Test Lead - Functional Testing

About the Team

This role is part of the Payments Settlements department, Business Services Group. Business Services Group is responsible for the provision of banking and payments services to Australian Government agencies, the provision of payment settlement services to Australian financial system participants through the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS) and the Fast Settlement Service (FSS), the conduct of Exchange Settlement Accounts and the production and issuance of Australian banknotes.

 
About the role

We are looking for an experienced Test Lead – Functional Testing who will be a part of Core Modernisation program which involves a major upgrade of core technology infrastructure. This role is critical to ensuring the successful functional testing of applications being migrated, ensuring seamless functionality within the modernized infrastructure. Our main office is in Sydney, NSW, with the option to work from our additional location in Baulkham Hills. This is a 2-year, fixed-term engagement.

Key Objectives

• Lead the creation and implementation of a comprehensive functional test strategy for the Payments migration workstream, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Engage with project stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to gather and understand detailed migration requirements and acceptance criteria, fostering clear communication and mutual understanding.
• Offer strong leadership in testing activities, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, and facilitating the smooth implementation of automated test strategies and plans.
• Design, review, and execute detailed functional test plans, test cases, and scripts to thoroughly validate the outcomes of the application migration, ensuring they meet the defined acceptance criteria.
• Identify potential risks to quality and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring thorough test coverage for all migrated applications.
• Log, track, and manage defects from identification through to resolution, working closely with development and migration teams to ensure timely and effective fixes.
• Generate detailed test execution reports, providing insights and actionable recommendations to stakeholders to inform decision-making and improve project outcomes.
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes, tools, and methodologies, staying abreast of industry best practices and emerging trends.

Your Background

To be successful in this role, we are looking for a highly motivated and driven individual with:

• Strong expertise in functional testing, with proven experience in application migration projects preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of functional testing methodologies and tools.
• Advanced experience and expertise in test automation, particularly with Selenium, Cypress, and BDD frameworks.
• Familiarity with JAVA programming, JIRA, QMetry, HP ALM, and Microsoft Azure DevOps.
• Advanced experience in payments and settlements systems, services, and operations.
• Ability to analyse migration impacts and translate them into effective test cases.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail in identifying and resolving defects.
• Experience in coordinating with cross-functional teams in complex program environments.
• Effective communication skills to articulate test results and issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Basic understanding of infrastructure modernization concepts, even if not directly involved in infrastructure testing, is highly preferred.

What do we offer?

• Impactful work on critical national payments settlements systems that help run the Australian economy.
• Opportunity to be part of innovations in the payments industry.
• Flexible working arrangements.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drive the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people.

Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go.

Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry, and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts.

We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

March 06, 2025

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