Overview
Test Analyst Jobs in Perth, Western Australia, Australia at NGIS
Title: Test Analyst
Company: NGIS
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About NGIS
NGIS is a global leader in geospatial solutions, helping organisations turn complex spatial data into meaningful insights and real-world impact. Partnering with leading technology companies, our expertise spans a wide range of sectors, including mobility, environment, utilities and emergency management.
Main duties and responsibilities
We are looking for a Test Analyst who is responsible for the QA function within their product delivery teams for the group or when billable to a client. They will ensure best practice QA is applied to the products and projects they are engaged on and engage with other team members to coach and advise on testing approaches, effort and technology.
Main responsibilities include
- Provide functional testing support to NGIS product and project teams
- Analyse requirements and user stories to design comprehensive manual test cases, ensuring edge cases are covered before automation begins
- Build, execute, and maintain automated test suites using Playwright and AI-assisted tooling such as GitHub Copilot
- Participate in planning and backlog refinement to ensure QA effort is considered and estimated for
- Provide reporting on QA activities and outcomes in delivery teams and client projects
Skills and experience
Qualifications
- Certification as a software tester (e.g. ISTQB or equivalent)
- Certification in automation testing will be highly regarded
- Certifications in Agile frameworks or testing techniques will be highly regarded
Experience
- Three or more years as a software tester
- Experience using test automation tools (e.g. Playwright/Selenium) to create, execute and maintain tests
- Experience performing functional, regression and integration testing
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams and sprint-based environments
- Experience with defect and work management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or similar platforms
- Exposure to APIs and API testing tools (e.g. Postman or similar) is desirable
- Basic SQL and database validation experience is desirable
- Experience using code editors/IDEs (e.g., VS Code) to write, debug, and execute test scripts is desirable
- Experience with geospatial software testing will be highly regarded
Skills
- Familiarity with test automation frameworks and tools such as Playwright or Selenium
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to confidently advise clients and non-technical stakeholders on QA strategy and timelines.
- Excellent time management and planning
- In-depth knowledge of work item or backlog tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
- Ability to pick up new domain knowledge
- Strong exploratory testing skills and the ability to design logical test cases before automating them.
Objective and Goals
This is an important and high-impact role focused on strengthening and scaling NGIS’s automation and quality engineering capability. We are looking for a tester who loves the craft of QA—someone who possesses the critical thinking required for deep manual exploration, backed by the technical skills to scale our automation capability.
Success in this role will include
- Supporting a new and growing automated testing capability within the NGIS group
- Improvement in the quality of the delivered product, including errors, incidents, and outages
- Creating and maintaining effective test cases, test plans and testing documentation
- Collaborating closely with developers, business analysts and stakeholders to ensure requirements are well understood and validated
- Communicating risks, issues and testing outcomes clearly and proactively
- Increasing testing efficiency through the appropriate use of automation
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of testing processes, standards and quality practices
- Demonstrating accountability in managing testing activities across multiple priorities
Why Join Us?
- Work alongside a collaborative team of talented and passionate professionals.
- Competitive salary package.
- Flexible working arrangements, including the option of a 9-day fortnight.
- Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.
- An inclusive culture that supports innovation and impact.
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you today! Please include a cover letter in your application.
