Data Platform Test Lead — Quality & Automation Leader

Ministry of Social Development; Wellington; On-site; NZD 138,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Social Development in New Zealand seeks a Test Lead to support its Enterprise Data Platform, ensuring quality and readiness of critical data solutions. You will provide expert testing guidance across Strategy and Insights, shaping test strategy and end-to-end quality outcomes.

Working with delivery leads, data engineers, and stakeholders, you will lead testing activities, define test cases from business use cases, and drive automation where appropriate while balancing risk, cost, and

Qualifications

• Extensive testing experience across data platforms and enterprise DW environments.
• Proven ability to lead testing practices in complex data environments.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead testing activities for enterprise data solutions from planning to sign-off.
• Develop Test Strategy and Test Plan aligned to business use cases.
• Define test cases and ensure end-to-end quality across systems.
• Coach and mentor teams to improve testing capability.

Skills

Test leadership

SDLC experience

Automation testing

Defect management

Data testing

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Ministry of Social Development in New Zealand seeks a Test Lead to support its Enterprise Data Platform, ensuring quality and readiness of critical data solutions. You will provide expert testing guidance across Strategy and Insights, shaping test strategy and end-to-end quality outcomes.

Working with delivery leads, data engineers, and stakeholders, you will lead testing activities, define test cases from business use cases, and drive automation where appropriate while balancing risk, cost, and