ICT Quality Assurance Engineer ANZSCO 263211

Description
ICT Quality Assurance Engineer ANZSCO (263211) creates, maintains and manages technical quality assurance processes and procedures to assess efficiency, validity, value and functional performance of computer systems and environments, and audits systems to ensure compliance with, and adherence to, accredited internal and external industry quality standards and regulations. ICT Quality Assurance Engineer may supervise the work of ICT quality assurance teams.
Skill level: 1
Specializations
- Computer Systems Auditor
- Systems Auditor (ICT)
Alternative Titles
- Quality Analyst (ICT)
- Quality Manager (ICT)
- Quality Specialist (ICT)
Skills Assessment Authority
- ACS (Australian Computer Society)
Occupation Lists
This occupation is on the following skill lists:- Combined Skilled Occupations List (STSOL MLTSSL)
- RSMS Occupations List (RSMSL)
- Short-Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL)
- Labor Market Testing Required for 457 List (LMTL)
- Medium Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)
Visa Provision
As the occupation features on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL), it is possible to apply for a Skilled Nominated 190 visa or a Skilled Regional Nominated 489 visa.
If you are employed in this occupation and you wish to pursue a GSM visa, you will be required to apply for state nomination in order to move to Australia.
Note: *Please note that while the occupation is on the STSOL it remains a possibility that no states currently have a demand for people in that profession. The online assessment only lists occupations which are currently in demand by a state or territory in Australia, so if the occupation does not appear on the online assessment you should consider seeking an employer sponsor in Australia.
Unit Group: 2632 ICT Support and Test Engineers
Description
The job of ICT Quality Assurance Engineer is to develop procedures and strategies to support, create, maintain and manage technical quality assurance processes and guidelines and systems infrastructure, investigate, analyze and resolve system problems and performance issues, and test the behavior, functionality and integrity of systems.
Tasks
- scheduling and conducting quality audit inspections, and analyzing and reviewing systems, data and documentation
- identifying variations and potential high risk areas in securing adherence to standards and procedures
- recommending corrective action plans and improvements in the resolution of non-compliance with standards detected through monitoring and auditing of processes and procedures
- communicating, educating and liaising with users and management to ensure awareness and adherence to standards, procedures and quality control issues and activities
- assisting in troubleshooting, diagnosing, testing and resolving system problems and issues
- developing, conducting and providing technical guidance and training in application software and operational procedures
- analyzing, evaluating and diagnosing technical problems and issues such as installation, maintenance, repair, upgrade and configuration and troubleshooting of desktops, software, hardware, printers, Internet, email, databases, operating systems and security systems
- testing, identifying and diagnosing functionality errors and faults in systems, and programming code within established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards to ensure systems perform to specification
- performing organizational systems architecture reviews and assessments, and recommending current and future hardware and software strategies and directions
- creating and reviewing technical documentation such as procedural, instructional and operational guides and manuals, technical reports and specifications and maintenance inventory systems
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience and/or relevant vendor certification may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Occupations in this Group
- 263211 ICT Quality Assurance Engineer
- 263212 ICT Support Engineer
- 263213 ICT Systems Test Engineer
- 263299 ICT Support and Test Engineers (nec)
Note: Whilst a similar occupation may appear in the same ICT engineering group if not specifically listed in the STSOL or MLTSSL the ANZSCO description should be used for reference purposes only.
English Requirement
- IELTS result with a minimum score of 6 (L, R, W), 7 in speaking and 7 overall;
- OET result with a minimum grade B in all sections;
- TOEFL iBT with a minimum score (L:12 R:13 W:21 S:23 overall L93);
- PTE Academic with a minimum score of 50 (L, R, W), 65 in speaking and 65 overall
Exceptions
- Australian Graduate exceptions apply in some states/territories
- Priority Skilled Lists may apply a specific requirement in some states/territories
- Countries exempt from submitting IELTS or OET include the UK; Canada; New Zealand; US; and Ireland.
Closely Related Core ICT Units
- Business Process Reengineering
- Computer Audit
- ICT Security
- Operating systems – (Unix, Linux, Xenix, Network OS)
- Quality management – (Quality Assurance, Software Quality)
- Risk Management
- Software Engineering
- Software validation – (Software Testing)
- Testing strategies and methods
Brief Description
Quality Assurance Engineer have different related ICT units like Business Process Reengineering, ICT Security, Software Engineering, Quality management etc. First of all Business process reengineering is the act of recreating a core business process with the goal of improving product output, quality, or reducing costs. Quality Assurance Engineer monitor and audit processes and procedures developing, training in application software, conducting and providing technical guidance and operational procedures. They also suggest the corrective action plans and make improvements in the resolution of non-compliance with standards. This includes the determination of a quality policy, creating and implementing quality planning and assurance, quality control and quality improvement and risk management.
Additional Closely Related ICT Units
- Computer forensics
- Computer Science
- Data communications – (WAN, LAN)
- Database design
- Database implementation
- Database Management Systems – (Relational Database, Object Oriented Database)
- Digital communication
- Information security – (Data security)
- Internet forensics
- Introduction to ICT – (Introduction to Computer Science, Computer Theory, Introduction to Business Computing, Computer Science I)
- Introduction to Information Systems
- Network architecture
- Programming – (C, C++, Objective C, Visual C, Basic, Visual Basic, Java, Assembler, Cobol, Pascal, PL/1, Fortran, PHP, Pearl, AS3, FoxPro, and similar)
- Software architecture
Brief Description
This ICT units even covers a vast area like computer forensics, Data communications, Information security, Network architecture, Software architecture etc. ICT Quality Assurance Engineer perform scheduling and conducting quality audit inspections, and analyzing and reviewing systems, data and documentation.They also identifies variations and potential high risk areas in securing adherence to standards and procedures. Quality Assurance Engineer defines a target for Quality Control and ensure that these targets are maintained by reviewing them periodically and identify the risks that may occur in the process of meeting the quality standards. They also provide guidelines and secure quality standards.
For Professional Report Writing
ANZSCO Codes
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- ANZSCO 261112 – Systems Analyst
- ANZSCO 261211 – Multimedia Specialist
- ANZSCO 261212 – Web Developer
- ANZSCO 261311 – Analyst Programmer
- ANZSCO 261312 – Developer Programmer
- ANZSCO 261313 – Software Engineer
- ANZSCO 261314 – Software Tester
- ANZSCO 261399 – Software and Applications Programmer
- ANZSCO 262111 – Database Administrator
- ANZSCO 262112 – ICT Security Specialist
- ANZSCO 262113 – Systems Administrator
- ANZSCO 263111 – Computer Network and Systems Engineer
- ANZSCO 263112 – Network Administrator
- ANZSCO 263113 – Network Analyst
- ANZSCO 263211 – ICT Quality Assurance Engineer
- ANZSCO 263212 – ICT Support Engineer
- ANZSCO 263213 – ICT Systems Test Engineer
- ANZSCO 263299 – ICT Support and Test Engineer (nec)
- ANZSCO 135111 – Chief Information Officer
- ANZSCO 135112 – ICT Project Manager
- ANZSCO 135199 – ICT Managers (nec)
- ANZSCO 223211 – ICT Trainer
- ANZSCO 313113 – Web Administrator