ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets Why join the ASX? When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a solid purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all. In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub. Want to know why we are a great place to work, click on the link to learn more. www.asx.com.au/about/careers/a-great-place-to-work We are more than a securities exchange The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines. We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance. We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Your Team
As a member of the ASX test team, you will work closely with Developers, Support Analysts, Business Analysts, Test Engineers, Automation Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers and Business Stakeholders to review and clarify requirements, strengthen testability, plan and execute testing, manage defects,
report progress and elevate risks and issues to the Test Manager.
Your responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain scalable Java-based automated test frameworks and reusable automation components.
- Study, improve and modernize existing automation frameworks, execution processes and CI/CD pipelines.
- Build and maintain automated testing pipelines using Git, GitLab CI/CD or equivalent tooling.
- Promote shift-left testing by working with BAs, Developers and Product Owners to review requirements for clarity, testability and automation readiness.
- Plan, develop and execute automated and manual test cases for ASX Trade and related market platform changes.
- Validate market data, order flow and interface behavior across applicable trading protocols such as FIX, ITCH and OUCH that are relevant.
- Support system, system integration, regression, end-to-end, parallel, operational readiness and production verification testing activities.
- Prepare test data, manage test environment dependencies and troubleshoot execution issues across Linux/Unix and integrated environments.
- Document test results, produce release evidence and support sign-off so releases can be promoted safely to production.
- Log, investigate and report defects with clear evidence, impact, severity and reproducibility details.
- Work closely with BAs, Developers, Support Analysts,
Infrastructure teams and Business Stakeholders to communicate test status, risks and issues.
- Contribute actively to the QE&T; Community of Practice, including automation standards, engineering practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.
- Work independently and as part of a team, managing competing priorities while maintaining a strong focus on quality, delivery and business outcomes.
Your experience and qualifications
- Must have 7-9 years of automation testing experience, including API and integration testing across different protocols.
- Strong Java automation experience, with the ability to build reusable libraries, utilities and maintainable frameworks.
- Good working knowledge of Python and the ability to extend or support Python-based frameworks.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, clean coding practices and framework design patterns.
- Experience with Cucumber, Gherkin and behavior-driven test automation approaches.
- Experience across system, system integration, regression, end-to-end, parallel and release verification testing.
- Hands-on experience with CI tools and CI/CD pipelines, including setup, maintenance and execution monitoring.
- Experience using Git, GitLab or equivalent source control and branching strategies.
- Strong Linux/Unix command-line capability and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with test environment coordination, test data setup and execution dependency management.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence for test management, defect management and project documentation.
- Robust written and verbal communication skills
📌 Automation Test Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 ASX
📍 Sydney