Test Lead

We are looking for an experienced Test Lead to drive quality engineering outcomes across a complex customer ICT environment, with a strong focus on Identity, Integration, Automation, and Continuous Improvement. The Role The Test Lead is responsible for overseeing end-to-end testing and quality assurance across a customer ICT portfolio, including Identity Platforms (Okta), Integration Services (AWS), and enterprise applications. Reporting to the Principal Consultant, you will lead testing strategy, governance, planning, and execution across both BAU operations and concurrent project delivery streams. You will work closely with customer stakeholders, engineers, product owners, and delivery teams to ensure predictable, secure, and high-quality outcomes. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced enterprise environments, enjoys mentoring teams, and is passionate about modern quality engineering and automation practices. What You'll Be Doing Test Strategy & Planning Own and maintain the customer Test Strategy across all environments including DEV, TEST, UAT, TRN, and PROD. Develop and manage test plans, schedules, acceptance criteria, and release testing activities. Define risk-based testing approaches across Identity, Integration, and Application workstreams. Coordinate testing activities across multiple concurrent customer projects and BAU initiatives. Ensure traceability between business requirements, test scenarios, and execution outcomes. Test Governance & Quality Assurance Ensure compliance with customer testing policies, SDLC standards, cyber security requirements, and governance frameworks. Lead test reviews, sprint showcases, defect triage sessions, and test closure activities. Review test artefacts, automation outcomes, and security scan results to ensure quality standards are met. Drive improvements in testing maturity, defect reduction, release quality, and delivery predictability. Support audit readiness and governance reporting activities. Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement Lead, mentor, and support testing and quality engineering team members. Manage workload allocation, sprint priorities, and testing capacity planning. Collaborate with customer stakeholders, project managers, developers, architects, and third-party vendors. Present test progress updates, risks, and quality metrics to delivery and customer leadership teams. Facilitate collaborative problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives. Automation & Continuous Improvement Oversee the design and maintenance of automated regression suites using tools such as Cypress, Selenium, and BDD frameworks. Expand automation coverage across enterprise platforms and customer applications. Govern non-functional testing including performance, scalability, resilience, and security testing. Champion modern testing practices including AI-assisted testing, CI/CD integration, and shift-left quality engineering. Continuously improve testing standards, tooling, frameworks, and operational processes. Identity & Integration Testing Ensure testing coverage for Okta platform changes including SSO, MFA, SCIM integrations, Lambda adapters, and Terraform deployments. Coordinate SIT, UAT, SVT, and post-deployment validation activities. Oversee after-hours production verification testing where required. Validate integration outcomes across AWS services, APIs, and enterprise platforms. Ensure testing activities align with operational controls and customer compliance requirements. What We're Looking For Experience & Skills Proven experience leading enterprise testing or quality engineering functions. Strong background in Identity and Access Management testing, particularly with Okta. Experience testing cloud-native and integration solutions within AWS environments. Expertise in test automation frameworks such as Cypress, Selenium, or BDD tools. Experience with performance and non-functional testing tools including JMeter, NeoLoad, or BrowserStack. Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices. Experience managing testing across multiple concurrent projects. Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Nice to Have Experience working within government or highly regulated enterprise environments. Familiarity with ACSC Essential Eight, NSW Cyber Security Policy, or similar frameworks. Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and modern cloud engineering practices. ISTQB or equivalent testing certifications. Life at Versent We're a diverse team of motivated humans who think outside the box and strive to deliver what others might consider impossible. At Versent we truly care about our people and put real focus on cultivating a culture of learning, collaboration and growth.  We provide our teams with the space, trust, and support, to deliver the best work of their careers. To enable this, we have a culture that places a high value on continual feedback, excellence, and invention anchored in customer success. We also offer our team: Flexibility: We give you the freedom to excel, providing as much autonomy and flexibility around when you work so you can manage your time in a way that best suits you to get the job done. Learning: We are passionate about continuous improvement and care about you investing in and developing your craft. Our Craft 180 Program is a holistic strategy for ongoing, meaningful skill and capability development with an ultimate goal to create an environment where people can learn and contribute in different ways to develop, practice and become masters of their craft. Access to Benefits That Fit Your Life: From salary packaging and purchased leave to novated leasing options, we offer a range of benefits designed to suit different lifestyles and priorities. There's something for everyone. Health & Wellbeing Programmes: We focus on you as a whole person, with wellbeing initiatives that are to support you mentally, physically, emotionally and financially. Connection: Regular social activities across your team and the organisation. Recognition: We offer several reward & recognition programmes to acknowledge the amazing work that you do! Career opportunity: We provide the opportunity to work on diverse projects and initiatives that enable you to create a brilliant career. At Versent, we don't adhere to a one-size-fits-all hiring strategy. We understand that you might not fulfill all the criteria for this position. Our celebration of diverse perspectives isn't just a value, it's a way to gain an edge. If you believe this opportunity is where you can thrive, don't be shy and apply! If you require any accommodations throughout the interview process, please get in touch with us by emailing careers@versent.com.au. Versent is a leading technology consultancy. We exist to architect, build and operate cloud-native applications, data streams, platforms, and services.  We work with customers to transform their business' through technology, in ways they never imagined. Australia's leading businesses and top technology companies choose to partner with us because of our deep expertise, unwavering integrity and dedicated focus on ensuring our customer success.