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Company Description ARQ, Dialog, CatapultBI, ICEMEDIA, Eighty20, Riley and AccessHQ are now all part of NCS Australia. About us: We are NCS Australia! We have brought together Australia’s best tech talent, working as one to harness technology and advance our communities, to make the extraordinary happen. We're proud of our rich history of partnering with our clients to develop end to end digital technology solutions to accelerate their transformation and innovation journey. For over 40 years our diverse global teams have delivered large-scale, mission-critical, multi-platform projects to governments and enterprises. Job Description As a Senior Test Analyst, you will be the quality champion at the heart of our client’s HashiCorp Vault program. Your mission is to embed quality and assurance into every stage of the delivery lifecycle. You will take the lead in developing and owning the end-to-end testing, creating detailed plans, and designing comprehensive test cases that cover the full spectrum of functional, non-functional, and critical security requirements for this enterprise-wide service. You will be deeply involved in the technical validation of the solution, rigorously testing the implementation of Vault clusters and the migration of secrets from legacy systems. This will involve designing, building, and maintaining a robust automated testing framework using languages like Python or Go to ensure the continuous quality of the service. Your test automation will verify the complete lifecycle of a secret—from creation and rotation to revocationand confirm seamless integration with our CI/CD pipelines and runtime environments across AWS, GCP, and Azure. A primary focus will be on security and compliance, where you will conduct targeted testing to confirm that all secrets are correctly encrypted, access controls are robust, and our Zero Trust principles are upheld. You will verify the integrity of our audit logs and perform performance and scalability testing to ensure the solution is resilient and can handle enterprise-level demand. In this highly collaborative role, you will work closely with developers, security engineers, and DevOps teams to identify, triage, and resolve defects, contributing to root cause analysis and ensuring we deliver a secure and reliable secrets management service. You are a seasoned testing professional with a passion for security and infrastructure. You thrive in complex technical environments and have a knack for breaking things and then helping to build them back stronger. You understand that quality is not just about finding bugs but about preventing them. Qualifications Proven experience as a Senior Test Analyst in enterprise-scale infrastructure or security projects. A strong understanding of DevSecOps principles and experience integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines. Solid knowledge of HashiCorp Vault or similar secrets management solutions (e.g., CyberArk, AWS Secrets Manager). Experience testing solutions deployed on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure. A solid grasp of security testing concepts, encryption, identity management, and Zero Trust principles. Experience in creating and executing test plans for both functional and non-functional (performance, resilience) requirements. A solid understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in cross-functional delivery teams. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Nice to have Experience in testing the migration of services between platforms (e.g., from AWS Secrets Manager to Vault). Knowledge of Privileged Access Management (PAM) tools. Relevant certifications in software testing (ISTQB), cloud platforms, or security (CISSP). Additional Information 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