About the Role
As part of the Enterprise Strategy & Change department, you will lead a collaborative team of Test Automation analysts and leads, embedding and uplifting automation capability across business streams. You will engage in complex delivery challenges, provide governance and quality assurance for infrastructure projects, and contribute to test strategy definition, framework adaptation, and issue resolution.
Responsibilities
- Lead a collaborative team of Test Automation analysts & leads.
- Embed and uplift automation capability across business streams.
- Engage in complex delivery challenges alongside project teams.
- Provide governance and quality assurance for Infrastructure projects.
- Contribute to test strategy definition, framework adaptation, and issue resolution.
- Guide Test Leads on the test approach.
- Lead, guide, and develop a team of 7-10 direct reports.
- Manage performance reviews for direct reports.
- Provide uplift to the test automation framework.
- Design and establish centralized Enterprise Test Automation framework across an IT landscape.
- Integrate test automation framework with puppet, Jira, and other CD/CI tools.
- Design, uplift, and maintain Test automation Frameworks solutions using Selenium, JUnit, Soap UI, Cucumber and Jmeter.
- Develop automation framework with features like unified Data, Storage & Config management, Hooks, I/O Handlers, Listeners, CD/CI integration, and build reporting features.
- Select new tools, techniques, and methodologies to enhance productivity and quality.
- Collaborate with product teams as a strategic partner to define and align long-term solutions for test automation.
- Provide Quality Assurance (QA) for project & program test deliverables.
- Coordinate test resources to accomplish test automation objectives.
- Demonstrate strong people leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
- Build high reliability operating culture and performance.
- Collaborate, influence, and partner effectively with key stakeholders.
Requirements
- Test Automation Lead/Architect with hands-on experience implementing Enterprise Test Automation framework (Java, C#) solutions in agile/ DevOps (CI /CD) environment using Selenium/ Cucumber, Playwright.
- Experienced in architecting Automation solutions.
- Provide technical leadership in design and architecture of the automation framework.
- Experienced around test tool adoption and support.
- Understanding of quality assurance frameworks.
- Ability to review and provide guidance on best-practice test approaches from a QE perspective.
- People Leader role with 7 - 10 direct reports.
- Experience in designing and establishing centralised Enterprise Test Automation framework (Java, C#) across an IT landscape, integrating with puppet, Jira, and other CD/CI tools.
- Experience in the design, uplift and maintenance of Test automation Frameworks solutions using Selenium, JUnit, Soap UI, Cucumber and Jmeter.
- Strong experience in automation framework development with features like unified Data, Storage & Config management, Hooks, I/O Handlers, Listeners, CD/CI integration and building reporting features using controllers/ Azure SQL/ Microservices to run analytics, produce dashboards and report metrics.
- Experience in selection of new tools, techniques and methodologies needed to enhance productivity and quality.
- Experience in providing Quality Assurance (QA) for project & program test deliverables where applicable.
- Lead in coordinating the test resources to accomplish the test automation objectives at various stages of the software development life cycle, as applicable.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills to collaborate, influence and partner effectively with key stakeholders across the Reserve Bank and externally.
- Relevant degree qualifications.
- Balance of strategic leadership and practical contribution.
- Not suited to candidates seeking a purely managerial or advisory position.
Skills
- Test Automation
- Java
- C#
- Agile
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Selenium
- Cucumber
- Playwright
- Automation Solutions Architecture
- Test Tool Adoption
- Quality Assurance Frameworks
- Test Strategy
- Framework Adaptation
- Issue Resolution
- People Leadership
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- JUnit
- Soap UI
- Jmeter
- Data Management
- Storage Management
- Configuration Management
- Hooks
- I/O Handlers
- Listeners
- Reporting Features
- Azure SQL
- Microservices
- Analytics
- Dashboards
- Metrics Reporting
- Interpersonal Skills
- Collaboration
- Influence
- Partnership
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Permanent
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Lead
- 7 - 10 years direct reports
Education Level
- Relevant degree qualifications
Benefits
- Development and career opportunities
- Collaborative environment
- Support for growth
- Wellbeing support
- Flexibility
About the Company
- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through national economic policy objectives and activities in financial markets and banking.
- The RBA issues Australia's banknotes and operates critical payment system infrastructure.
- The RBA is made up of specialists across a wide range of fields.
- The RBA's people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving its objectives.
- The RBA strives to be Open & Dynamic, considering and incorporating different perspectives, working across teams, and being transparent.
- The RBA focuses on delivering quality together effectively and achieving outcomes by prioritizing, testing, learning, and refining.
- RBA people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, striving for excellence.
- The RBA encourages intelligent inquiry and treats one another with respect.
- The RBA promotes the public interest through its efforts.
- The growth and success of RBA people drives the organization forward.
Equal Opportunity
- The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with a disability, and from the LGBTQ+ community.
- We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.
