At eSafety, we are pioneers in online safety regulation, leading global efforts to combat digital harms and foster safer, more positive online experiences for all Australians.
Our mission is bold and far-reaching.
From tackling cyberbullying and child sexual exploitation, to confronting emerging harms brought about by new innovations such as generative AI and immersive technologies, we oversee Australia's online safety landscape.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in a small and growing agency working on the front lines of online safety working within the Technology, Data and Digital Enablement (TDDE) Branch. The Branch is focused on enabling eSafety to achieve its strategic priorities, performance targets and operational outcomes through the delivery of high quality, contemporary and innovative corporate services, best practice research and analysis, and targeted capability development.
Three roles are being advertised:
* Test Manager – Executive Level 1
* Senior Automation Tester – Executive Level 1
* Test Analyst – APS Level 6
Each provide a key role in ensuring eSafety's systems are designed and built to high standards and operate to requirements. Each will develop strong working relationships across the Technology and Engineering teams, business lines, and their peers to develop and implement testing best practices in the eSafety development environment.
The key duties applicable to all three roles include:
* Monitoring testing progress to help inform reporting on key metrics such as risks, issues and resolutions.
* Building relationships across teams to identify and resolve issues associated with testing processes, procedures and policies.
* Maintaining currency with testing best practices and automated tooling to ensure testing is of high standard and performed in the most efficient way.
In addition to the shared duties, the Test Manager duties will also include:
* Leading and mentoring a team of software testers, including forward planning, work assignment, and mentoring staff.
* Collaborating with executive leadership, business Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), project teams, and external vendors to ensure successful system integrations and deployments.
* Leading and hands-on involvement in test execution, and owning the defect recording, reporting and resolution processes.
* Establishing test strategies, standards, plans, and automation frameworks for functional, non-functional, integration, performance, user acceptance, and security testing.
In addition to the shared duties, the Senior Automation Tester duties will also include:
* Designing, executing, maintaining, and improving testing procedures and scripts using accepted test management tools.
* Identifying and implementing test automation improvements to existing testing processes to further coverage and efficiencies.
* Coordinating tests with internal teams, logging thorough bug and issue items, and compiling reports to clearly communicate successes and issues.
* Managing your time to ensure testing progresses and automation improvements are realised within agreed Business-As-Usual (BAU) and project-related deadlines.
In addition to the shared duties, the Test Analyst duties will also include:
* Planning and conducting testing of new systems and upgrades with the Test Manager and the testing team.
* Implementing testing procedures appropriate to the system being tested, using accepted test management tools.
* Coordinating tests with internal teams, logging thorough bug and issue items, and compiling reports to clearly communicate successes and issues.
Candiates must have a tertiary degree in Computing Science, Engineering, or equivalent to be considered. Further mandatory experience and qualifications for each role have been included in the candidate pack, along with information about how you can apply.
To be eligible for employment with eSafety, applicants must be Australian citizens.
Technical assistance: For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email before the closing date.