Test Automation and Performance Lead

2 weeks ago


Toowong, Queensland, Australia Auto & General Insurance Full time

About us:


At Auto & General (A&G), we provide great products and services to safeguard our customers in their time of need.

Our range of general insurance products protects customers on the road, at home and on holiday with various Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents, and Pet products as well as Roadside Assistance.


The role:


Reporting to the Automation & Performance Manager, this role provides development coaching and leadership to Automation, Performance and Software Engineers on techniques and practices for implementing quality through the delivery lifecycle.

Your collaboration with cross-functional teams will ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable software solutions.


The role is also responsible for crafting, implementing and maintaining robust performance frameworks and tooling, working closely with the Test Lead and stakeholders to assess and evaluate the performance and reliability of IT systems and ensuring they perform optimally when under load.


Accountabilities:

  • Designing, documenting, executing, and analysing performance tests. Including monitoring and reporting to provide reliable information to stakeholders to make informed decisions.
  • Producing all performancerelated documents, including test strategies and plans, closure memos.
  • Providing highlevel technical, operational, and procedural advice relating to system performance
  • Working with DevOps cohort to setup and maintain infrastructure as code for test automation and performance platforms and tooling
  • Working with Devs and Environment teams to build out mock/stubs and implement Service Virtualisation to assist where real time integrations are not possible
  • Pairing with developers, test engineers and senior test engineers to knowledge share and solicit coalface feedback with respect to all aspects of code quality
  • Helping resolve particularly complex problems that the team has not experienced
  • Automation and performance tool evaluation and analysis
  • Curation of automation and performance code standards
  • Backlog prioritisation Support out of hours deployment rotating roster

Skills, knowledge and qualifications:

  • Essential skills _:
To be effective in this role you should have experience of writing, testing and operating code using:

  • Java 10+
  • Apache Jmeter/BlazeMeter
  • GitLab
- terraform docker

  • Technical skills: _
  • Proficiency in multiple programming languages like Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, and TypeScript.
  • Familiarity with various performance frameworks such as JMeter, Loadrunner, NeoLoad, and K
  • Experience with testing frameworks like Selenium, , and Playwright. Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitLab, BitBucket, Bamboo, AWS, and Azure DevOps.
  • Qualifications, education & training requirements: _
  • 5+ years leading mature Technical Test teams.
  • Extensive experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining Automated and Performance Test Frameworks.
  • Proficient in coordinating Performance test activities in IT projects.
  • Demonstrated a high level of knowledge in automated and performance test practices, tools, and techniques, including CI pipelines.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to assimilate information quickly and present findings effectively to technical staff, endusers, and management.
  • Proficient in problemsolving, time and resource management, and capable of working independently.
  • Understanding of AGILE testing methods.
  • Postgraduate degree. Affiliation with Technology Institutes.

Our perks:

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Location - Our office is conveniently based in Toowong Village shopping centre - a city fringe location with access to retail, restaurants, various parking options and public transport.

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Extra leave:

  • Enjoy additional leave days on us You'll receive a paid 'ME' day and one paid volunteer leave day annually. Team members can also purchase up to two additional weeks of leave per year.
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Paid parental leave:

  • We support our new parents with paid parental leave and other benefits.
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Workplace giving:

  • If you're passionate about a cause, then we are too we offer workplace giving and we'll dollarmatch your donations to registered charities.
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Development opportunities:

  • We're championing your development with internal programs and access to a wide range of online courses.
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Employee discounts:

  • You'll receive discounts on Budget Direct insurance products.
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Reward and recognition:

  • We reward high performance with employee recognition, reward and incentive schemes.

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Onsite facilities

  • There are excellent endoftrip facilities on offer and private spaces for nursing mothers.
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Get social:

  • Join our vibrant social and community activities including annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events across each of our sites.
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Perks App:

  • Access to an employee benefits and discounts app called 'Perks' offering your great discounts, offers and prog


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