Test Automation and Performance Test Analysts

Profectus; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is currently seeking expressions of interest for experienced Test Automation and Performance Test Analysts for upcoming ICT contract opportunities with Australian Government agencies. The role covers automated, performance, and non-functional testing for citizen-facing systems delivered by Agile teams, with a focus on CI/CD integration and release readiness.

Successful candidates will have extensive hands-on automation experience (Playwright/Selenium/Tosca) and performance testing

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in software testing on government or enterprise ICT programs.
• Hands-on test automation using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Tosca or similar.
• Performance testing using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad or k6.
• System, integration, regression and acceptance testing.
• Defect management and reporting in Jira, Azure DevOps or similar.
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification.
• Testing Microsoft Azure hosted or Dynamics 365 solutions.
• API testing using Postman, ReadyAPI or similar.
• Security or accessibility testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated regression test suites.
• Convert manual end-to-end test scripts into automated scripts.
• Plan and run performance, load, stress and soak tests against peak volume targets.
• Analyse performance results and identify bottlenecks with developers and infrastructure teams.
• Run functional, system and integration testing aligned to sprint delivery.
• Log, track and retest defects using test management tools.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Produce test plans, test summary reports and release readiness input.

Skills

Regression testing

Security testing

Accessibility testing

Defect management

CI/CD integration

Education

ISTQB Foundation/Advanced

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Tosca

JMeter

LoadRunner

NeoLoad

k6

Jira

Azure DevOps

Postman

ReadyAPI

Job description

Profectus is seeking expressions of interest from experienced Test Automation and Performance Test Analysts for future ICT contract opportunities across the Australian Government. Analysts will build and run automated and non-functional tests for large, citizen-facing systems delivered by Agile teams. The work covers test automation, performance and load testing, regression testing and test reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated regression test suites
• Convert manual end-to-end test scripts into automated scripts
• Plan and run performance, load, stress and soak tests against peak volume targets
• Analyse performance results and identify bottlenecks with developers and infrastructure teams
• Run functional, system and integration testing aligned to sprint delivery
• Log, track and retest defects using test management tools
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Produce test plans, test summary reports and release readiness input

Required Experience

• Minimum five years in software testing on government or enterprise ICT programs
• Hands-on test automation using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Tosca or similar
• Performance testing using tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, NeoLoad or k6
• System, integration, regression and acceptance testing
• Defect management and reporting in Jira, Azure DevOps or similar
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification
• Testing Microsoft Azure hosted or Dynamics 365 solutions
• API testing using Postman, ReadyAPI or similar
• Security or accessibility testing

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be an Australian Citizen
• Must hold a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

• Likely hybrid
• Canberra preferred

Why Profectus

Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.