Assistant Quality Assurance Engineer

NSW Department of Customer Service; City of Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 106,000 - 114,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Revenue NSW is seeking an Assistant Quality Assurance Engineer to join our API testing team. The role focuses on designing and implementing automated API tests, debugging issues, and ensuring reliability across services.

You will work with development and product teams to build scalable test frameworks, integrate tests into CI/CD, and perform rigorous functional and non-functional testing in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Proficient in automation tools and frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, JUnit).
• Strong API testing skills using Postman or Rest Assured.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI for automated testing.
• Experience designing automated tests for functional and non-functional testing (Performance).
• Solid understanding of manual testing concepts: functional, regression, integration, system testing.
• Ability to write test scripts including SQL commands and validating results.

Responsibilities

• Create test plans, test status and summary reports.
• Analyse business requirements, user stories and system solution.
• Provide testing competencies to ensure efficient, timely testing with the team.
• Manage automated testing to deliver quality within deadlines.
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks for APIs and CI/CD integration.
• Execute functional, non-functional and regression tests; monitor compliance and report quality.

Skills

Selenium

Cypress

Cucumber

JUnit

APIs testing

Tools

Postman

Rest Assured

Jenkins

GitLab CI

HP QC

JIRA

Playwright

Job description

Assistant Quality Assurance Engineer
Temporary grade 5/6 role till June 2027 with view for extension
Salary ranging from $106,182 -$113,579 + super

Flexible working across Revenue NSW office location with Parramatta as the base location

About Us

Revenue NSW is the state's principal revenue management agency. We are part of the Department of Customer Service. Our purpose is to contribute to a prosperous, safe and fair society by collecting revenue, resolving fines, administering grants and recovering debt. We support flexible working practices with staff working remotely during this time.

About the Role

We are currently seeking to appoint a Assistant Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong background in API testing to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and performance of our API services. You will work closely with the development and product teams to design and implement automated API tests, debug issues, and ensure the reliability of our systems.

In this role you will:

• Create test plans, test status and summary reports.
• Analyse the business requirements, user stories and system solution.
• Provide the superior testing competencies to ensure testing is efficient and completed in time using planning skills and working with the assigned team.
• Manage the use of automated testing for the assigned work in an efficient and productive manner to ensure testing is delivered to quality and within time parameters.
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks for APIs, integrating them into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous testing.
• Execute functional, non-functional, and regression tests (as applicable)
• This role will include compliance monitoring, issue resolution and reporting to provide consistent quality assurance.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proficient in popular automation tools and frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, JUnit
• Proficiency in API testing tools like Postman, Rest Assured
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI for automating the testing and deployment process.
• Experience designing and developing automated tests for both functional and non-functional testing (Performance testing).
• A good understanding of manual testing concepts and experience in functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, and system testing.
• Experience of writing test scripts including the required SQL commands and reference to validating results.
• Knowledge of enterprise level testing suites such as HP QC, JIRA, Selenium, PlayWright etc.
• Test planning and management of testing in large enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable testing within an Agile delivery model, preferably Scrum.
• Ability to work to deadlines and balance competing needs

About Revenue NSW

Revenue NSW is the state's principal revenue management agency and is part of the Department of Customer Service.

Revenue Digital provides a suite of contemporary digital services for NSW Government customers and staff that administer grants, resolve fines and collect revenue for the State in a fair, efficient and timely manner. We do this in line with legislation, customer expectations and industry best practices, to make it easier for over 100,000 businesses and more than three million individuals to interact with the NSW Government. We focus on simplifying processes and improving access to services through modern, user-centred digital solutions.

We are proud of our diverse and regional team and welcome flexible working. We are open to this role being based at any one of our offices - Parramatta, Lithgow, Maitland, Gosford, Wollongong. Regular travel may be required to engage with the team and our partners.

Why work for Revenue NSW? There are lots of reasons why a role with us is rewarding:

• Flexible office location across NSW
• Hybrid working, compressed hours and generous leave conditions, so you can make time for what counts
• Accrued Days Off (days in lieu) in addition to Annual Leave
• Ongoing access to industry approved self-learning tools
• Career agility including opportunities to work on different programs
• The opportunity for meaningful work that matters to all of us in NSW
• Corporate wellbeing programs with access to Fitness passport

Salary Grade 5/6, with the base salary for this role starting at $106,182 base plus superannuation

Closing Date: 16th September 2026, Wednesday at 10 am

Careers at Department of Customer Service

A career at the Department of Customer Service (DCS) gives you the opportunity to help improve government services and be part of reform that benefits people across NSW. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service, digital transformation, and regulatory reform. Come join us and influence the future of our great state.

Belong in our diverse and inclusive workplace

The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.

We provide adjustments to the recruitment process for candidates, including individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment during the recruitment process, including alternate formats or have questions about the support available, please contact Talent Operations on 02 8276 8*** or *************@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.

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