Data and Reporting Test Lead

⁠⁠⁠The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER) strives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including the delivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitiveness and greater productivity. Our staff are committed to developing policies and delivering programs, in partnership with stakeholders, to provide lasting economic benefits based on principles of social justice and equity for all Australians. The Division provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses.

The Department is seeking an experienced Data and Reporting Test Lead to work as part of a project team for the delivery of the Data Management and Analytics Platform project. The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders, business subject matter experts, technical architects, data engineers and developers as part of the project, to deliver the agreed project outcomes. The project will comprise of implementing an enhanced data management and analytics platform to facilitate data warehousing capabilities, reporting, data analysis, storing transactional data and archiving of required data.

The tester will be required to:
• Create test plans in Azure DevOps Test Plans that provide the required coverage for project deliverables and business outcomes.
• Write, review test cases using Azure DevOps.
• Execute complex test scripts which cover:
o Back-end infrastructure and functionality
o ETL and ELT processes
o SQL queries
o Power BI platform and presentation layers
• Create, write and execute automated testing suites where possible
• Effectively prioritise testing efforts, and test case execution
• Analyse documented requirements, data analysis, detailed designs, pipeline specifications, user stories and requirements to generate test cases and test plans
• Raise defects / issues and track faults using departmental tools such as Azure DevOps
• Lead and engage with Business Stakeholders and Analysts throughout the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Process
• Be a contributing member of a multidisciplinary agile project team