Job Opportunity
Kinexus is a leading recruitment partner to the defence industry in Australia.
About the Role
You will be responsible for determining and carrying out testing activities to validate the design and behaviour of systems and services.
* Develop plans and procedures in the verification of ICT infrastructure (physical and virtual) solutions.
* Execute testing processes and activities in the verification of solutions against relevant standards.
* Follow all documented change control process requirements to implement changes in the test environment.
* Manage the testing and reporting of network infrastructure, including firewalls, gateways and other network communication devices.
* Manage and track testing of non-functional requirements (load, performance, reliability, and compliance).
* Develop reports and acceptance documentation for testing lifecycle of network and platform evolution.
About the Requirements
* Australian Citizenship and a TSPV security clearance are essential.
* Business intelligence skills: Level 4 (SFIA) Supports business intelligence needs of specific management or governance processes or operational areas. Investigates the need for business intelligence reporting and analysis where there is some complexity and ambiguity. Selects and applies non-standard business intelligence tools and techniques to provide insights and aid decision making. Selects, acquires and integrates data for analysis. Identifies opportunities to digitise and streamline operational data handling and optimise business intelligence capabilities.
* Methods and tools expertise: METL Level 5 (SFIA) Provides advice, guidance and expertise to promote adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards. Evaluates and selects appropriate methods and tools in line with agreed policies and standards. Contributes to organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for methods and tools. Implements methods and tools at programme, project and team levels including selection and tailoring in line with agreed standards. Manages reviews of the benefits and value of methods and tools. Identifies and recommends improvements.
* Programming/software development skills: PROG Level 4 (SFIA) Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services. Contributes to the selection of the software development methods, tools and techniques. Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve well engineered outcomes. Participates in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work.
* Testing skills: TEST Level 5 (SFIA) Plans and drives testing activities across all stages and iterations of product, systems and service development. Provides authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution. Adopts and adapts appropriate testing methods, automated tools and techniques to solve problems in tools and testing approaches. Measures and monitors applications of standards for testing. Assesses risks and takes preventative action. Identifies improvements and contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for testing.
Benefits
* You will work on interesting and prestigious projects vital to the ongoing defence of Australia.
* Flexible work environment; work the hours that suit you between 7am and 7pm.
* Low attrition rate: the great variety of projects and opportunities across different business areas ensure few workers leave.
* Long contracts available.
* Fantastic growth opportunities available at any stage of your career.