Test Automation Engineer

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus is seeking an experienced Test Automation Engineer to deliver automated testing and quality assurance for a secure Angular-based web application used by an Australian Government agency. The role focuses on automated test development, regression testing, and ensuring robust DevSecOps integration across the deployment pipeline.

You will work in an onsite team, collaborating with engineers and government staff to validate data migrations, verify security remediation, and document testing

Qualifications

• Experience automating tests for enterprise web apps.
• Hands-on with Angular apps.
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• ISTQB certification completed.
• Experience in Defence or government environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver test automation for an Angular-based enterprise web application.
• Develop and maintain automated tests for sustainment, remediation and feature work.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Support DevSecOps maturity uplift.
• Test data migration and integration changes.
• Verify vulnerability and SBOM remediation.
• Record, report and track defects.
• Document test approaches and results.
• Transfer knowledge to government staff.

Skills

Angular

Test automation

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Agile

Security remediation

Vulnerability testing

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

Job description

Profectus is seeking an experienced Test Automation Engineer to deliver test automation and quality assurance for a secure web application within an Australian Government agency. The application is built on Angular and aggregates data from multiple authoritative sources to support decision making. The work covers automated test development, regression testing, DevSecOps pipeline integration and testing of data migration changes.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver test automation for an Angular-based enterprise web application
• Develop and maintain automated tests for sustainment, remediation and feature work
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines
• Support DevSecOps maturity uplift
• Test data migration and integration changes
• Verify vulnerability and SBOM remediation
• Record, report and track defects
• Document test approaches and results
• Transfer knowledge to government staff

Required Experience

• Test automation experience on enterprise web applications
• Experience testing Angular-based applications
• Experience with UI and API test automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or Postman
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in agile delivery teams
• Experience working within Defence or another Australian Government agency
• Experience testing within the Defence Secret environment or other classified environments
• Experience testing data migrations
• Experience verifying security remediation
• ISTQB certification

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be an Australian Citizen
• Must have a current AGSVA NV1 Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

• Onsite

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.