Hybrid QA Specialist: Insurance Pricing & Rating

Blake Oliver Consulting; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blake Oliver Consulting seeks a Specialist, Testing (QA/Tester) to join a quality team supporting an Australian insurer's Consumer Lines Pricing platform. The role blends manual testing with Python-based automation, focusing on pricing rules, premiums and configuration accuracy in a live insurance product.

You will design and execute test cases, manage defects in Jira, and extend automation coverage with Bruno and API tests. Hybrid work in Sydney or Melbourne is available.

Qualifications

• Hands-on testing of pricing and rating functionality in Guidewire UI (PolicyCenter or equivalent).
• Experience with rate engines; Earnix experience preferred.
• Strong ability to write and execute manual test cases from requirements.
• Proficiency with Jira, Xray and Confluence for defect tracking and reporting.
• Exposure to backend API testing and a Python-based automation framework.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual test cases across feature, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
• Test pricing rules, premiums, and configuration changes across scenarios.
• Run, debug and extend existing Python-based automated tests (API and UI).
• Maintain and enhance automated test cases within the framework.
• Estimate test timeframes and communicate data/environment needs.
• Log defects in Jira; report via Xray and Confluence.
• Contribute to team testing practices and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Manual testing

Automation testing

Test case design

Agile

Defect triage

Tools

Guidewire UI

Bruno

Jira

Xray

Confluence

Postman

Python automation framework

Job description

Blake Oliver Consulting seeks a Specialist, Testing (QA/Tester) to join a quality team supporting an Australian insurer's Consumer Lines Pricing platform. The role blends manual testing with Python-based automation, focusing on pricing rules, premiums and configuration accuracy in a live insurance product.

You will design and execute test cases, manage defects in Jira, and extend automation coverage with Bruno and API tests. Hybrid work in Sydney or Melbourne is available.