System Testing Engineer

Nixil Pty; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Nixil Information and Communications Technology Consulting is seeking a System Testing Engineer in Melbourne to lead end-to-end testing and quality assurance across multiple projects and production releases.

You will shape test approaches, collaborate with business and technical stakeholders, and ensure releases are production-ready with strong test governance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software testing and QA.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise systems.
• Experience with workflow or business process management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Shape test strategy and planning: define scope, objectives, resources and readiness criteria.
• Build comprehensive test coverage from requirements through scripts and data with traceability.
• Execute functional, system, integration, end-to-end and regression testing.

Skills

Test strategy

Test planning

End-to-end testing

Quality assurance

Release readiness

Test governance

Stakeholder engagement

Automation opportunities

Education

ISTQB Certification

Job description

1d ago , from Nixil Information and Communications Technology Consulting

• Contract: 6 months, with potential for extension

Drive quality across enterprise systems—from test strategy through to go-live.

Bring your testing expertise to a role where you’ll shape test approaches, work closely with business and technical stakeholders, and help ensure releases are ready for production.

We’re seeking an experienced System Testing Engineer to lead end-to-end testing, quality assurance, release readiness and test governance across various projects, enhancements and production releases. This role combines hands‑on testing with planning, stakeholder coordination and continuous improvement.

• Location: Melbourne CBD
• Contract: 6 months, with potential for extension

Drive quality across enterprise systems—from test strategy through to go-live.

Bring your testing expertise to a role where you’ll shape test approaches, work closely with business and technical stakeholders, and help ensure releases are ready for production.

We’re seeking an experienced System Testing Engineer to lead end-to-end testing, quality assurance, release readiness and test governance across various projects, enhancements and production releases. This role combines hands‑on testing with planning, stakeholder coordination and continuous improvement.

What you’ll do

• Shape test strategy and planning: Develop test strategies, management plans and schedules, defining scope, objectives, resources, governance and readiness criteria.
• Build comprehensive test coverage: Review business, functional and technical requirements; develop test scenarios, cases, scripts and data; and maintain requirements traceability to address business and technical risks.
• Execute testing: Perform functional, system, integration, end‑to‑end and regression testing, including configuration and business process validation.
• Coordinate UAT: Plan activities, support business stakeholders, facilitate defect resolution and business sign‑off, and deliver UAT reporting and closure documentation.
• Manage defects through resolution: Register and classify defects, lead triage, validate fixes, re‑test solutions, upscale critical issues and provide root cause analysis.
• Support successful releases: Contribute to release planning, assess readiness, provide go‑live support and complete post‑deployment verification.
• Maintain reporting and governance: Produce weekly and monthly status reports, maintain quality metrics and risk registers, report to governance and steering committees, and support stage‑gate reviews.
• Improve testing capability: Assess automation opportunities, develop reusable automated test assets, and recommend improvements to testing frameworks, methodologies and processes.

Your key outputs will include test strategies and plans, schedules, traceability matrices, test cases and scripts, defect registers, UAT documentation, release readiness assessments, production verification reports, automation assessments, continuous improvement registers, and final handover and closure reports.

What you’ll bring

• Must have 5 years’ experience in software testing and quality assurance.
• Experience supporting large‑scale enterprise systems.
• Experience with workflow or business process management platforms.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across business and technical teams.

Desirable: ISTQB certification.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to influence quality across the full delivery lifecycle. You’ll combine practical testing with strategic input, support business confidence in new releases, and help strengthen testing practices through automation and continuous improvement.