IT Test Analyst at City of Greater Geelong

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 Aug, 26

Salary

122040.0

Posted On

23 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Test Strategy Development, Quality Assurance, Risk-Based Testing, UAT Coordination, Defect Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Automated Testing, CI/CD Pipelines, System Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Analysis, Non-Functional Requirements

Industry

Government Administration

Description

About the role In this role, you will take the lead in shaping quality across complex enterprise technology environments. This role drives testing strategies across both commercial off-the-shelf and bespoke solutions, ensuring systems are robust, reliable, and ready to deliver exceptional outcomes. Acting as a trusted advisor on quality risks and delivery readiness, you’ll collaborate closely with business stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams to elevate testing practices and improve outcomes across the organisation. Your expertise will help ensure enterprise systems are fit for purpose, aligned to business needs, and capable of supporting reliable services for the community. Key responsibilities include: * Provide senior level testing and quality assurance expertise across complex enterprise initiatives, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and meet business requirements. * Lead the development of test approaches, including test strategies and test plans, for initiatives involving multiple integrated COTS and bespoke systems, applying risk based and context appropriate testing methods. * Analyse functional and non‑functional requirements to identify quality risks and define appropriate test coverage. * Design, review, and execute testing activities across system, integration, regression, end-to-end, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), providing professional oversight where testing is shared across teams or vendors. * Provide independent advice on defect severity, testing outcomes, and release readiness, clearly articulating quality risks, trade-offs, and mitigation options to project, product, and business stakeholders. * Support and guide business stakeholders through UAT to ensure test scenarios reflect real world operational processes and that outcomes are understood, validated, and appropriately signed off. About you To be successful in this role, you will have tertiary qualification in IT or a related discipline and equivalent significant professional experience in software testing. Essential Experience: * Demonstrated expertise in planning and executing testing across complex ICT environments. * Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, risk-based testing, and quality assurance principles. * Proven ability to exercise professional judgement and provide clear advice on quality risks, defects, and release readiness. * Well-developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence outcomes without formal authority. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret requirements and assess system impacts. Desired Experience: * Demonstrated experience in automated testing, including designing, developing, and maintaining test frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring high-quality, reliable software delivery. If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! A career with us We’d love for you to continue your career with the City and set the benchmark for a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace. With a range of benefits, flexible working options, learning and development opportunities, support services and the opportunity to give back to the community, the City has so much to offer! Click https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx [https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/employment/article/item/8d1155a0d84344d.aspx] to view all the benefits to you working at the City. We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process. Applications and Enquiries Click the Position Description link to view more information about this position. Enquiries: Iftekhar Siddiqui | ICT Project Office Manager Iftekhar.Siddiqui@geelongcity.vic.gov.au [Iftekhar.Siddiqui@geelongcity.vic.gov.au] Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au [careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au] noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch. We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared.

Responsibilities

Lead the development of testing strategies and quality assurance for complex enterprise technology environments involving COTS and bespoke solutions. Provide expert advice on quality risks and release readiness while guiding business stakeholders through User Acceptance Testing.