Automation Tester C#

Local Peoples is seeking enthusiastic and talented Automation Tester C# in the ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA to join our team as embedded members with our prestigious Government client.

Within the department, the Digital Solutions Division contributes delivering a wide range of digital programs and initiatives that support better digital experiences and improved outcomes for the department and its customers.Reporting to the team leader, the **Automation Tester** will work as a member of an agile delivery team delivering new or improved enterprise-class IT systems.In a predominantly Microsoft and Azure hybrid cloud technology environment, you will participate in agile ceremonies, and you will do a range of software development tasks as they relate to automated testing. You may work closely with Software Developers, Software Testers, Scrum Masters, System and Business Analysts, and Delivery Managers.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:
- Work under limited supervision
- Develop and maintain complex automated UI and API software tests in C#
- Execute, monitor, and report on automated tests and manage defects
- Utilise a custom Test automation framework - Selenium Grid, RESTful API, YAML CI/CD, Docker Container, Azure Kubernetes Services, Azure DevOps, GIT
- Follow best practice coding techniques and patterns when developing automated tests
- Participate in the department’s delivery framework including Agile ceremonies
- Update and maintain a Test Data API to enable test data creation
- Update NuGet packages
- Adapt UI and API tests for use during load and performance testing.
- Work closely with members of their Agile team including Developers and Testers to understand the functionality under test
- Assist with upskilling new or junior automated testers

**Essential Skills & Experience**:

- Extensive C# programming experience in large complex environments that utilise Agile iterative development.
- Extensive experience developing and executing API and Web Automated tests using RESTful API, YAML CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GIT, Test Data API and Selenium Grid.
- Demonstrated experience using coding patterns and principals such as SOLID, Page Object Model, SINGLETON and Page Factory.
- Strong personal qualities including well developed communication skills, an ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team, sound prioritisation, time management and organisational skills
- Willingness to use an existing custom Test automation framework, using a MS technology stack.
- Experience using Docker container and Kubernetes, and the ability adopt these technologies for Test Automation.
- Previous experience working in a government agency is highly desired.

**Residency & Clearance**:

- Must be an Australian citizen
- Must be open to work in ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA
- Hold a current baseline clearance or be able to obtain one

**Who are Local Peoples?**

Local Peoples is a strategic research and design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra.

Our mission is to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are proud to be a certified B-Corporation with a strong focus on our social, environmental and economic impact.

We work across brand and digital design, place and experience design,, content and community engagement. Our key partners include state and local government, social enterprises, universities and large commercial organisations. All are experiencing complex challenges right now and we believe that design research, thinking and delivery can help to solve these challenges and make positive change for people and the planet.

**Benefits of working with Local Peoples**:

- We are experts in team design and augmentation - supporting with the right skills and experience at the right time.
- We are leaders in the human centred design space with diverse design skills across brand design, service design, User interface (UI) and User experience (UX) design, design research, communications and place design.
- We are a certified B-Corporation and prioritise the social, environmental and economic impact of our work.
- Our people always have the full support of the studio to call upon for design thinking, tools and tips, so you are not just getting access to one bright mind, but a collective of many with diverse and deep experiences.
- We are top tier talent who are experienced and incredibly passionate about supporting the impact of your agency and the public sector

Local Peoples proudly supports the LGBTQ+ community, neurodiverse individuals, and First Nations people. We are committed to creating inclusive spaces where everyone, regardless of their identity, feels valued and respected. Together, we strive for equality and a positive future for all.

Local Peoples works, creates, and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong, and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never been ceded. We thank them for caring for this land for over 40,000 years and recognize and pay our deepest respe