Senior Functional Test Analyst

Senior Functional Test Analyst

Job no: 539007
Work type: Full Time
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Information Technology, Student Services

• Employment Type: Full Time Permanent
• Remuneration: $127351-$143488 depending on experience + 17% super (level 8)
• Location: Kensington UNSW Campus (hybrid)

Why Your Role Matters

The Senior Functional Test Analyst (Projects) leads testing strategy, planning, and quality assurance across student lifecycle systems and integrations. The role supports both major project deliveries and BAU initiatives, ensuring system changes are robust, secure, and aligned with business and compliance requirements.

Working within a collaborative and supportive team, you’ll contribute to high-quality outcomes by providing leadership in test strategy, planning, design, supporting stakeholder engagement during user testing, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

The role reports to the Manager, Student Systems (Projects) and has no direct reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing activities across both projects and BAU initiatives, ensuring high-quality outcomes
• Plan and execute system, integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Partner with stakeholders across business and technology teams to define test objectives and validate requirements
• Manage defects through their lifecycle, from identification to resolution and reporting
• Create and maintain clear, reusable test artefacts and documentation
• Support test environment and data readiness
• Guide and support business users through UAT, helping them feel confident and set up for success
• Contribute to release readiness and continuous improvement of testing practices, including automation where appropriate
• Champion quality across the delivery lifecycle, identifying opportunities to improve processes, tools, and standards; represent testing in key forums

About You

You’re someone who feels engaged with UNSW’s values and mission—a collaborative team player and great communicator who also brings deep expertise in functional testing. You’re comfortable working in complex enterprise environments and enjoy partnering with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You bring:

• Significant experience leading functional testing activities, ideally within higher education
• Demonstrated expertise in manual testing practices, with familiarity in modern test automation tools highly regarded
• A solid understanding of structured testing methodologies (e.g. ISTQB, Agile, DevOps) and test lifecycle practices
• Experience coordinating UAT and translating business requirements into effective, practical test cases
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail and commitment to quality
• An ability to navigate accessibility, privacy, and compliance considerations within enterprise systems
• Relevant testing certification (e.g. ISTQB Foundation or Advanced Level)

This is a hybrid role working Monday to Friday. The position is full time permanent. Candidates will need to have valid working rights – this role is not available for sponsorship.

Recruitment process: Please submit your resume and a cover letter telling us why you are interested in the role and the skills you bring. You will also need to answer a few application questions as part of the submission of your application.

Applications close: 4 May 2026 at 11.55PM. Don’t worry if you don’t hear from us before the job closes – we won’t start the shortlisting process until then.

Get in Touch (for job related queries only – applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed): Anne de Voronine, a.de_voronine@unsw.edu.au

Applications cannot be accepted if sent directly to the contact listed

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks: -

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

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