Senior Test Analyst

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Role Type: Permanent, full-time

Location: Wellington

Salary Band: $93,214 to $97,407 depending on skills and experience

Kōrero mō te Tūranga - About the Role

As a Senior Test Analyst, you will help drive testing standards & processes with our Business Technology & Information Services directorate to ensure quality software is released into our production environment.

You will work with teams and independently to ensure quality and testing coverage is fit for purpose and MPI's system assurance processes are followed throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and in operations.

More specifically, you will:

• Work with various Project and Business teams to ensure test requirements are understood and delivered
• Develop test requirements, test cases, and test data to ensure efficient and accurate execution of testing for our applications
• Write test charters & plans for smaller projects, where appropriate, to plan and estimate the test effort in carrying out testing efficiently
• Raise bugs and issues including logging & retesting to ensure a comprehensive issue monitoring system is in place
• Contribute to Systems Assurance process improvements

Mōu - About You

To be successful in this role, you will have 5+ years QA experience including test automation, test planning, test execution and reporting outcomes within complex environments. You must be a Newzeland Citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident to fulfil the requirements for this particular position.

Your technical experience will include:

• Testing a diverse range of IT applications - minimum of 5 years QA experience
• Hands-on Test Automation experience using SOAP UI, JMeter and leading UI testing tools
• Testing in various test levels within Iterative and hybrid agile delivery
• Bug tracking and test management toolsets to support testing process.
• A high level of analytical and problem-solving skills with drive to produce high quality outcomes.
• A wide variety of information management tools and technologies
• Proven experience in completing functional, API and non-functional testing

Importantly, you will be able to engage in business and technical conversations both internally and externally, be proactive, driven, and outcome focussed, and someone who is able to offer effective solutions to problems.

Mō tō mātou Rōpū - About the Team

The Business Technology and Information Services (BTIS) Directorate is part of the Corporate Services Branch within MPI. BTIS's vision is ‘making business easier and better' and our horizons remain to ensure we deliver to business outcomes as outlined in MPI's Information Technology Strategy.

Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI

We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki – guardianship of our natural resources.

To find out more about the Ministry and what we do please click here.

Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua - Benefits of working at MPI

• Additional MPI leave days
• Ability to purchase extra annual leave
• Career development and internal opportunities across the branch and organisation

Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible Working

We support flexible working arrangements and are happy to discuss these options with you.

Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?

We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.

We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua a great place to work for all.

In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes, and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.

Applications close at 11.59pm on 28 April

If you have any questions about the role, please email shane.gooch@mpi.govt.nz 

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