APS6 Automation Test Engineer

2 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Talent – Specialists in tech, transformation & beyond Full time $70,000 - $120,000 per year

The opportunity:

Our highly valued client is a federal government agency. They are seeking an experienced APS6 level Automation Test Engineer to implemented automated testing solutions across Salesforce, and a range of digital technology platforms for a large federal government agency.

  • Richmond location plus hybrid work-from-home
  • 12 month initial contract + 12 month extension, rates fully negotiable
  • Role only open to Australian Citizens - Federal government client

The role:

As an APS6 Automation Tester, you will embed effective test automation technologies, practices and execution across a suite of new leading-edge strategic technology solutions being delivered by the Digital Platforms Branch, including cloud hosted platforms, Mobile applications, CRM portals and more. Automated testing of Salesforce solutions will be a core component of your role. Working closely with the Test Manager, the Automation Tester will work within a Scrum team to establish and integrate test automation within the Scrum workflow and build processes. You have an integral role in the team, driving quality and efficiency. Your duties will include:

  • Implement automation frameworks, ensuring usability, effectiveness, efficiency and maintainability are met
  • Ensuring that frameworks support backend and UI components, with a particular emphasis on Accessibility
  • Set standards for writing test code and automation coding principles to be used across the team
  • Drive in-Sprint delivery of automated tests meeting acceptance criteria and enabling the Definition of Done
  • Write tests and supporting automation code
  • Create manual scenarios
  • Contribute to the continual improvement of automation testing practices
  • Support the Test Manager to grow the team of automation testers and breadth of coverage

Skills and experience:

To succeed in this role you will need:

  • 5+ years in Test Automation roles, with broad experience that includes Salesforce Testing
  • Strong skills with functional automation using tools such as Playwright (preferred), Selenium WebDriver, and BDD frameworks like Cucumber
  • Experience building and executing automated test regimes as part of a DevOps team using CI/CD methodologies
  • Experience using continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, and building automation test pipelines
  • Strong experience testing REST API using Postman, testing Salesforce and MuleSoft based solutions, and writing automation scripts for REST API tests
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computing Science or Mathematics or another relevant technical field
  • Strong Agile or SAFe Experience proven in large enterprise or government organisations

Please note that our client is a federal government organisation and can only consider Australian Citizens who are eligible to obtain a Baseline security clearance.

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