Test Lead Consultant

Accenture PLC; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Parental leave

Career breaks

Career development

Global opportunities

Family inclusive workplace

Flexible work

Descripción de la vacante

Accenture is seeking an experienced Test Lead-Consultant to own test strategy, planning and delivery for POS solutions. The role requires strong domain knowledge, stakeholder management and hands-on performance testing experience, preferably with JMeter.

You will lead test strategy, define scope and acceptance criteria, manage multi-faceted testing efforts, and partner with business, product and engineering teams to ensure quality. UAT support and production validation are also part of the role.

Formación

• Strong test management, strategy and governance experience.
• Hands-on performance testing experience with JMeter and API testing.
• Knowledge of POS systems and payments domain.

Responsabilidades

• Lead test strategy, planning and execution for POS applications.
• Define test scope, scenarios, cases, acceptance criteria and quality metrics.
• Manage functional, integration, system, regression, API and performance testing.
• Coordinate with business, product and engineering teams throughout delivery.
• Lead defect triage, risk management, reporting and quality governance.
• Support UAT, release readiness, production validation and deployment.
• Mentor test engineers and promote quality practices.

Conocimientos

Test leadership

POS domain

Performance testing

API testing

JIRA & Confluence

Agile/Scrum

UAT processes

Educación

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Herramientas

JMeter

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking an experienced Test Lead-Consultant to own test strategy, planning and delivery for our client and Point of Sale (POS) solutions. The role requires strong domain knowledge, stakeholder management and hands-on performance testing experience, preferably with JMeter.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead test strategy, planning and execution of POS applications.
• Define test scope, scenarios, cases, acceptance criteria and quality metrics.
• Manage functional, integration, system, regression, API and performance testing.
• Coordinate with business, product and engineering teams throughout delivery.
• Lead defect triage, risk management, reporting and quality governance.
• Support UAT, release readiness, production validation and deployment.
• Mentor test engineers and drive consistent quality practices.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in test management, strategy and governance for large programs.
• POS knowledge, including transactions, payments, pricing, promotions, returns, reconciliation and integrations.
• Expertise in functional and non-functional testing, API testing, defect management and impact analysis.
• Hands-on experience with JMeter and API performance testing.
• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, SDLC, STLC and UAT processes.
• Occasional early morning shift (As needed)
• Should be ready to work 2 weekends a month.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with store platforms, store applications and large transformation programs.
• Experience leading distributed test teams across multiple workstreams.
• ISTQB, Agile, Scrum, SAFe or performance-testing certification.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

On-call and Shift Expectations

• 1 week in a month early morning shift (3:30 am to 11 am)
• 1 weekend in a month (morning / regular shift) as per rotation

Benefits of working at Accenture

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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