Application Tester

Salary: $896-$952/day incl. Super

Applications Tester - NSW Government | 12 Month Contract
Rate: $896–$952 per day incl. super
Duration: 12 months from start date
Start: ASAP, pending checks
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours/week

The Role

A NSW Government agency is seeking an experienced Applications Tester to lead testing efforts on a major asset management system modernisation program - migrating a legacy ecosystem to a modern technology stack and data model. This is a hands-on, lead-level testing role reporting to the Test Manager, covering System Integration Testing, UAT, regression, and defect management through to go-live.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead testing across all project phases (SIT, UAT, regression, and more), ensuring functionality and integrations meet requirements
• Design, implement, and execute test plans, test cases, and scripts for functional and non-functional testing
• Coordinate the testing process - identifying SMEs for UAT, scheduling, and tracking delivery against timelines
• Own test documentation: strategies, plans, results, and reporting
• Lead defect management - tracking, prioritising, and escalating issues ahead of go-live
• Run testing status and risk updates with key stakeholders
• Manage automated test execution where applicable

Essential Experience

• Minimum 7 years' QA testing experience in large/medium enterprises, including 3+ years in a Test Lead or senior role
• Strong experience testing enterprise applications (UX/UI, front-end, back-end, database)
• Experience testing in-house developed software, including legacy technology and database integration
• Experience with data migration, ETL, and data validation testing
• Proven ability across Functional, Regression, UAT, and Performance testing strategies
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and test management tools (e.g. Value Edge or similar)
• Experience delivering testing within both Agile and Waterfall environments
• Strong stakeholder communication skills - able to translate technical issues for non-technical audiences

Desirable

• Experience with automated testing frameworks and tools
• Experience testing GIS environments, ideally ESRI Enterprise GIS products
• Knowledge of NSW Government asset management practices

Eligibility: Candidates must be able to pass relevant government pre-employment checks.