Senior API Automation Engineer (Microservices) – Contract

PRA; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 166,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

PRA is seeking a Senior Automation Tester for a 6-month contract in Melbourne, with hybrid work setup. The role focuses on automated testing of APIs and microservices, building scalable test frameworks, and embedding quality within CI/CD pipelines. Strong Java and REST API automation skills are essential.

The position offers day-rate compensation in AUD and an opportunity for extension, within a major Australian program that emphasises high-profile integrations and transformation work.

Qualifications

• Hands-on automation testing for APIs and microservices.
• Experience building scalable automated test frameworks.
• Ability to embed quality into CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on automation testing for APIs and microservices.
• Build and maintain scalable automated test frameworks.
• Embed quality into CI/CD processes.

Skills

Java 11+

JUnit 5

REST API

Spring Boot

Microservices

Gatling

WireMock

Hoverfly

MockServer

CI/CD

Jenkins

Bamboo

Docker

Cloud

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Git

JIRA

API security

Tools

Jenkins

Bamboo

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Git

JIRA

Job description

PRA is seeking a Senior Automation Tester for a 6-month contract in Melbourne, with hybrid work setup. The role focuses on automated testing of APIs and microservices, building scalable test frameworks, and embedding quality within CI/CD pipelines. Strong Java and REST API automation skills are essential.

The position offers day-rate compensation in AUD and an opportunity for extension, within a major Australian program that emphasises high-profile integrations and transformation work.