Role: Senior Automation Engineer - Banking and Payment Systems Location: Sydney Role Type: Contract CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: Customize existing Automation Framework and Automation test assets like Regression Scripts w.r.t. UI and API to ensure desired level of quality and test coverage. Contribute to the estimates on the Automation test Script creation and Execution efforts for various features and new initiatives. Collaborate closely within your scrum team to find the best Automation approach and promote best test engineering practices in the Testing process Adhere to the Automation coverage process through effective mapping of test cases & scripts in JIRA Apply best test engineering practice, and supporting tools and technologies to specific features and projects Implement innovative ideas w.r.t. reducing the repetitive works using creating the reusable tools and artefacts Work Closely with DevOps Team for maintaining the CICD Pipeline which is explicitly configured for Automation Execution Effectively Analyse the Requirements and Define Testcases, Testdata and Environment Setup and Automation approach. Work on Squad Project Deliveries related to ATM, Connex, Batch Processing Essential Technical Skills: Automation frameworks like Lean FT, Cucumber, Winapp Driver, Playwright. Sound programming & troubleshooting experience in one of the following programming language C# or Java or Scala or python. Experience in Banking - Payment’s domains. Experience in Transaction Processing, Merchant Acquiring/Issuing, Batch Processing. Good understanding of ISO8583/ISO20022/AS2805 message formats. Demonstrated Experience testing and performing L3 Scheme Certifications on ATM/POS hardware devices. Knowledge of Banking Switches like Connex on HP, Base24 or similar is highly desired. Experience in Master Card, VISA, Union Pay, UL Brand Test Tools/simulators. Knowledge of JIRA, confluence is a must. Strong experience in any databases (Oracle is preferred) and solid ANSI SQL experience. Good knowledge of SDLC and what it entails is a must. Proficiency in Java is desired. Software engineering or equivalent IT degree