Test Automation Engineer - 6 month Max term contract

About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work. This includes:

• Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
• Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
• Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
• Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
• Build Your Future – Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
• And Much More – These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About the Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.

The Civil Digital Modernisation business delivers IT services to Australian Federal and State Government departments and agencies to accelerate digital modernisation and ensure secure, resilient, and adaptive environments that meet evolving regulatory, compliance, and business needs. Our approach integrates advancing data, AI, cloud, and automation delivering agility, security, efficiency, and innovation at scale.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced API & Integration Test Automation Engineer until March 2027 to design, develop and maintain automated testing solutions supporting healthcare and enterprise applications. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality software outcomes by building robust API and integration test automation frameworks, integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines, and supporting validation of healthcare interoperability solutions and enterprise integration platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated API and integration test suites, including functional, integration, regression and end-to-end test scenarios.
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks supporting REST, SOAP and event-driven integration patterns, including API validation, schema validation and data integrity testing.
• Build and support automated test execution within Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, integrating testing into deployment and release processes to support quality gates and continuous delivery.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, platform engineers and solution architects to ensure testability is embedded within solution design and delivery.
• Analyse test failures, perform root-cause investigations, produce quality metrics and test evidence, and contribute to continual improvement of testing practices and automation standards.

About You

We are looking for someone who brings judgement, curiosity and a collaborative approach to work that matters.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience designing, developing and maintaining automated API and integration testing frameworks, with experience in software testing, quality engineering or test automation.
• Strong understanding of REST, HTTP/S, JSON, XML, API contract testing principles and experience validating APIs through assertions, schema validation, authentication and negative testing scenarios.
• Experience implementing automated testing within Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD environments, alongside modern software delivery practices and Git-based source control.
• Experience testing authentication and authorisation frameworks including OAuth2, OpenID Connect and token-based security models, with the ability to analyse logs and troubleshoot complex integration issues.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and collaborating effectively with engineering, architecture and platform teams. Exposure to healthcare interoperability standards including HL7 FHIR, healthcare integration platforms, API testing tools and cloud-native environments will be highly regarded.

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian citizen and hold, or be eligible to obtain, Baseline security clearance.

If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. We value different experiences and are interested in the capability and potential you could bring.

What to Expect When You Apply

Our hiring process is designed to be straightforward, respectful and easy to navigate. If your skills, experience and qualifications look aligned with the role, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss the next stage. You can expect:

• An initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition team
• An interview with the hiring manager or interview panel

We’ll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you’ll meet and how to prepare. If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.

Ready to explore what’s possible?

If this sounds like a role where you can make an impact and continue to grow, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply via the “Apply Now” button with your resume. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact [email protected].

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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