Automation Test Consultant

PERSOLKELLY is one of Australia's largest and longest serving recruitment providers. Delivering both quality temporary and permanent options.

**PERSOLKELLY brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOLKELLY, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.**

**Please Note
- Hybrid or fully Remote**

** Full Australian Work Rights Required**

Salary up to 130K + Super

Eligible for Annual leave and public holidays

Our Perth based client is recruiting for an Automation Test Consultant on a 12 month fixed term contract working full time, Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week.

The main purpose of the role addresses the automated testing needs of the current and upcoming systems while maintaining a consistent and improved end-user experience. This role will have the key responsibility of creating automation test frameworks from scratch through to implementation within the IT Department for our client.

**_What you'll do:_**
- Develop an Automation Test Strategy taking into consideration environment, tools & performance of client's systems and apps
- Drive an automation-first progression approach for System Testing and End-to-end Testing.
- Collaborating with the Test team & project team members to co-ordinate activities, identify and highlight risks and issues, provide estimates of work required and give regular updates during daily stand-up
- Help formulate the test automation roadmap and adoption plan
- Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks
- Proven experience in developing automation test frameworks from scratch through to implementation.
- Demonstrated experience and highly developed skill in the analysis, documentation, and modelling of test automation process.
- Comprehensive understanding of testing methodologies and strategies, with specific focus on Agile and Waterfall models.
- Develop end to end automation test suite for progressive and regression testing to minimize the overall manual testing effort whilst setting-up test cycles and reporting dashboards in test management tool.
- Demonstrated experience in defining automated test scenarios, test cases and scripts based on business requirements and use cases.
- Demonstrated experience using an industry standard testing tool for preparing and executing test cases along with tracking defects through the defect lifecycle.
- Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with design and business team members to evaluate and understand functional, technical, and business requirements.
- Upskill the existing manual testing team in automation testing

**_What you'll need:_**
- 3 years plus experience as an Automation Test Consultant
- Experience with distributed, integrated, and standalone environments
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Willingness to coach, support and mentor other team members
- (Desirable) Experience with Ranorex or Test Complete, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr

**Who are we**

At PERSOLKELLY, our passion is - and always has been - putting you first.

We propel our people forward by supporting their careers in fresh ways, backed by our expertise and capability.

We're committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment which values and respects diverse styles, backgrounds, experience and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

**So it's over to you. If you would like to join our team, please APPLY now.**

**To learn more about working with PERSOLKELLY, we encourage you to visit our website.