Lead Data Platform Tester

Job Title: Lead Data Platform Tester

Work location: Canberra, 12 months contract (extendable)

Security clearance: Baseline needed

Role Summary

The Lead Data Platform Tester is responsible for designing, executing, and governing end-to-end, risk-based testing strategies for modern data platforms. This role ensures delivery quality, risk mitigation, and operational readiness across multiple delivery teams, with strong emphasis on data quality, automation, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-based test strategy and execution across data platforms, aligned to delivery milestones and business priorities.
• Own end-to-end data platform testing (ingestion, transformation, consumption), including data quality, lineage, and SLA validation.
• Drive test execution, defect triage, and UAT coordination, ensuring readiness and formal sign-off.
• Build and embed test automation an...