Senior Quality Engineer | Test Automation Specialist

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Telstra’s an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We’re Australia’s leading Telco + tech company, spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries.

What we offer

• Flex appeal; work when and from where suits you best
• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• 16 weeks paid parental leave, for primary and secondary carers
• Purchased annual leave scheme
• Laptop, mobile phone + plan; you’ll never see a phone bill
• Extra day off per year, for you to use as you like
• 30% off Telstra Products and Services         

What you’ll do  

• Lead the shift-left movement—bake quality into development from day one. You'll take the lead in embedding quality from the very first line of code!
• Teach & inspire teams to write testable, high-quality code and implement automation smartly (TDD, BDD, unit testing space —you name it!).
• Be the quality evangelist in Telstra—mentor teams, drive best practices, and set the standard for test automation. Coach and mentor developers, teaching them how to test better and earlier.
• Architect rock-solid test automation frameworks that scale across microservices, APIs, and cloud-based platforms.
• Collaborate, innovate, and challenge the norm—quality is a team sport here, and you’ll help level up the entire engineering squad in Telstra.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines with intelligent automation that reduces manual intervention. Be the go-to expert on quality—from test strategies to DevSecOps pipelines, you’ll set the gold standard.
• Dive deep into performance, security, and reliability testing to ensure our systems can handle anything.
• Improve test efficiency by eliminating flaky tests and ensuring reliable automation across platforms.
• Stay on top of emerging tech, introducing innovative testing approaches to make quality engineering smarter.

About you

• A problem-solver who thrives in complex, large-scale projects and challenges the status quo, and shaking things up for the better. 
•  A Continuous learner, eager to grow and make an impact
• A hands-on expert in test automation (Java, Selenium, Playwrite, Cucumber, RestAssured, API/Microservice testing), you make quality seamless through code.
• Strong knowledge of TDD, BDD, and CI/CD pipelines—because testing is part of development, not an afterthought.
• You've designed and built scalable automation frameworks that keep up with fast-moving, distributed systems. 
• Passion for mentoring and coaching teams— You'll help developers level up their test-first mindset and write rock-solid quality-oriented code.
• Strong database testing skills, performance testing expertise, and understanding of infrastructure testing.
• Ability to collaborate with leadership, developers, and product teams to drive quality as a culture.
• Deep experience in DevOps, cloud platforms (Azure preferably), and microservices contract testing - you know how modern apps should be tested.

Bonus points

• You've helped build a quality-first culture in previous roles.
• Experience in implementing any AI-driven test automation to enhance productivity.
• You’ve worked in telecom (OSS/BSS).
• You have a solid grasp of security testing and validating AI results—and you're not afraid to dive in and get hands-on when needed.
• You’ve dabbled in AI-driven test automation (or are super keen to learn it).
• Experience in performance and load testing of applications and api’s at super crazy volumes.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.