Intermediate Test Analyst

Te Ratonga Tautoko Hangarau | Digital Services

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand
- Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
- Permanent position
- Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Based on Campus (not remote)

**Āu Mahi | What You Will Do**

Join a forward-thinking Digital Services team where your expertise in software testing will directly contribute to delivering high-quality solutions that support students, staff, and the wider UC community. We’re looking for an Intermediate Test Analyst to help shape modern testing practices, champion automation, and ensure our software products meet the highest standards of reliability and usability.

You will:

- Develop, maintain, and enhance a combination of manual and automated modern software testing suite
- Plan and execute testing at a project level using a combined manual and automated testing approach
- Support the end-to-end delivery of requirements, working closely with Analysts, Developers, and Architects
- Drive a Test-Driven Development and automation-first approach across Digital Services
- Review requirements, write and execute test cases, analyse risks, and ensure testing aligns with programme standards
- Reproduce, triage, and validate issues in collaboration with support and development teams.
- Maintain clear, accurate, and version-controlled test documentation
- Provide meaningful testing metrics and progress reporting to project and technical stakeholders
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing practices, tools, and processes.

**This role is based on-campus therefore cannot be done remotely.**

** Mōu | Who You Are**

You will have at least 4 years’ experience as a Test Analyst with hands-on functional, automated, and manual testing experience and a relevant degree (Level 7 or higher) and ISTQB Certification would be advantageous.

You will also have:

- Experience across diverse architectures and testing types (API, UI, performance, security, etc.)
- Strong writing skills, including the ability to produce high-quality test scripts, acceptance criteria, and reports
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong problem-solving capability
- An alignment with our organisation's values and culture, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

**Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With**

Building world-class digital capability is crucial to the University of Canterbury's ongoing success. Digital Services is a large team, striving to provide a modern dynamic foundation from which the University (UC) can explore new business models and ways of working. Digital will transform how we work, behave, and the expectations of the communities we service.

** Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC**

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

** The closing date for this position is: 10 December 2025 (midnight, NZ time)**:
**Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply**

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.

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**Job Details**:
Reference #
- 30095Posted on
- 03 Dec 2025Closes on
- 10 Dec 2025 23:55Location(s)
- ChristchurchExpertise
- Information TechnologyJob level(s)
- ExperiencedWork type(s)
- Continuing (Permanent) full-time