Contract Type
Contract
Reference
BH-371176
Industry
IT
Salary
per hour - Min: AUD 115 - Max: AUD 130
**Location**: ACT.
- **Contract**: 12-month contract with 2x12 month extension.
- **Eligibility**: Australian citizenship and Baseline security clearance required.
- Flexible working arrangements, (WFH 2-3 days per week)_
**About the opportunity**:
Seeking an Automation Test Analyst to develop and implement the test automation suite in-line with Enterprise Test Automation Guardrails, supporting functional/system testing which make up the Department's core business processing systems.
- You will identify opportunities for automation within software processes, using scripts that test functionality through analysis, test preparation, test execution, test data management, defect management, and technical troubleshooting activities.
- **Duties**:
- Prepare, create, maintain, execute and review test requirements and scripts, derived from design analysis and liaise with design, build and business teams
- Perform script analysis, test estimation, track work against estimates, report variances to team management, and manage resources to ensure project deliverables are met
- Create, execute, and report high-quality test artefacts such as matrix, cases, defects, complex test data.
- Raise defects, gather information for defect entries and identifying points of failure and organising resources in the investigation of issue.
- Review testing artefacts, including strategies, plans, risk assessments, test specifications and/or status reports.
- Review project documents with the ability to analyse highly complex systems and interdependencies, identifying key automation tests with a view on Return on Investment.
- Monitor, analyse and provide recommendations to improve ROI and funnel effectiveness, as well as optimise and streamline existing scripts and processes.
- Identify, design, build, and maintain test automation suites using appropriate tools.
- Provide recommendations towards financial planning and budgeting within the project and using sound judgement collates and provides an analysis of financial data and reports to facilitate decision making.
- Coach, mentor, and provide on-the-job training to automation resources and manual testers participating in automation training.
- Improve test automation capabilities to increase efficiencies in delivery and support.
**Demonstrated experience (6+ years) as a Senior Technical/Automation Test Analyst, including**:
- Desirable Programming/scripting (Java & C#).
- Testing automation tools (Selenium, Appium, SOAP UI, TestNG, JUnit, MsTest, Postman, Tosca)
- Working in CI/CD environment/ Test automation Pipeline using YAML.
- Mobile test automation and API automation.
- Test Management tools and DevOps tool chain.
- Working with various testing methodologies including Waterfall and Agile.
- Delivery focused, demonstrated track record of seeing projects through to completion.
**Mandatory**:
- High level of capability with a range of test automation tools and languages, such as VBScript/VB.NET, Selenium, Appium, Java, C#, Rest Assured, Rest Sharp, Maven, SoapUI, JavaScript, SQL, NoSQL, HTML, and other languages.
- ISTQB Advanced Level Test Analyst or equivalent.
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Certification in automation tools such as Tricentis TOSCA or similar enterprise scale commercial test automation tools.
**_ Hourly rates will be dependant on experience._**
For more information or for a confidential discussion, please contact Ebony Henderson on 02 6113 7534, alternatively please APPLY NOW for consideration of this role.