At Harrison McMillan, our mission is simple: to change lives, one placement at a time.
As a trusted recruitment partner to government and industry, we pride ourselves on connecting exceptional people with roles where they can truly make an impact.
Harrison McMillan is seeking a Senior Test Analyst to work with a Federal Government Department in Canberra.
Key duties and responsibilities
* Plan and drive testing activities across all stages and iterations of product, systems and service development
* Provide authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of test planning and execution
* Carry out appropriate testing methods, automated tools and techniques to solve problems in tools and testing approaches
* Measures and monitors applications of standards for testing
* Assess risks and take preventative action
* Identify improvements and contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for testing
Essential criteria
* ISTQB Foundation or higher certification
* Minimum 8+ years analyst experience
* Experience in testing Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) and Bespoke coded products
* Experience using testing tools such as Azure DevOps for test planning, execution, and defect management
* Demonstrate experience in leveraging appropriate resources and methods to deliver the QA function in a cost-effective manner and capability to update, maintain and articulate testing artefacts
* Experience in testing of REST Services / SOAP web services and web applications
* Minimum NV1 security clearance
Desirable
* Domain knowledge of Federal Government systems and testing procedures
* Experience in MOE, and infrastructure / hardware testing
* Experience in low code / no code platforms such as Salesforce, Smart IQ, MS Power Apps
* Experience in Cloud hosted applications and CI/CD pipelines as well as on premise hosted systems