Junior Test Analyst

Cloudstreet Consulting is Hiring – NCIS Junior Test Analyst (RFS DPS-748)

Location: Darwin, NT (with options to work in team-based or remote office environments connected to Darwin)

Contract Length: ASAP – 31 October 2026

About the Role

Cloudstreet Consulting is seeking two Junior Test Analysts to support the NCIS program for the NT Government. These roles will play a key part in ensuring high-quality delivery by conducting systems integration, functional, and data-focused testing across multiple platforms including web applications, mobility, and portals.

Scope of Works

The Junior Test Analysts will be responsible for a wide range of testing and quality assurance tasks, including but not limited to:

• Requirements analysis and static testing
  
• Test analysis, test condition identification, design, development, and execution of test cases for system, integration, UAT, and production verification testing
  
• Test automation development and execution
  
• Working with business SMEs and development teams on UAT and production verification testing
  
• Facilitating test case reviews and maintaining requirement traceability
  
• Recording test results and evidence, including defect management, triage, and retesting
  
• Identifying regression tests and risks in areas of change
  
• Test data identification and creation
  
• Troubleshooting test failures and errors
  
• Providing test progress reports and updates to the Test Manager
  

Deliverables

The role requires active contribution to project delivery, including:

• Consultation with project teams, end-users, and stakeholders to manage assigned test activities
  
• Providing review feedback on requirements, specifications, and test cases
  
• Test case creation, execution, and management, along with other tasks as required
  

Tools & Applications

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Experience or familiarity with the following will be highly regarded:

• Atlassian JIRA & Confluence
  
• SQL Server Management Studio
  
• SmartBear TestComplete / TestExecute
  

Requirements Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience in a hands-on systems integration testing role, web application, mobility and portals.
  
• Demonstrated experience in manual testing methods and tools such as Jira.
  
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and contextualize functional requirements and to translate the requirements into test cases. Ability to gather more detailed requirement from subject matter experts if required.
  
• Ability to troubleshoot and narrow down the specific conditions causing failure.
  
• Ability to learn new concepts.
  
• Intermediate skills with SQL Server databases.
  
• Ability to identify product risks for targeted testing.
  
• Demonstrated accountability for reporting and reconciliation on testing outcomes to the Test Manager and stakeholders.
  

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in developing and executing automation testing possibly using SmartBear Software.
  
• Experience working in a large scale/multi-year program environment will be well regarded.
  
• Experience in data-focused testing including working with large volume of structured data, and validating it through extraction, transformation, and loading processes
  
• Good understanding of data mapping and reconciliation to check consistency between involved systems
  
• University degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or related field.
  

Personal Qualities required of Candidate(s)

• High level social and written skills with ability to effectively support colleagues and stakeholders in the project and other interested stakeholders.
  
• Ability to work either in a large team environment with members of diverse cultures and backgrounds or remote offices connected to Darwin.
  
• Self-starter with high personal drive and a positive attitude.
  
• Disciplined and accountable for supporting and maintaining work products.
  
• Behaves in a respectful and professional manner, maintaining high integrity and transparency when delivering work.
  
• Excellent problem solver and critical thinker.
  
• Promotes teamwork and collaboration by engaging stakeholders and team members.
  
• Services Personnel are also expected to abide (and confirm they will) by the DCDD Corporate Values of Honesty, Professional, Respectful, Accountable and Innovative.
  

Benefits With a decade-long presence in Darwin, Northern Territory, Cloudstreet Consulting takes great pride in our commitment to valuing both our staff and clients as individuals with unique needs, aspirations, and talents. This approach has fostered a collaborative atmosphere that cultivates unwavering loyalty from both our clientele and our team members. We prioritize integrity, equity, and loyalty in our interactions with staff, ensuring they have ample opportunities to leverage and enhance their skills, thereby advancing their careers within the IT industry.

Benefits Include:

• Negotiable salary commensurate with experience
  
• High likelihood of contract extension
  
• Salary sacrifice options available
  
• Relocation assistance provided
  
• Advanced payment options
  
• Exceptional opportunity to collaborate with the Northern Territory Government in the stunning Top End region.
  

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