Technical Test Analyst

City of Boroondara; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 105,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Boroondara is modernising its digital services and is seeking a hands-on Technical Test Analyst to drive automated testing across Datascape, MyDatascape, APIs, integrations and data migration. You will implement and maintain a robust test framework, collaborate with SaaS vendors and internal teams, and ensure credible evidence for regulatory and operational readiness.

You will contribute to regression, cutover and production verification testing while maintaining secure test-data

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical test analyst with experience in complex SaaS/enterprise deployments.
• Strong capability in API testing, integration validation, data migration and automation design.
• Experience using Playwright or equivalent and managing testware in source control.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritise technical quality risks from requirements, APIs and migration rules.
• Translate high-risk processes into testable technical scenarios with stakeholders.
• Define testability needs including stable UI selectors, logging and repeatable environments.
• Maintain and improve automation framework, components, and dashboards.

Skills

API testing

Integration validation

Data migration

SQL

Automation design

Technical defect diagnosis

Playwright

Education

ISTQB Foundation level

Advanced Level Test Automation Engineering certification

Tools

Git

Job description

Great opportunity to be part of an exciting transformation program

Camberwell location, full time limited tenure position until 31 August 2027

$104,790- $114,015 salary per annum (Plus super and RDO)

Great opportunity to contribute to ensuring quality and testing for a high-profile transformation program that will shape how Council delivers services to the community.

A little bit about the role

Council’s Property, Planning and Permits (PPP) program is modernising how Council delivers services to the community. The PPP program is implementing Datascape and MyDatascape across property, planning, building and regulatory services, supported by significant business-process change, integrations, data migration and financial and regulatory controls. Council requires credible, independent evidence that the new capability is fit for purpose, operationally ready and sustainable through future SaaS releases.

The Technical Test Analyst provides hands-on technical testing across Datascape, MyDatascape, APIs, integrations, data migration and connected Council systems. The role implements and maintains the agreed test-automation framework and approved test tooling; develops reliable UI, API, integration, data-validation and migration-reconciliation automation; and performs manual technical testing where automation is not appropriate.

The role works with employees at all levels across Council and with Senior Test Lead, will work with SaaS vendor functional specialists, migration and integration suppliers testing-tool vendors and specialist assurance providers.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and prioritise technical quality risks by reviewing requirements, supplier specifications, APIs, interfaces, migration rules and acceptance criteria.
• Translate high-risk business processes into clear, testable technical scenarios in collaboration with functional testers, SMEs and technical teams.
• Define testability needs, including accessible APIs, stable UI selectors, logging, traceability, controlled test data, test accounts and repeatable environments.
• Establish, maintain and improve the approved automation framework, reusable components, tools, repositories, dashboards and evidence structures.
• Build and maintain reliable automated testing across UI, API, integration, data validation, migration reconciliation, smoke and regression coverage.
• Design and execute API, integration, migration, reconciliation, regression, cutover and production-safe verification testing across connected systems.
• Validate data flows, cross-system transactions, hand-offs, referential integrity, failure scenarios, retries, outages and recovery behaviour.
• Provide credible technical evidence, analyse defects, support UAT and end-to-end testing, retest fixes and escalated unresolved quality risks.

A little bit about you

You will be a hands-on technical test analyst with experience working on complex SaaS, ERP or enterprise system implementations. You will bring strong practical capability in API testing, integration validation, data migration, SQL or data interrogation, automation design and technical defect diagnosis. You are confident building and maintaining reliable automated tests using tools such as Playwright or equivalent, and understand how to manage testware through source control, reusable components, controlled configuration and secure test-data practices. You will have a risk-based approach to testing, balancing coverage, reliability, execution time and maintenance effort. You will be able to critically assess supplier evidence, identify technical quality risks and support robust regression, recovery, cutover and production-verification testing.

You will have well developed analytical and communication skills and the ability to work constructively with functional testers, business SMEs, technical teams and suppliers. ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation level qualification and Advanced Level Test Automation Engineering certification would be desirable.

Want to know more

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Employment requirements

• Applicants must have the right to work in Australia
• Preferred applicants will be required to undergo a National Police Record Check

No applications direct to the hiring manager or from recruitment agencies will be considered.

For a confidential discussion about this position please contact Rick Wright, Head of Transformation Delivery Program via email ***********@boroondara.vic.gov.au

If you want to know more about the benefits of working for the City of Boroondara, please visit our careers website borooondara.vic.gov/careers

Council recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce for its employees and customers. To ensure equity of access to employment opportunities, Council encourages applications from underrepresented groups including people who are from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people from different ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientation and cultural backgrounds. If you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance. Council is a child safe organisation and as such, some applicants may be required to hold a Working with Children Check.