Automation Test Lead

As our Automation Test Lead, you will be responsible for defining and implementing an automation testing strategy to increase automation across Core Product & Workflow Platforms delivery teams. This position is located at our Brisbane CBD office with the flexibility to work from home two days per week.

**You’ll make an impact by**:

- Define strategies and implement modern automation solutions with a focus on continuous integration pipelines working with both developers and test engineers to improve development, test, and release processes.
- Work closely with the technical teams to design, develop, execute and maintain automation scripts enabling and advocating an automation first approach.
- Research, investigate, socialise and implement emerging technologies via internal innovation of our automation, quality engineering, and performance functions
- Develop and implement a roadmap of technical improvement initiatives across testing frameworks
- Collaborate with delivery teams to maintain and expand test automation frameworks across User Interface, API and Performance
- Collaborate with delivery teams to implement User Interface test automation across web and mobile apps
- Design, develop and maintain API test automation scripts, service visualisation assets and performance testing scripts
- Collaborate with Development and DevOps teams to enhance mobile app build pipelines
- Mentor technical team members, providing support & reviewing code promoting a CI/CD culture
- Work closely with other teams to work on performance testing strategy

**Do things differently with us**
**To succeed in this role, you will have**:

- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a complex software delivery environment implementing high levels of automation
- Experience working within the financial services industry
- Strong experience in Selenium Web driver with exposure to Java and JavaScript
- Experience in API test automation and service virtualisation methodologies
- Experience designing and executing Performance testing for user interface and API using tools like JMeter
- Strong knowledge of revision control systems, branching and merging, and general git knowledge
- Knowledge of shell scripting including Powershell and Bash is highly regarded

**Why Great Southern Bank?**
Whatever your role with us, you’ll be part of a force for good. We’re owned by our customers right here in Australia, so our success benefits everyday people and families. Working at Great Southern Bank, you’ll also enjoy a range of fantastic benefits, some examples include:

- Helping you unlock a brighter future by investing in your development and wellbeing, offering you study leave, a day for you and professional wellbeing coaching.
- Benefits that support you and your wellbeing so that you can thrive at work and at home, today and tomorrow. Enjoy access to our wellbeing centre and the flexibility to work from home two days a week.
- Helping you to achieve your financial goals and positively impact your family and community. We offer discounts on a wide range of Great Southern Bank products and services such as savings and transaction accounts, insurance, home loans and more

**Imagine working for a bank that truly helps people. You can.**
- At Great Southern Bank, we're committed to building a strong, inclusive and diverse workplace, where people feel a sense of belonging and are valued, connected and respected. We value diverse backgrounds, cultures, abilities, ideas and experiences; recognising the benefits they bring to our work, our communities and the way we help our customers. We support and promote an inclusive culture through flexible ways of working, collaboration, and fair and equitable decision making that empowers our people to be at their best every day._