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About Us:

At Telstra our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. Its a future that wont happen on its own it has to be delivered and only Telstra can bring together all the parts to create it. Telstra is on a mission to redesign the way we all connect - with leading-edge technologies and solutions that are changing the world. And this is where YOU come in by playing your part to building in help our customers connect: faster better and smarter.

Why Telstra

Telstra is a well-known Australian company that has been around for over 100 years. We are the leading telecommunications and technology company in Australia and have been operating internationally for over 70 years. We have a strong presence in over 20 India we have offices in Bangalore Mumbai and Delhi as well as an Innovation and Capability Centre in Bangalore. We are focused on using innovation automation and technology to solve major technological challenges in areas such as IoT 5G AI and machine learning. Joining Telstra gives you the chance to make a difference in the lives of millions of people and have a rewarding career with flexibility.

What Youll Be Doing

• 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 for all of us.

• Be a test strategist & automation prooptimize 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 lifecycletesting isnt a final step its part of our Telstra journey!

• 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 Telstras quality need.

Technical Skills:

Automation-First Testing

• More than 5 years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing

• Design develop and maintain robust test automation frameworks for web and API layers.

• Implement TDD/BDD practices and integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

• Use tools like Selenium with Java Playwright Appium Rest Assured and Cucumber for automation.

Shift-Left Quality

• Embed quality from the earliest stages of development.

• Collaborate with developers to write testable high-quality code and coach teams on best practices.

• Drive early defect prevention and continuous improvement

Agile & DevOps Integration

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups sprint reviews retrospectives).

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to optimize pipelines and enable continuous delivery.

• Support production deployments and regression testing during fix-on-fail windows

Quality Leadership & Coaching

• Act as a quality engineer mentoring teams and influencing best practices.

• Set quality standards and create test strategies aligned with Telstras AI and automation-first approach.

• Work closely with Product Owners Business Leads and Quality Engineering Leads to ensure alignment.

Whatll Give You Bonus Points

• Youve run workshops or training to help teams improve their testing game.

• Youve 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.

• Youve dabbled in AI-driven test automation (or are super keen to learn).

• Experience in performance and load testing at scale.

What can we offer you

At Telstra you canthrive your way. 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.

Were committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. To enable everyone to participate weve developed an All Roles Flex policy to consider flexible ways of working for every role. To learn more visit our Telstra Careers Website: