Test Planner – Digital Earth Programme

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Test Planner to support Geoscience Australia's Digital Earth programme by developing and maintaining fit-for-purpose test strategies, plans and assurance activities across the Terminus, Tesseract and Ridan streams.

You'll work as part of an integrated delivery team, coordinating test readiness and guiding delivery teams to identify and manage quality risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and assuring testing for complex software and digital platforms.
• Experience coordinating multiple test stages across Agile, iterative and/or hybrid delivery.
• Strong knowledge of test management, defect management, traceability, quality risk assessment and release-readiness reporting.
• Strong written communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and communicate risk-based test strategies, integrated test plans, schedules and estimates, aligned with evolving delivery priorities.
• Assess requirements, solution designs, user stories and acceptance criteria, defining appropriate coverage across functional, integration, system, regression, user acceptance, operational and non-functional testing.
• Coordinate test readiness across environments, test data, dependencies, resources and entry and exit criteria, working closely with developers, DevOps engineers, project managers, security specialists and business stakeholders.
• Establish requirements-to-test traceability, coordinate test reviews and defect triage, and monitor test execution, defects, blockers and residual quality risks throughout delivery.
• Provide clear, evidence-based test reporting, assurance and release-readiness advice, while contributing to continuous improvement in testing practices, templates, metrics and tooling.

Skills

Test planning

Test management

Stakeholder coordination

Agile delivery

Documentation

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Test Planner to support Geoscience Australia's Digital Earth programme by developing and maintaining fit-for-purpose test strategies, plans and assurance activities across the Terminus, Tesseract and Ridan streams.

You'll work as part of an integrated delivery team, coordinating test readiness and guiding delivery teams to identify and manage quality risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.