We are seeking an experienced Automation Tester to join our team on a contract basis. This role offers the flexibility to work remotely within Victoria while leading the development and execution of enterprise-grade test automation frameworks across UI, API, and backend systems. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of cloud-native applications deployed in AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for UI, API, and backend systems.
- Define and continuously improve test strategies covering unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, security, and resiliency testing.
- Perform end-to-end validation of applications in AWS, ensuring correct behaviour across integrated cloud services.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, balancing fast feedback with comprehensive coverage.
- Execute load and performance testing to validate scalability, stability, and autoscaling behaviour.
- Conduct and support security testing, ensuring alignment with secure SDLC practices.
- Identify quality risks early, analyse failures using logs and metrics, and collaborate with engineering teams to resolve issues.
- Ensure testing practices meet regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements, including documentation and evidence collection.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to provision and manage test environments using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform).
- Mentor junior test engineers and provide technical leadership in test automation and quality strategy.
- Extensive experience as a Senior tester.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS in enterprise or production environments.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native and distributed system architectures.
- Proven experience with Playwright and Selenium, and strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and Java.
- Experience with API and backend testing for distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience integrating automated testing into enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with load, performance, and security testing.
- Knowledge of regulated environments and compliance processes (financial services, healthcare, government, insurance).
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/Terraform).
- Strong SQL skills with MySQL and Oracle.
- Solid understanding of DevOps practices and modern SDLC workflows.
- Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
- Experience testing microservices and event-driven systems.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX).
- Experience with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing).
- AWS certifications (Developer, DevOps Engineer, or Solutions Architect).
Duration: Contract until June 2026, with likely extension
Please apply via this Job Ad.
