Automation Test Lead

**Automation Test Lead**

**Brisbane OR Sydney OR Melbourne**

**12 month fixed term contract**
- Join an Enterprise Testing team made up of supportive and highly experienced practitioners and leaders
- Lead and perform hands-on End-to-End Automation Testing, critical role for the business
- Flexible work model, 12 month fixed term contract

**About the role**:
This is a unique 12 month fixed term contract for an experienced Automation Test Lead responsible for managing and enhancing automation testing processes, ensuring they meet engineering standards, and driving improvements. This role ensures the stability and reliability of our systems by developing and maintaining automated test scripts for Business Regression Testing (BRT) and Production Verification Testing (PVT).

The role involves leading an offshore Automation Test Engineer and coordinating with stakeholders to support automation activities, maintaining test suites for BRT and PVT using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, and building automation capabilities within the Enterprise Delivery Testing Chapter team.

This role will also be required to build test automation capability among other Enterprise Delivery Testing Chapter team members.

This is a fantastic hands-on opportunity to really showcase your end-to-end automation testing skills in a critically important role to ensure any changes do not impact the business.

**What you'll do**:

- Define and implement an effective end to end business regression automation testing strategy, considering the criticality of business processes across systems.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for end-to-end business regression testing and production verification testing to ensure the integrity and functionality of critical business processes.
- Collaborate with business test analysts, test manager, product owner, and development teams to understand business requirements and design comprehensive business regression test suites
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize business scenarios for regression testing and production verification testing
- Configure and integrate automated tests into the Jenkins CI/CD pipeline to ensure that tests are executed automatically as part of the software delivery process.
- Conduct workshops and provide hands-on guidance to Enterprise Delivery Test team members to enhance their automation skills.
- Manage the workload of Automation Test Engineers, ensuring tasks are appropriately assigned and deadlines met.

**About you**:

- Minimum 5 years Test Automation experience in UI, Mobile and Mainframe testing is ESSENTIAL
- 2+ years as automation test lead, maintained automation work backlog
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level Certification (CTFL) - mandatory.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language commonly used for test automation, such as Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript.
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git for managing and tracking changes to test scripts and test assets.
- Proficiency in testing APIs using tools like Postman, REST Assured, or tools integrated with programming languages.
- Familiarity with test management tools for test case management, execution, and reporting (e.g., Jira)
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Travis CI).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the passion to share your knowledge with team members

**What we can offer you**:

- Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as insurance products.
- A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks paid secondary carer parental leave and unlimited paid emergency response leave.
- Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs.
- Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
- Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council.

**About Suncorp**:
We're proud to be a part of the Suncorp family alongside some of Australia's most trusted and diverse names in insurance. Together, we share a drive to make the complex simple and bring our customers peace of mind when it matters most - while helping to evolve and innovate the ways we can serve our community every day. That comes with all kinds of exciting opportunities for you to grow your own career. Whether you're guiding people through life's biggest moments or providing them with support in times they need it most, you'll be driven forward by our shared customer obsession and supported at every step of the journey.

For over 100 years Suncorp has been driven by our guiding Purpose - to build futures and protect what matters. To ensure we deliver on that Purpose, we've made a commitment, built on trust, empowerment, and flexibility - to help our people unlock their full potential and unleash their best