Senior / Lead - Test Analyst

Be an integral part of a dynamic and inclusive team
- Advance your Testing skills and ultimately make a positive impact on patient care
- Minimum 5 years’ as a Test Analyst and registration with ISTQB, or equivalent
- Experience with building/developing automated tests
- Full-Time position located at 160 Grafton Road, Auckland
- Monday - Friday (80 hours per fortnight)
- Almost 6 weeks leave i.e. 5 weeks annual leave as well as 3 ‘My Days’
- Competitive salary range: $89,497 - $105,290

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

You will design and carry out testing processes for new (projects) and upgraded systems, analyse the results, and identify and report problems; this includes:

- Design and develop tests for software and systems to detect faults
- Keep written records of defects and bugs that are discovered during testing
- Analyse the defects and bugs to identify what is causing them
- Develop or recommend solutions to fix any problems discovered during testing
- Track the success of the solutions
- Keep software and systems documentation up to date

You will be an integral part of a highly committed, small, fun team delivering at pace in an agile expanding environment. The role reports to the Technology Platform Owner and provides critical assistance, support and enhancements for the implementation of testing functions for our team.

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the **position description **here**.**

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

**Take overall ownership under direction of the Technology Platform Owner, other test specialists and the development team to explore and build out appropriate testing strategies across the following domains: -**
- Unit testing to ensure smallest testable parts of the software operate correctly
- Integration testing to ensure components of a system interact correctly
- System testing to ensure end to end functionality
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure the software operates as intended in the ‘real world’
- Performance, load and stress testing to ensure non-functional needs are met
- Investigative or exploratory testing as required to bring an issue to resolution

**As a Senior Test Analyst, you will be accountable for: -**
- Developing and executing test plans and test cases. Including the implementation of scalable and reliable automated test frameworks and any associated software or tools.
- Test planning and preparation for all managed phases
- Developing acceptance criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, business processes, features, user stories and business rules.
- Specifying the acceptance testing environment for systems, products, business processes and services. Managing the creation of acceptance test cases and scenarios. Ensuring that defined tests reflect realistic operational conditions and required level of coverage. Including prepare any necessary data for test execution.
- Execute all test cases in professional and diligent manner
- Ensures tests and results are documented, analysed and reported to stakeholders, and required actions taken. Highlights issues and risks identified during testing to stakeholders.
- Raise defects as required capturing all relevant information enabling the repeatability of the defect
- Provide UAT and Build Verification Testing (BVT) coverage walkthroughs to nominated Business Testing participants prior to execution
- Excellent inter-personal skills and requires interaction with multiple stakeholders across BAs, Developers, Product Owners and senior stakeholders to represent testing as a critical function
- Assists in the development of new or improved practices and organisational testing processes or standards
- To be an SME on the functionality across multiple modules and use knowledge and skill to raise key gaps in the requirement gathering phase
- Contribute to regular Showcase sessions

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

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