Testing and Quality Assurance Senior Analyst

Job no: 0037136
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full time; Fixed-term for 7 months
Department: Business Services
Salary: UOM 8 – $110,709 – $119,829 p.a. plus 17% super (pro rata for part-time)

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

About Business Services  

Business Services provides a full range of class leading information technology, facilities management, finance, HR and health and safety services to all operating entities of the University. Enterprise Technology within Business Services, works closely with the business stakeholders and technology partners, the Enterprise Technology team delivers sustainable benefits that address the University’s key and most challenging enterprise IT needs in support of enabling its strategic goals and ambitions.

About the Role

As TQA Senior Analyst, you will be responsible for carrying out testing and quality assurance activities aimed at ensuring that new or changed products and services meet defined requirements and levels of quality.

You will be responsible for conducting manual functional testing with a focus on the UI, functionality, and end-to-end process and ensuring there is no regression in existing code due to changes. Where test automation has been implemented, this role may be required for execution and debugging of automation test scripts.

You will provide input as needed to the development and creation of test strategies, test plans, and test cases, assisting with requirements and user story analysis.

You will further engage with stakeholders, communicate status, raise risks, issues and dependencies through the appropriate channels.

In a typical week, you may:

• Support the execution of existing automation test scripts and their debugging
• Help create, maintain, and improve testing related assets and artefacts for integration and manual system testing, including frameworks, strategies, test plans, test scripts, and promote best practices
• Provide expert advice and guidance for all key testing functional activities, including input to test scope definition, test estimation, through to the final completion of testing and reporting appropriately to key stakeholders

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have experience with ServiceNow and ServiceNow ATF (Automated Test Framework). As a TQA all-rounder, you will further have extensive experience in documentation, training and analysis requirements gathering. You will be a strong team player with a flexible, collaborative mindset and ready to roll up your sleeves and support your colleagues where needed.

You will further have:

• Undergraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training in Testing
• A clear understanding of testing roles, principles, methodologies, and tools, including experience of developing flexible and pragmatic testing approaches to support achievement of delivery milestones
• Extensive experience across Functional System Testing, System Integration and Regression testing capabilities
• Extensive experience in identifying application issues both functionally and technically and knowledge in creation of complex SQL queries to support the analysis of application issues
• Demonstrated experience in API (SOAP/REST)

About the University

The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

Benefits of Working with Us

In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits .

Be Yourself

We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining your interest and experience.  Please note that you are not required to provide responses against the selection criteria in the Position Description.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact us at hr-talent@unimelb.edu.au .

Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia

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