The Opportunity Our client is a global consultancy who have secured work with a large Federal Government Department, looking for multiple .NET Developers with experience supporting automation testing activities. 12-month initial contract with the view for further extension, offering daily rates of $750 inclusive daily. Candidates are required to hold AGSVA Baseline clearance to be eligible. Responsibilities will include: Work as a developer to develop and support applications using Visual Studio and .NET C# to enable departments’s Digital Identity Services projects. Experience working with application security and identity management, preferably with experience relating to OpenID and JWTs. Considerable experience working with AWS suite of applications. Good understanding of SOLID principles, the HTTP protocol, REST, microservice patterns, T-SQL and NodeJS. Deliver solutions with a large degree of independence to support business needs and to take ownership of components delivered. Has expertise in implementing enterprise architecture standards, principles, reference architectures and procedures during development. Apply high level judgement in the assessment and estimation of solutions, and provide assurance that implementation is compliant with the department’s enterprise architecture and IT standards. Be accountable for the delivery of projects or activities involving the development and/or maintenance of computer applications in accordance with standards and guidelines. Actively participate in the development lifecycle, which may include analysis, design, building, testing, pair-programming, code-reviews, documenting, and maintenance. Take the initiative to undertake problem solving and incident resolution and demonstrate an understanding of change control and release management procedures. Highly desirable that you have experience with DevOps and CI/CD, preferably with relevant experience using Azure DevOps and PowerShell. Experience with work items to track progress and integration with workflow systems, ideally Azure DevOps. Managing source code using Git, including applying branching strategies to support collaborative development and version control. Contributes to Technical Documentation under the Tech Lead and Architects guidance, with experience in UML being highly desirable. Critical evaluation of technology and tools and provide recommendations to be actioned. Key work to be completed: Contribute to the definition and refinement of automation testing capabilities across all projects. This includes automation of existing manual regression suites and the automation of new progression tests across SPAs, mobile applications, REST APIs and other various technologies. Apply sound technical understanding of relevant automated test tools and related technologies (e.g. Selenium, Specflow and automation framework) in development of automated test suites. Understanding and using Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) practices, including creating and maintaining feature files, writing scenarios in Gherkin syntax, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment between business requirements and automated tests. Experience in defining test cases and organising testing plans with an enterprise level product, preferably Azure DevOps Test Plans. Applying strong analytical thinking skills to identify testing requirements, troubleshoot issues, and ensure comprehensive coverage of test scenarios. Interpreting technical documents to understand system architecture, informing test case definitions, coverage. Applying results from ADO test executions to produce testing evidence artefacts (Test Closure Memos). Please note that Australian Citizenship is mandatory to be eligible for this contract. APPLY Submit your resume, or for further information please contact Samuel.BeckettTalentInternational.com or Liam.Lassletttalentinternational.com for more information