If you are looking for in your next career opportunity, then this role might be just the perfect fit for you!
Wellington City Council provides more than 400 services every day for Wellingtonians - everything from parks and pools to consents and cemeteries - playing our part in making Pōneke an inclusive, sustainable, and creative capital for people to live, work and play.
Integral to much of this mahi is our Smart Council tima who bring together key teams that enable Wellington City Council to deliver an ever-improving service and workflow experiences for our customers and staff.
Enabling Smart Council to provide these important services is our development team who are responsible for focusing on how we better "digitally integrate" with our customers and external partners across multiple channels, particularly the internet, to drive a comprehensive and cohesive customer service experience.
This is a truly awesome team! Don't take our word for it, come find out for yourself. Smart Council is involved in so many unique and innovative projects, and you will be working with people who are passionate about what we do!
The main purpose of this role is to ensure that Smart Council delivers software of the highest quality through the use of automated and manual testing. This will require analysis, test design, and technical expertise to ensure quality and efficiency. You will lead the testing phase of development, ensuring that applications meet high standards of performance and reliability. You will recommend ongoing improvements to Smart Council's testing capability.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our testing practices.
- Design, develop, maintain, and evolve optimal test automation solutions in the areas of UI, Integration, or Data.
- Collaborate with product owners and delivery leads to ensure appropriate test coverage of core functionality, API's and data.
- Engage with product owners to identify proper test acceptance criteria.
- Mentoring of junior members of the test automation team.
- Supporting a high-performance team culture.
- Perform both manual and automated testing.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Tertiary level qualification in computer science or relevant area of study or at least 8 years of IT experience, including a minimum of 3 years as a Software Tester
- Strong experience in both automated and manual testing
- Experience with software testing tools such as Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, and TestNG
- Knowledge of in programming languages such as C#, TypeScript or JavaScript,
- Experience with version control systems like GitHub, Azure Devops, etc.
- Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies and working in agile delivery environments.
- Knowledge of database management systems, including SQL and NoSQL databases, to validate data integrity and perform backend testing.
- Experience creating, maintaining, and improving test automation frameworks.
- Experience in leadership such as test lead (formal or informal).
- Skilled in test planning and proven ability to granulate large items of work into smaller tasks.
- A positive and proactive attitude who enjoys problem solving and engaging with agile squads.
- Enthusiasm about technology and a strong results/solutions focus.
What's in it for you
We're Working for Wellington. Wellington City Council's team provides more than 400 services every day for Wellingtonians - everything from parks and pools to consents and cemeteries - playing our part in making Pōneke an inclusive, sustainable, and creative capital for people to live, work and play.
Working for the Council offers you a range of benefits including 5 weeks annual leave, flexible working options, health and wellbeing support, Council staff discounts and a range of learning and development programmes and opportunities.
Applications close 2nd of February 2025. All applications must be submitted online. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand and be prepared to undergo a Ministry of Justice check.
We want to make sure any accessibility requirements you may have, are well supported so the selection process is equitable for everyone. Please let us know if there are any adjustments or support, we can offer to make our process more accessible to you by emailing: recruitment@wcc.govt.nz
