Senior Automation Quality Engineer

Senior Automation Quality Engineer

Contract Type:

Contractor

Location:

Sydney

Industry:

IT

Contact Name:

Monique Dolor

Contact Phone:

Date Published:

04-Feb-2025

PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE REQUIRES YOU TO BE BASED IN AUSTRALIA AND HAVE FULL WORKING RIGHTS

Rate:$650 - 700 incl super
Duration: 6 months initially (with extensions)
Start: ASAP
Location: Sydney (flexible work arrangements)

Role(s):
Our client is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to assist them in their commercial services projects. This client offers a flexible working environment as well as cutting edge work within the commercial space.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and business analysts, to ensure Quality is embedded from the very start, enabling the team to “shift left”
  • Design and implement robust and scalable automation frameworks from scratch. Collaborate with the product and development teams to capture requirements early and accurately, as executable specifications to achieve in-sprint test automation
  • Champion code quality, software design, and testability. You have a good understanding of the test pyramid, BDD feature and example mapping, and this informs your approach to software testing
  • Support various types of testing, including functional- manual and automation including exploratory, integration, performance, and security testing, using appropriate tools
  • Support Release Management processes and DevOps activities
  • Mentor and support team members, sharing your knowledge and expertise in test automation and collaborative quality engineering practices

Your experience:

  • Strong proficiency in Typescript or JavaScript based frameworks.
  • Experience with Mobile Automation Frameworks such as Appium, Espresso or XCUITest
  • Experience with industry-standard open source test automation frameworks such as Serenity BDD, Cucumber, Rest-Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Playwright, Cypress, etc.
  • A good understanding of the Gherkin language- ability to capture requirements
  • Proficient in developing and maintaining automated test suites and test scripts for functional and non-functional testing like performance testing using jmeter, Gatling, etc.
  • Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery practices using tools like Bamboo, Jenkins, Git, Docker, or similar and support release management processes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and debug complex software systems.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a team-oriented mindset and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional environments.
  • Demonstrated experience in driving and implementing quality engineering best practices and standards.
  • Proven track record of delivering high-quality software products within Agile teams.

Preferred:

  • Certifications related to quality engineering, Agile methodologies, or test automation (e.g., ISTQB, CSM, Selenium WebDriver).
  • Experience with cloud technologies and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling) and load testing techniques.

Please submit your CV asap and I will get back to you with more details if suitable!



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