Job Description

Employment Type Permanent
Closing Date 19 Dec 2025 11:59pm
Job Title IT Tester
Job Summary As an IT Tester, you thrive on working with your team to execute on the overall Software testing strategy, helping Telstra to simplify our IT systems, strengthen business resilience and ultimately maximise the value we deliver to our customers. You will be engaged to design and optimise testing opportunities within a variety of workstreams and functional areas across the enterprise. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset and collaboration skills are critical to success in this role, as you continue to build your knowledge and expertise in more complex test environments.

Who We Are Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and technology company spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries. In India, we're building a platform for innovative delivery and engagement that will strengthen our position as an industry leader. We've grown quickly since our inception in 2019, now with offices in Bangalore and Pune.
Focus of the Role
As a Quality Engineer - Test Automation, you thrive on working with your team to execute on the overall Software testing strategy, helping Telstra to simplify our IT systems, strengthen business resilience and ultimately maximise the value we deliver to our customers. You will be engaged to design and optimise testing opportunities within a variety of workstreams and functional areas across the enterprise. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset and collaboration skills are critical to success in this role, as you continue to build your knowledge and expertise in more complex test environments.
What You'll Do

• Product & Technology - Software Engineering & IT develops and maintains Telstra's software and IT systems, working on some really cutting-edge technologies.
• 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 pro--optimize 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 lifecycle--testing isn't a final step, it's 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 Telstra's quality need.

• You have a burning desire to automate everything, always looking for ways to eliminate manual effort and optimize processes through code--because if it can be automated, it should be!

About You
5-7 years of Experience in UI+API automation with different frameworks
Hands on Exp in SVT, Jmeter.
Hands on different tools like Selenium, RestAssured, Postman,TestNG,Cucumber
Drive shift-left testing, ensuring bugs are caught before they become production nightmares for all of us.
Be a test strategist & automation pro--optimize 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 lifecycle--testing isn't a final step, it's 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 Telstra's quality need
Testing background in Web & Mobile applications, AMDOCS-based systems, and Salesforce.
A continuous learner, eager to grow and make an impact.
A strong communicator, both written and verbal.
Passionate about improving product quality using customer feedback, product team interactions, and your own intuition.
Understands the difference between Business Testing and other types of testing.
Experience working in an Agile environment and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
What'll Give You Bonus Points

• You've run workshops or training to help teams improve their testing game.
• You've 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.
• You've dabbled in AI-driven test automation (or are super keen to learn).
• Experience in performance and load testing at scale.

What We Offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Up to 26 weeks maternity leave provided to the birth mother with benefits for all child births
• Up to 16 weeks paid paternity leave provided to the non-birthing partners
• Employees are entitled to 21 paid annual leaves per calendar year
• Eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of paid sick / casual leave per calendar year
• Relocation support options across India, from junior to senior positions within the company
• Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances If you want to be surrounded by top talent at a company that gives back to the community, apply now!

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive. As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application. We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

Skills Required