Job Description

Novigi is the data and technology partner to the Financial Services Industry with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Wollongong, Brisbane, Canberra and Colombo, Sri Lanka. At our core, we are data-driven transformation and business optimisation experts. We partner with our clients to transform their business functions through the clever use of data and interoperability. We do this by offering a range of services and solutions.

The Role

The Test Consultant will play a key role in ensuring software quality on a large project. Ensure the solution is delivered to a high quality by effectively planning and executing defined Quality Assurance processes..

Responsibilities

The role would require a commitment to Novigi’s overall QA strategy and include the planning and execution of test and verification strategies. Understanding delivery requirements and constraints with delivery excellence in mind at all times will be preeminent. The chosen candidate will be consigned with the following tasks:

• Review requirement specifications, understand the requirements, and provide meaningful and timely feedback.
• Providing and validating estimates to ensure clear scope, assumptions and dependencies are considered and appropriately noted.
• Create well-structured and comprehensive test cases and test plans.
• Prioritize and perform quality testing activities.
• Contribute to the creation and ongoing maintenance of automated and manual regression test suites to ensure they are relevant, current and prioritised according to business severity or high-risk areas.
• Reporting on testing status across assigned projects.
• Ensure the correct setup and data integrity of the testing environments prior to testing activities being undertaken.
• Perform usability and performance testing.
• Assist and enhance the company’s testing methodologies and quality control standards.
• Stay up to date on latest industry technologies and be willing to upskill by training and learning.
• Contribute to improving team culture and well-being of the team.
• Encourage and support flexible ways of working while maintaining quality and expected deliverables.

Skills required:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to directly communicate with clients in Australia as required.
• Team player, with the ability to work well with a diverse group of people.
• Quick learner & willingness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to present to stakeholders and communicate complex issues simply.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in a Quantitative discipline such as IT or Computer Science.
• 3-5 years of experience in Quality Assurance is mandatory.
• Previous experience working with Acurity Registry systems & Superannuation funds
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies and processes.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Experience working on QA Automation tools (eg: Selenium, Tosca, Cucumber, REST Assured etc) a plus
• Experience in software QA tools such as SoapUI, Postman, Apache JMeter.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting.
• Experience with AWS/Azure cloud provider is a plus.
• Thorough knowledge on the software development cycle (includes testing and release management)
• Superannuation industry knowledge, qualifications or experience
• Financial Services industry certifications, training or experience
• ISTQB qualifications or equivalent – preferred

Only those candidates chosen to progress will be contacted.