Long-term Federal Government contract | Hybrid workingYour new company

Join a Federal Government organisation delivering critical digital platforms and services. The organisation is strengthening its internal performance engineering and test automation capabilities to improve quality, scalability and delivery confidence.

Your recent role

As the Senior ICT and Digital Performance Tester, you will establish and operate performance engineering, automation and API testing capabilities. You will provide specialist expertise across performance, scalability, resilience and non-functional testing while developing enterprise frameworks, standards and reusable testing assets.

Your responsibilities will include

Developing and maintaining performance engineering strategies, frameworks, standards and governance processes

Designing, executing and reporting on performance, load, stress, scalability and resilience testing

Developing automated testing frameworks and reusable assets for web, API, integration and regression testing

Identifying performance bottlenecks, non-functional risks and quality issues

Collaborating with project, infrastructure and development teams to recommend practical solutions

Supporting the implementation of testing tools, standards and automation best practices

Mentoring internal teams and supporting knowledge transfer and capability uplift





What you'll need to succeed

Demonstrated experience in performance engineering, non-functional testing and performance testing strategy developmentExperience with enterprise performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling or equivalent

Experience designing and maintaining automated testing frameworks across web, API and integration environments

Experience with automation tools such as Tosca, Playwright, Selenium or equivalent

Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, Agile delivery, DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines The ability to analyse application, infrastructure and database performance issues and recommend practical solutions To be eligible, you must be an Australian Citizen, pass a Police Check and be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

What you'll get in return

Initial 12-month contractUp to two 12-month extensions

Hybrid working arrangements

Opportunities available across ACT, NSW and QLD

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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📌 Senior ICT and Digital Performance Tester (Sydney)
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney