Senior Test & Release Manager

Telstra Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra seeks a Senior Test & Release Manager in Melbourne to lead test planning, strategy and quality engineering across the TNI transformation portfolio. You will define release schedules, readiness assessments, and manage production deployment activities, coordinating across business, architecture, engineering, DevOps and operations teams.

You will oversee QA for large-scale inventory platform migrations and modernisation initiatives, driving test automation and CI/CD testing with JMeter, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in senior test and release management roles.
• Experience leading test strategy and production readiness for enterprise platforms.
• Proven ability to drive data migrations and transformations with data quality focus.
• Strong experience with Neo4j graph data modelling, migration and validation.
• Hands-on CI/CD testing and test automation across large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead test planning, strategy execution and quality engineering across the transformation portfolio.
• Define release schedules, readiness assessments and production deployment activities.
• Coordinate end-to-end testing across business, architecture, engineering, DevOps, and operations teams.
• Oversee QA for large-scale inventory platform migrations, transformations and modernization initiatives.
• Drive test automation, performance testing and CI/CD testing with tools like JMeter.
• Manage release governance including risk, dependencies, change control and stakeholder approvals.
• Validate data migrations with quality, integrity and reconciliation using Neo4j.
• Monitor platform performance and observability with New Relic.
• Lead production readiness reviews and ensure successful releases into live environments.
• Mentor testing, release and delivery teams; report statuses to stakeholders.
• Maintain governance artefacts and reporting using Jira, Confluence and Copilot.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Test planning

Release governance

Data migrations

Neo4j graph data

CI/CD testing

Observability

Tools

JMeter

New Relic

Neo4j

Jira

Confluence

Copilot

Job description

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

9 Nov 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior Test & Release Manager

Job Summary

Job Description What You'll Do: Lead test planning, test strategy execution, and quality engineering activities across the TNI transformation portfolio. Define and govern release schedules, release readiness assessments, and production deployment activities. Coordinate end-to-end testing across business, architecture, engineering, DevOps, and operations teams. Oversee quality assurance for large-scale Inventory platform migrations, transformations, and system modernisation initiatives. Drive test automation, performance testing, and continuous testing practices within CI/CD pipelines using tools such as JMeter. Manage release governance processes, including risk identification, dependency management, change control, and stakeholder approvals. Validate inventory and graph data migrations, ensuring data quality, integrity, and reconciliation using Neo4j expertise. Monitor platform performance, stability, and operational health through observability and monitoring solutions such as New Relic. Partner with solution architects and engineering teams to review solution designs and ensure testability, scalability, and operational readiness. Lead production readiness reviews and ensure successful implementation of releases into live environments. Facilitate defect triage, issue resolution, root cause analysis, and remediation activities throughout the delivery lifecycle. Provide leadership, mentoring, and direction to testing, release, and delivery teams across complex transformation programs. Engage regularly with business stakeholders to communicate delivery status, risks, quality metrics, and release outcomes. Maintain delivery documentation, governance artefacts, and reporting using Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Copilot. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across testing, release management, quality assurance, and operational support processes.

About You

At least 5 years' experience as Senior Test and Release Manager Deep expertise in TNI, NNI, NDSD and OSS/BSS Inventory platforms and transformation initiatives Leadership of test strategy, quality engineering, release governance and production readiness for enterprise platforms Proven delivery of large-scale data migration and transformation programs Strong Neo4j expertise, including graph data modelling, migration and validation Hands-on JMeter performance engineering and CI/CD testing experience Expertise in New Relic monitoring, observability and operational support Experience in solution design, architecture reviews, APIs, microservices and platform optimisation Strong stakeholder management across business, architecture, engineering, DevOps and operations teams Proficient in Microsoft Copilot, Jira and Confluence for delivery governance and productivity Leadership of complex cross-functional transformation programs, including risk, dependency and release management.

About the Company

We’re an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. From our earliest days in the Postmaster General’s Office to the Australian icon we are today, the heart of Telstra has never changed. We’ve always been committed to being a great place to work as we make the world a better place too. Working at Telstra, we all have a why. Whether it’s endless career opportunities, an amazing work-life balance or being able to make a difference, we all know why we’re motivated to be our best here. Our people find purpose and pride in being part of Telstra, because we support the things that matter most. We are committed to making it easy for everyone to apply. If you require accessibility support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to Disability and Accessibility inbox. [e-mail]. In a business as big and diverse as ours, there’s a huge breadth of career paths available. Uncover opportunities, broaden your experience, and discover the many areas of our organization there is to explore. > Explore our teams https://www.telstra.com.au/careers/our-teams