Senior Test Analyst

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE
- Be part of a collegial, innovative and forward-thinking team in a rapidly changing environment
- Wellington based permanent role
- Salary range: $101,911 - $121,196 p.a. plus kiwisaver and wellness benefits

You must be able to meet MBIE’s Privileged Access requirements to hold this role. These requirements are similar to those for holding a New Zealand security clearance, and involve criminal, credit and background checks. Applicants should generally have a verifiable history of residing in NZ, AU, CA, US and/or UK for the five years prior to commencing employment).

Due to exciting growth in our Quality Assurance & Testing team and in line with the MBIE Digital Agency Strategy, we are building our permanent capability in the testing space. This position will provide an exciting opportunity to an experienced tester to grow and develop in various directions through a wide variety of projects across MBIE.

**Tēnei tūranga - About the Role**:
Our Senior Test Analyst role will be filled by someone who is passionate about the benefits and importance testing brings. The Senior Test Analyst may be the sole tester on a project or be part of a larger test team.

Ideally, you will have data migration / data warehousing, and have worked with Microsoft Dynamics 365 portal and CRM.

Why work for us?

At the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), we are a future-focused organisation working to grow a healthy, high-performing New Zealand economy. Our diverse range of functions and international reach means real career pathways within MBIE. We underpin this with development and training, and a culture that enables our people to work to their natural best.

Quality Assurance & Testing is a newly established team at MBIE as we move swiftly into becoming a Digital Agency. They are tasked with building quality checks and measures into our software and technical delivery. The team is focused continually improving our ways of working and leveraging technology to drive this. This includes Cloud technology, automation, and infrastructure as code.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required:

- Technical testing experience to an intermediate level or higher of expertise (e.g. API and/or SQL testing) is essential
- Data migration or data warehouse testing experience
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 portal and CRM experience
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Excellent organisational skills
- Test planning - ability to identify appropriate test cases/acceptance criteria/methodology from requirements
- Experience executing prepared test cases
- Raising, prioritising and managing defects
- Ability to work independently
- Demonstrable strategic thinking
- Stakeholder management
- Coaching and mentoring experience
- Identity management knowledge in any domain would be desirable

Pre-requisites
- A tertiary qualification, relevant IT certification or equivalent testing experience
- You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand
- You must be able to meet MBIE’s Privileged Access requirements to hold this role. These requirements are similar to those for holding a New Zealand security clearance, and involve criminal, credit and background checks. Applicants should generally have a verifiable history of residing in NZ, AU, CA, US and/or UK for the five years prior to commencing employment. Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:
MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.
We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
- Mahi Tahi - Better Together
- Māia - Bold and brave
- Pae Kahurangi - Build our Future
- Pono Me Te Tika - Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity - Hīkina Whakatutuki - which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.
MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabl