Test Automation Lead

Contract Type

Contract

Location

New South Wales, Sydney

Industry

IT

Specialisation

Quality Assurance & Testing

Salary

AU$900 - AU$1000 per day

Contact Name

Michael Paton

Contact Email

michael@talenza.com.au

Date published

27-06-2025

Job Reference

BBBH18287

Description

Lead Test Automation Engineer
Location: Hybrid (2 days in office per week)
Department: Technology
Type: 6 month intial contract

About the Role
We're on the hunt for a passionate Test Automation Engineer to join a high-performing, lean quality engineering team. You'll own the automation strategy for high-throughput systems, crafting scalable, reliable automated tests and tooling that underpin our continuous delivery pipelines.

What You'll Do

  • Develop and maintain automated test scripts for APIs, UI, backend services and data validation
  • Integrate your tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps) to ensure quality in every deployment
  • Collaborate with developers, product owners and QA to define acceptance criteria and test approaches
  • Write and manage SQL queries to prepare and validate test data
  • Contribute to test planning, documentation and risk analysis activities

What We're Looking For

  • Proven experience in automation scripting using C#, Java or Python
  • Hands-on with frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, Pytest, Robot Framework, RestAssured, Karate or Specmatic
  • Familiarity with behaviour-driven tools like SpecFlow, Cucumber or Behave
  • Solid API testing experience with Postman, Insomnia or Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Strong SQL skills for querying relational databases
  • Experience using test management tools (Jira/Xray, TestRail, Zephyr or qTest) and reporting tools (Allure, Extent Reports, ReportPortal or Power BI)
  • Understanding of transactional processing systems and microservices architectures (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Nice-to-Have

  • Exposure to event-driven testing or asynchronous systems
  • Experience with ML/LLM testing frameworks or OpenTelemetry
  • ISTQB certifications (Foundation, Test Automation Engineer or AI Testing)

Why Join Us?

  • Work within a supportive, energetic team that values continuous learning
  • Sharpen your skills on modern delivery pipelines and high-throughput transactional platforms
  • Hybrid work model: flexible office days to collaborate and remote days for deep focus

How to Apply
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