This opportunity is a 12X24 month contract, and you should be Australian Citizen and can obtain TSPV clearance
**Your new company**
You'll be working for a Federal Government, which is responsible for working to maintain and improve Australia's law and justice framework
**Your recent role**
The Test Lead will be accountable under the general direction of a Test Manager for the planning, design, management, execution and reporting of tests, using appropriate testing tools and techniques and conforming to agreed process standards and industry specific regulations. The purpose of testing is to ensure that new and amended systems, configurations, packages, or services, together with any interfaces, perform as specified (including security requirements), and that the risks associated with deployment are adequately understood and documented. Testing includes the process of engineering, using and maintaining test ware (test cases, test scripts, test reports, test plans, etc) to measure and improve the quality of the software being tested. The role will involve working with business stakeholders, project managers, system architects / analysts, software developers / systems administrators and business analyst personnel.
**What you'll need to succeed**
- Minimum 5 year's Application Testing Experience.
- You will be proactive during Test Planning and ensure that all stakeholders (internal and vendor) understand testing's role and expectations.
- Utilise your testing expertise to execute both dynamic and preventative testing techniques
- Has the technical capability to create automation test cases and can demonstrate selection process to assess what test cases are eligible to be automated.
- An ability to manage individually allocated work packages and to balance competing priorities, as well as the ability to report progress regarding test coverage and defect tracking.
- Be able to take direction from superiors, stakeholders, and immediate supervisors
- A basic understanding and level of experience in programming techniques to align with the use of Selenium WebDriver
- Experience with test methodologies and the fundamental testing process across both Waterfall and Agile development methodologies.
**What you'll get in return**
You will get the top level clearance sponsorship. This 12-month contract does have the opportunity for another 24-month extension, at the client discretion, and is based in Canberra.
**What you need to do now**
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
**LHS 297508** #2741543
📌 Test Lead
🏢 Hays
📍 Canberra