Senior Test Analyst

At NCS Australia, we believe in doing technology services better. Our commitment to quality, focus on people, and willingness to challenge traditional thinking set us apart. Our team brings this belief to life by partnering with our clients and communities to make tomorrow together.

We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.

We are seeking a Senior Test Analyst with strong ETL and SQL skills. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing comprehensive functional test plans to validate complex data integration, transformation, and reporting processes. This role requires advanced SQL skills to perform in-depth data validation, source-to-target reconciliation, and defect investigation, as well as a solid understanding of ETL workflows.

The Senior Test Analyst will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, and BI/reporting teams to ensure alignment with requirements, communicate test progress, and provide actionable insights. Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills are essential to influence outcomes, facilitate workshops, and manage expectations across multiple teams. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of quality, and can work across cross-functional squads to deliver high-quality data solutions.

• Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses such as Azure Databricks, Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift, or Snowflake.
• Hands-on experience in scripting such as Python, Scala, PySpark
• Solid understanding of ETL processes and data integration concepts.
• Experience with SQL for data validation and manipulation
• Experience of working with CICD Tools such as Jenkins, Github, Atlassin Stash
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks