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As an IT Tester, you thrive on working with your team to execute on the overall Software testing strategy, helping Telstra to simplify our IT systems, strengthen business resilience and ultimately maximise the value we deliver to our customers. You will be engaged to design and optimise testing opportunities within a variety of workstreams and functional areas across the enterprise. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset and collaboration skills are critical to success in this role, as you continue to build your knowledge and expertise in more complex test environments.
Job Responsibility:
Build next-level test automation suites for UI, APIs, and backend services that integrate seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines
Drive shift-left testing, ensuring bugs are caught before they become production nightmares
Be a test strategist & automation pro—optimize frameworks, scale test coverage, and make testing faster and smarter across Telstra
Work side-by-side with developers to bake quality into every stage of the software lifecycle
Work with developers to design for testability and enable faster feedback loops across application and process
Analyze test results, provide data-driven insights, and continuously improve automation strategies to developers
Stay ahead of the curve by researching and experimenting with cutting-edge testing tools and techniques and implement which suites Telstra’s quality need
Requirements:
You have a burning desire to automate everything, always looking for ways to eliminate manual effort and optimize processes through code
Hands-on experience in automation testing (Java, Playwrite, Selenium, API testing, Appium) and writing test scripts that actually make a difference in cost and performance
A problem-solver who loves debugging, troubleshooting, and making things work better, faster, and smarter
A Continuous learner, eager to grow and make an impact
Experience in TDD, BDD, and CI/CD pipelines
Passion for mentoring developers, helping them write testable, high-quality code at earlier stage
Strong understanding of databases, SQL, and performance testing (JMeter, Gatling or Locust)
Familiarity with DevOps, cloud platforms (Azure mostly), and test automation in cloud labs like BrowserStack, Lambda etc
Experience working in an Agile setup and collaborating with cross-functional teams empowering developers and other stack holders on test first approach
A mindset that thrives on continuous learning, innovation, and improvement
Stay on top of emerging tech, introducing innovative testing approaches to make quality engineering smarter across Telstra
Nice to have:
You’ve run workshops or training to help teams improve their testing game
You’ve worked in telecom (OSS/BSS)
You know a thing or two about security testing, mobile automation, or contract testing and comfortable talking about those and get hands dirty when needed
You’ve dabbled in AI-driven test automation (or are super keen to learn)
Experience in performance and load testing at scale
What we offer:
We foster new ideas, we embrace different ways of working and thinking, and we believe an inclusive and diverse team will lead us to innovate for the future
We’ve developed an ‘All Roles Flex’ policy to consider flexible ways of working for every role