Role: Automation Tester

Duration: Permanent

Experience: 7 Years

Clearance: Baseline (Mandatory)

Ensures the software is verified against the criteria set out in the test strategy by creating and executing automated and exploratory tests.

Key Responsibilities

- Create high level test scenarios.
- Produce and maintain automation test scripts utilizing standard automation framework.
- Execute automation scripts, in pipeline, and investigate any failures.
- Perform manual exploratory testing as required.
- Provide detailed analysis of all testing carried out ensuring all defects are logged and managed correctly.
- Ensure tests are correctly traced to requirements.
- Work closely with other team members and report progress to manager.
- Where required raise issues in project meetings ensuring stakeholders are aware.
- Ensure test assets that are auditable and follow company guidelines.
- Specify requirements for environment data resources and tools.
- Actively provide feedback to management which may result in recent working practices or general improvements.

Experience

- Hands on experience with Automation testing Mobile applications, Microservice and Web.
- Proven experience writing test plans, test strategies, test cases and test reporting.
- Proven experience in designing and building of test scripts and maintaining it using Selenium.




- Experience in open-source API automation tools such as RestAssured.
- Experience in test management tool ALM Octane.
- Experience in using BrowserStack or similar cloud platform.
- Experience with automating testing from CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
- Solid understanding of Object-Oriented development practices using Java and/or other similar ones.
- ISTQB Foundation qualification or recognized country-specific qualification desirable
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Knowledge & Skills

- Demonstrate effective communication processes meeting demands of product / project requirements.
- Working knowledge of MicroFocus toolset including ALM Octane.
- Working experience of CI and associated tools such as Azure DevOps
- Understanding of Cloud technologies
- Principles of Agile.
- Demonstrate good knowledge and understanding of testing market.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 certification useful.
- Use appropriate tools for change control, risks and issues
- Provide focused, accurate and exact data analysis.
- Knowledge of a programming language.
- Develop and maintain documentation.
- Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel.
- Principles of ISTQB.
- Ensure that knowledge is kept up-to-date with all relevant updates/releases to products.
- Knowledge of Risk based testing desirable

📌 Test Automation Specialist (Sydney)
🏢 Coforge
📍 Sydney