Testing Tech Lead - Asset Domain

Yarra Valley Water Corporation; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

16 weeks paid parental leave

15 days paid personal leave

5 days paid reproductive leave

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Yarra Valley Water is seeking a Testing Tech Lead - Asset Domain to provide technical leadership across testing activities, ensuring software is reliable, secure and ready for release. You will lead test planning and delivery, collaborate with developers, stakeholders and delivery partners, and drive automation to reduce manual effort.

The role combines hands-on testing with mentoring, fostering innovation and continuous improvement, in a true hybrid work setup with Mitcham office and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in test automation strategy.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools listed above.
• Programming experience in Java or Python.
• Experience integrating automated testing into DevOps/CI–CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of IT SDLC and Quality Engineering practices.
• ISTQB Foundation Certification is mandatory.
• ISTQB Advanced Level in Test Automation Engineering is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan the transition from manual to automation-first testing.
• Lead and coordinate testing across the delivery lifecycle.
• Mentor the team and build automation capability.
• Engage with vendors and embed testing requirements in RFT/SoW documents.

Skills

Test automation

CI/CD

Java

Python

Stakeholder mgmt

Mentoring

Automation strategy

Maximo GIS (adv)

Education

ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Advanced: TAE (desirable)

Tools

Karate

Gatling

JMeter

Selenium

Postman

Docker

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Job description

• True hybrid working - work from home and our Mitcham office
• $167,192 per annum inclusive of 12% superannuation

About Us

We're on a mission to create a brighter future, where you can be a change maker at the actual source. We're one of Australia's largest water utilities with over 30% of Victoria's population relying on us for their essential water and sanitation services.

Our award-winning culture fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible environment that enables our people to thrive. Here, you'll be inspired and challenged to grow alongside us.

We're committed to reconciliation and supporting the self-determined role for Traditional Owners/Custodians in water and land management.

The Role

The Testing Tech Lead - Asset Domain provides technical leadership across testing activities, ensuring software is reliable, secure and ready for release.

The role leads test planning and delivery across the development lifecycle, working closely with developers, testers, business stakeholders and delivery partners to manage testing, resolve defects and ensure quality from System Integration Testing through to User Acceptance Testing.

A key focus is improving test automation by setting standards, building reusable frameworks and developing automated tests to reduce manual effort.

The role also takes a hands-on approach to testing and automation, while mentoring the team, sharing knowledge and building strong testing capability.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Planning & strategy - lead the transition from manual testing to an automation-first approach, driving the adoption of efficient and scalable testing practices. Define the test automaton strategy and approach for each project, ensuring it aligns with the project goals and delivery requirements.
• Test lifecycle & ownership - lead and coordinate testing activities across the delivery lifecycle, ensuring effective planning, execution and delivery. Take ownership of System Integration Testing, working closely with delivery partners.
• Team enablement & capability building - assess the team's current automation skills, identify capability gaps and develop pathways to support the transition. Foster a culture of innovation, learning and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise influence & external vendor engagement - build strong relationships with delivery partners and ensure testing and automation requirements are embedded in RFT and SoW documents

What we're Looking for

• Proven experience in test automation strategy, including frameworks, governance and adoption.
• Hands‑on experience with test automation tools such as Karate, Gatling, JMeter, Selenium and Postman, or equivalent.
• Programming experience in Java, Python or equivalent languages.
• Experience integrating automated testing into DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, using tools such as Docker, Jenkins and Bitbucket.
• Strong understanding of IT SDLC, solution architecture and Quality Engineering practices, including Shift-Left, TDD and BDD.
• Experience across performance, security, mobile, regression and integration testing (manual and automated).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across multiple teams and business domains.
• Experience coaching and mentoring team members to build automation capability.
• Experience with Maximo and/or GIS systems would be highly regarded
• ISTQB Foundation Certification (or equivalent) - mandatory.
• ISTQB Advanced Level - Test Automation Engineering (CTAL-TAE) - desirable

Why Yarra Valley Water?
We celebrate and encourage new thinking at every level. Creating opportunities for you to grow - both professionally, and personally. When you flourish, we all do.

• $167,192 per annum inclusive of 12% superannuation
• Flexible working arrangements where our people are empowered to design their days with their team. Read our hybrid playbook HERE.
• Free and secure on-site parking with on-site café at our Mitcham office.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• 15 days paid personal leave, which can be used for caring, illness, wellbeing and mental health needs.
• 5 days paid reproductive leave which can be used for experiencing symptoms or undergoing procedures associated with issues such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, PCOS, prostate health, or IVF.
• Request to swap certain public holidays for another day of paid leave.

Did you Know?

Research shows that men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, while women and other marginalised people tend to only apply when they meet all of them. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily tick every box, please apply or get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

We welcome applications from everyone, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people of all cultural backgrounds.

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks, if required for the position. This may also include a Police Check or AusCheck, where an offer will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of these checks.

Yarra Valley Water is recognised by Australian Disability Network as a Disability Confident Recruiter employer.