Test Practice Manager

at  VOCUS

Are you looking for an awesome place to work, where you can proudly be your authentic self, and be part of #oneteam?
We are looking for a passionate team player who aligns with our values and culture, takes pride in their unique contributions, and can challenge the status quo with disruptive thinking. If this sounds like you, come and join us!
The Opportunity
As Test Practice Manager your leadership will not only streamline testing processes but also empower Test Analysts and Automation Engineers to excel in their projects, driving innovation in test automation. It’s an opportunity to shape the future of testing within Vocus, ensuring quality and efficiency in every release.

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Developing and refining test processes, methodologies, disciplines and measurements across all technologies.
• Actively promoting testing principles and disciplines with business customers, vendors and ITgroups and seek feedback on effectiveness of testing processes.
• Helping establish and encourage development practices conducive to test automation.
• Managing the end-to-end Integration and User Acceptance Testing phases
• Measuring and reporting of test progress and results throughout the stages of the development life cycle relating to testing as outlined in the development methodology.
• Ensuring test environments are properly established to control and monitor end-to-end testing of applications and infrastructure components.
• Identifying and implementing strategies to meet organisation’s testing needs, in conjunction with subject matter experts.
• Identifying, revising and enhancing adherence to processes and standards used within the test function.
• Ensuring the testing environment has the right tools (manual and automated) in place enabling practitioners to deliver a consistent and quality output.
• Identifying the test capability required to meet current and future project demand in all the specialised technical disciplines.
• Ensuring the appropriate quality and quantity of skilled people are available.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 5+ years of functional and performance testing
• Experience in test tools including JMeter
• Experience in test automation tools including Selenium and Cucumber
• CI/CD using GitLab
• Telecommunications domain industry experience
• Prior experience in Business Support System (BSS) technology stacks or transformation, particularly in modern SaaS/cloud-based applications
• Strong test fundamentals like test planning, defect management and test closure
• Coordination or project management skills.
• Ability to establish strong relationships internally.
• Ability and interest to gain a good understanding of the organisation’s technology direction. This includes measurements for productivity and individual’s performance.
• Track record in applying the principles of a software development life cycle.

What We Offer

Working at Vocus will give you rewarding experiences and the opportunity to do extraordinary work. You will enjoy:

• Diverse and dynamic teams with a supportive and inclusive culture.
• Supportive career development plans with comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities.
• Flexible hours and a hybrid working environment
• Generous discounts on power, gas, mobile and internet; plus, discounts to over 400 retailers.
• Competitive leave benefits, including anniversary leave, purchased leave, parental leave, volunteering leave, study leave, and much more. We also offer a fifth week of annual leave when you hit five years of service!
• Study assistance programs to excel your personal growth, learning and development.
• Health and wellness offerings, including access to our wellbeing initiatives that can help you from a financial, psychological, and physical perspective.

Working at Vocus is never just a job – it’s personal. We’re crazy about our customers and believe our people are the difference. Our wonderfully diverse team and a vibrant culture define us. We care about the impact we have on our people, our customers, and our communities and are committed to operating as a responsible, ethical business.
We pride ourselves on setting audacious and ambitious goals and believe that we can play our part in changing the Australian telecommunications landscape and make a fundamental difference to people’s lives.
With us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire teams, work on projects that are shaping the future of telecommunications and become part of a culture that thrives on creativity, encourages new ideas, and provides a collaborative and inclusive environment.
About Us
As Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, we own and operate 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia to the world. Through our well-known retail brands, we deliver simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice and energy services with the purpose of Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.
Ready to take the next step?
If you like the sound of this role and think you’d do a great job, but are worried you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to back yourself – we know that diverse groups are less-likely to apply for roles they’re not 100% qualified for, but just as likely to succeed at them!
We are a proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where all our team members feel like they belong. We know diversity makes us stronger and we encourage applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.
If you feel comfortable, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements upon application, so we can make any adjustments required to support you throughout our recruitment process

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Developing and refining test processes, methodologies, disciplines and measurements across all technologies.
• Actively promoting testing principles and disciplines with business customers, vendors and ITgroups and seek feedback on effectiveness of testing processes.
• Helping establish and encourage development practices conducive to test automation.
• Managing the end-to-end Integration and User Acceptance Testing phases
• Measuring and reporting of test progress and results throughout the stages of the development life cycle relating to testing as outlined in the development methodology.
• Ensuring test environments are properly established to control and monitor end-to-end testing of applications and infrastructure components.
• Identifying and implementing strategies to meet organisation’s testing needs, in conjunction with subject matter experts.
• Identifying, revising and enhancing adherence to processes and standards used within the test function.
• Ensuring the testing environment has the right tools (manual and automated) in place enabling practitioners to deliver a consistent and quality output.
• Identifying the test capability required to meet current and future project demand in all the specialised technical disciplines.
• Ensuring the appropriate quality and quantity of skilled people are available

What you’ll bring to the role

• 5+ years of functional and performance testing
• Experience in test tools including JMeter
• Experience in test automation tools including Selenium and Cucumber
• CI/CD using GitLab
• Telecommunications domain industry experience
• Prior experience in Business Support System (BSS) technology stacks or transformation, particularly in modern SaaS/cloud-based applications
• Strong test fundamentals like test planning, defect management and test closure
• Coordination or project management skills.
• Ability to establish strong relationships internally.
• Ability and interest to gain a good understanding of the organisation’s technology direction. This includes measurements for productivity and individual’s performance.
• Track record in applying the principles of a software development life cycle