Senior Test Analyst

About the role

A well-established IT consultancy is looking for a Senior Test Analyst based in Sydney CBD, with part-time work from home available. The role designs, develops and implements test strategies and frameworks for complex software systems, ensuring quality through manual and automated testing, and works with developers, product managers and business analysts. It is a permanent position with further training provided.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and test scripts following software engineering best practices.
• Work with software engineers to understand architecture, identify test requirements and influence design for testability.
• Write reusable test automation code using Selenium, Xamarin, JavaScript, Python and REST API, integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Take part in sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives in Agile environments.
• Perform system, integration, regression and performance testing; analyse and debug failures and report defects.
• Lead cross-departmental and small client projects from conception to completion.
• Maintain test plans, strategies and traceability matrices, and mentor junior test analysts.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of software testing experience, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity.
• Experience writing, reviewing and executing complex test cases.
• Residing in Sydney, as client-site work is sometimes required.

Required skills

• Proficiency in at least one language such as Java, C#, Python or JavaScript.
• Test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, Postman and REST Assured.
• Git, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Bamboo) and Agile.
• Nice to have: ISTQB certification, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).