About us 

The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.  
 

About the role 

As a Test Lead, this role will provide delivery of Quality Assurance services to the CCP program across all platforms (SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, ServiceNow etc.). Successful applicant will have the crucial role of leading the build and maintenance quality assurance stream for the program.

We are looking for a Test Lead who can demonstrate their ability to design, plan, execute and support the test requirements for complex digital programs across large-scale corporate or government environments. The Test Lead will develop, co-ordinate, and manage all agreed technology and business testing across the WOVG Human Capital Management Program to ensure the successful implementation and production support of the Human Capital Management Platform (SAP SuccessFactors) with customer organisations. This is a technical leadership role for someone who likes to pull up their sleeves.

About you 

To be considered for the role, you must be able to demonstrate: 

• Design and confirm (together with the assigned Business and Technology Project Managers) the WOVG People Test strategy and plans, testing quality assurance processes, procedures, standards and success metrics. Ensure all mandated test documentation is managed.
• Design, plan, and execute all agreed testing activities (e.g. Unit, System Integration, Technical Verification, Business Verification, Negative, Capacity, Performance, and Volume, Disaster Recovery, User Acceptance tests etc)
• Implement performance and automated testing tools to agreed testing practices and manage (together with the Project Managers), the identification, prioritisation, and planned resolution of all development and production release defects.
• Establish and maintain test frameworks across platforms and tech stack, assisting manual and automation capability.

For specific responsibilities please review the attached position description. 

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia. 

How to apply 

Apply before the advertised closing date 11:59pm on 17 September 2024. All applications should include: 

• a resume; and 
• a cover letter which addresses the key selection criteria (within three pages) 

In accordance with the Jobs and Skills Exchange Policy, Victorian Public Service employees are required to apply via the JSE for primary consideration access. 

Other relevant information 

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy which strongly recommends all DGS employees be fully vaccinated.  

Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Pre-employment Declaration and Consent Form. Employment of successful candidates will be subject to a National Police Check. 

DGS actively promotes diversity, inclusion and an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.