Automation-First Testing Tech Lead

Yarra Valley Water; Healesville; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking at Mitcham

Flexible working arrangements

16 weeks paid parental leave

15 days paid personal leave

5 days paid reproductive leave

Job summary

Yarra Valley Water is seeking a Testing Tech Lead – Asset Domain to provide technical leadership across testing, ensuring reliable, secure software ready for release. You will lead test planning, drive automation standards, and work with developers, testers, and stakeholders to reduce manual effort while maintaining quality.

The role hands-on tests and automates, mentors the team, and strengthens testing capability while collaborating with delivery partners.

Qualifications

• ISTQB Foundation certification is mandatory.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and governance.
• Hands-on testing in DevOps/CI-CD pipelines using Docker/Jenkins/Bitbucket.

Responsibilities

• Plan and drive automation-first testing across the delivery lifecycle.
• Own System Integration Testing and coordinate with delivery partners.
• Mentor the team and build automation capability across the org.
• Engage with stakeholders to embed testing requirements in contracts.

Skills

Java

Python

Test planning

Stakeholder management

CI/CD

Education

ISTQB Foundation

ISTQB Advanced CTAL-TAE

Tools

Karate

Gatling

JMeter

Selenium

Postman

Docker

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Job description

Yarra Valley Water is seeking a Testing Tech Lead – Asset Domain to provide technical leadership across testing, ensuring reliable, secure software ready for release. You will lead test planning, drive automation standards, and work with developers, testers, and stakeholders to reduce manual effort while maintaining quality.

The role hands-on tests and automates, mentors the team, and strengthens testing capability while collaborating with delivery partners.