Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer

The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), an independent statutory authority responsible for the curriculum, assessment, teacher accreditation and regulatory standards in NSW schools, and accreditation of early childhood teachers. NESA is responsible for developing policies and initiatives for evaluating and improving quality teaching and student learning across all schools and school sectors. NESA was formally established on 1 January 2017 in response to the need to adopt a more strategic and outward-looking focus, greater clarity of regulatory roles and responsibilities, and streamlined processes and systems.

We are looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to perform end-to-end quality assurance and testing functions for digital programs across multi-disciplinary project teams.

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate your immediate proficiency in the focus capabilities as highlighted in the Role Description. All the capabilities listed in the role description will be assessed at different stages of the recruitment process. This assessment will determine your suitability for appointment andmay assist in identifying any learning and development needs for you to reach your full potential in this role.

Essential Requirements

Proven successful experience in developing test plans and conducting system and integration testing

System testing experience on digital enterprise platforms

Demonstrated experience in manual testing methods and tools such as Jira, Confluence etc

Good to have experience in API, Security, accessibility testing and knowledge of test automation tools

The application and selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. For the initial application process, you should submit a cover letter (1 page), resume (up to 5 pages), address any essential requirements noted above, and include a short statement in response to two pre-screening questions.

Pre-screening questions:

Answer the two pre-screening questions below – we are looking for you to demonstrate your competency in this focus capability. Answer with concrete examples and in no more than 400 words per question. Briefly describe the context of the situation(s), the actions that you took, the outcome of your efforts and what you learned from the experience.

Q1 : Describe a situation where you were testing an application release, and just before sign-off, you found a critical defect in the system. What steps have you taken to handle this situation, given all stakeholders were expecting the testing sign-off?

Q2: Can you provide an example where you had to test and identify data quality issues? What testing techniques and approaches did you use to identify and uncover data quality issues?

Under new employment legislation, all current and new Public Service non-executive employees are employed at a classification level and assigned to a role rather than appointed to a position. Employees may be re-assigned to other roles at the same classification over time, in line with organisation priorities and/or personal development plans.

Location: 117 Clarence Street Sydney

Work type: Temporary Full-Time for 12 months

Total Remuneration: $101,917 – $112816 (plus superannuation and leave loading)

Contact: Himanshu Jolly

Phone: 02 9367 8039

Closing date: 09 April 2023

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