Senior Test Analysts (PROJ-4396)

Activities may include — but are not limited to:

• Planning, designing, managing, executing and reporting of tests

• Functional testing of capabilities or features

• Non-functional testing of qualities such as — but not limited to — performance, security, access, backup and recovery, archiving and retention, robustness, availability, capacity, scalability, reliability, performance, stress, volume, maintainability and portability

• Static testing and static analysis

• Managing risks associated with testing and taking preventative action when needed

• Adopting and adapting testing methods including waterfall, incremental or agile approaches

• Conforming to agreed process standards, industry-specific regulations and data protection legislation

• Engineering, using and maintaining testware to measure and improve the quality of the software being tested

• Promoting productivity through test automation, tools and best practices

• Developing scalable and reliable automated tests and frameworks 

Technical skills:

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in a relatable ICT field
• At least 5 years’ experience in testing environment for capability programs

Desirable:

• Experience managing complex capability investment acquisition and/or sustainment projects

Essential criteria:

• Selects appropriate testing approach, including manual and automated testing. Develops and executes test plans and test cases. Implements scalable and reliable automated tests and frameworks. Collaborates across parties involved in product, systems or service design and development to enable comprehensive test coverage. Identifies improvements in requirements, design or specification processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing. Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks, including the work of others.
• Selects appropriate tools and techniques to evaluate user experiences of systems, products, services or devices. Validates that security, usability and accessibility requirements have been met. Checks operational systems, products, services or devices for changes in usability and accessibility needs. Interprets and presents results of evaluations, prioritises issues and reports on remedial actions. Collates input for future user research.
• Develops acceptance criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, business processes, features, user stories and business rules. Designs, specifies and executes test cases and scenarios to test that systems, products and services fulfil the acceptance criteria and deliver the predicted business benefits. Collaborates with project colleagues and stakeholders involved in the analysis, development and operation of products, systems or services to ensure accuracy and comprehensive test coverage. Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks including the work of others.