Senior Tester

Department : Digital

Division: Energy Markets & Corporate Digital Systems

Reference number: 12504

Engagement type: Permanent

Norwest and Melbourne office locations considered

AEMO at the Heart of Energy
AEMO is Australia's independent energy system and market operator and system planner. AEMO's purpose is to ensure safe, reliable and affordable energy today, and enable the energy transition for the benefit of all Australians. Australian governments are now committed to a net zero economy for Australia by 2050 and our vision is to enable this. We have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-design the future of our energy systems, and our core values revolve around character, commitment, and connection. Join us as we contribute to this significant transition in the energy sector.

Enterprise Application Services is responsible for ensuring AEMO's Market Systems have the required functionality, reliability, security and flexibility to support the cost-effective operation and development of the National Energy Market (NEM), Electricity and Gas Retail Markets (FRC), Victorian Gas Wholesale market (DGWM), Gas Supply Hub (GSH) and the Short Term Trading Market (STTM) and meets National Electricity Rule and National Gas Rule requirements.

The Senior Tester role ensures that this is accomplished by designing and executing testing of the developed solutions, and providing technical SME advice, support, implementation activities associated with system changes and providing 24 x 7 second level callout support.

The role

• Analysis of requirements and specifications to develop Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test objectives and test scenarios that give coverage over functionality, business service levels, network, security and platform issues in the Market systems
• Execution of the test plans and adherence to test standards.
• Creating efficient test data to establish baseline and reusability of the same data set.
• Designing and delivering test automation processes associated with testing to maximise the test efficiency.
• Managing, training and supervising contractor project test resources to meet project objectives.
• Creating and maintaining Test Environment, IT support activities during UAT and co-ordination during Software Deployment phases.

Experience And Knowledge

• A solid understanding of the principles and practices associated with the testing of information technology projects.
• Extensive testing experience in Functional, System integration, Regression and E2E testing.
• Testing Web based, Client server applications and Batch applications.
• API testing – SOAP & Restful
• Knowledge of JSON, XML and Swagger files.
• Ability to write stubs for testing purposes if necessary.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL with relational database management systems (preferably Oracle or SQL Server), including experience creating test data for large datasets using joins, averages, CASE statements, and aggregate functions for comprehensive database validation.
• Proven hands-on experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) frameworks, and CI/CD integration pipelines
• Expertise in Atlassian tools, including Jira for agile planning and tracking, and Confluence for collaborative documentation
• Test Management tools such as Quality Center / ALM / Service Now/PractiTest.
• A desire to contribute to cultural development, in respect to working conditions, team cohesion, communication and promotion of positive working environment and demonstrate behaviours that align with AEMO values and core competencies.

Education/ Certificates

• Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science and/or Engineering or equivalent

In Return Some Of Our Benefits To You

• Flexible working: work from home, part time, job share, hybrid options, and additional leave options
• Professional development via projects, industry networks, job rotation, study assistance and more.
• Give back with up to 4 days of volunteering leave per year.
• Reward your hard work with annual performance bonuses (subject to eligibility).
• Embrace a healthier you with our wellness program, discounted health insurance, gym perks and our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Our Process
AEMO values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, welcoming applications from all backgrounds without regard to age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race, religion and our First Nation peoples. We are dedicated to accommodating applicants' needs during the application or interview process, simply let us know by emailing .

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