Senior ICT and Digital Performance Tester

Long-term Federal Government contract | Hybrid working

Your 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 new 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
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