, vendor, SI and delivery teams.

You will own the integrated testing schedule, lead UAT planning and test execution, and produce dashboards and governance reports to inform Go/No-Go decisions for major releases.

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing across medium to large ICT projects.
• 5+ years’ experience leading testing activities within complex transformation programs.
• Strong enterprise SaaS platform testing experience, ideally Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience across UAT, integration testing and data migration validation.
• Proven experience coordinating testing across business, vendors and multi‑stream delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Own, develop and maintain the integrated testing schedule across UAT, integration, data migration, and production validation activities.
• Lead and actively participate in UAT planning, test execution, evidence collection, defect investigation, and business validation.
• Execute and support end‑to‑end integration testing across connected systems, delivery streams, and third‑party organisations.
• Produce testing dashboards, weekly status reports, readiness assessments, and governance reporting.
• Provide evidence‑based Go/No‑Go recommendations for major testing, release, and implementation decision points.

Skills

Testing leadership

UAT planning

Data migration testing

SaaS testing

Cross-team coordination

Job description

Senior Test Specialist:

We’re currently looking for an experienced Senior Test Specialist for 12 months contract who will act as the primary testing quality assurance, providing hands‑on testing expertise while coordinating testing activities across business, vendor, system integrator, and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own, develop and maintain the integrated testing schedule across UAT, integration, data migration, and production validation activities.
• Lead and actively participate in UAT planning, test execution, evidence collection, defect investigation, and business validation.
• Execute and support end‑to‑end integration testing across connected systems, delivery streams, and third‑party organisations.
• Produce testing dashboards, weekly status reports, readiness assessments, and governance reporting.
• Provide evidence‑based Go/No‑Go recommendations for major testing, release, and implementation decision points.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience in software testing across medium to large ICT projects.
• 5+ years’ experience leading testing activities within complex transformation programs.
• Strong enterprise SaaS platform testing experience, ideally Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience across UAT, integration testing and data migration validation.
• Proven experience coordinating testing across business, vendors and multi‑stream delivery teams.

Desirable:

• Government or regulatory environment experience.
• Multi‑vendor delivery experience.
• Deep Salesforce platform testing experience.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.