Senior Test Automation Engineer – Canberra Hybrid

ZSoft Technologies Pty Ltd; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

ZSoft Technologies Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer for a federal government engagement. You will design, build and improve automated testing solutions across complex digital and legacy environments, combining strong software engineering skills with risk-based testing and quality assurance.

This opportunity is available to candidates based in ACT or willing to relocate to Canberra for the engagement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing, coding, implementing and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks and reusable test suites.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or an equivalent language.
• Practical experience automating API, integration, UI and end-to-end testing using contemporary tools and engineering practices.
• Experience integrating automated testing with CI/CD pipelines, source control, branching strategies, automated quality gates and actionable reporting.
• Strong capability in risk-based test design, defect investigation, root cause analysis, test data and environment management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable automation frameworks, reusable libraries and test suites covering API, UI, integration, system and end-to-end testing.
• Develop risk-based test approaches, plans, regression packs, acceptance criteria and quality gates, maintaining traceability across requirements, tests, defects and results.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, source control and release processes, including smoke testing, regression testing and deployment verification.
• Establish repeatable test data and environment configurations, using synthetic or masked data where appropriate.
• Investigate test failures, incidents and defects, perform root cause analysis and translate recurring production issues into automated regression coverage.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, business analysts, operations teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Automation framework design

Programming languages

CI/CD integration

Risk-based testing

Test data management

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Debugging

Education

Tertiary qualification in software/testing

Certifications (ISTQB or equivalent)

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Test management tools

Job description

ZSoft Technologies Pty Ltd in Canberra is seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer for a federal government engagement. You will design, build and improve automated testing solutions across complex digital and legacy environments, combining strong software engineering skills with risk-based testing and quality assurance.

This opportunity is available to candidates based in ACT or willing to relocate to Canberra for the engagement.