EL1 Quality Assurance Engineer, Data Standards Body

EL1 Quality Assurance Engineer, Data Standards Body About the Role This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Data Standards Body (DSB) and across government to deliver high‑quality regulatory standards. The DSB supports the Data Standards Chair responsible for creating the standards needed for Australia’s Digital ID System and the Consumer Data Right (CDR) regulatory frameworks. It is part of Treasury’s Digital, Competition and Payments Division in the Markets Group. Further information about the CDR and Digital ID Data Standards can be found on the DSB’s website. The standards require entities to build to and comply with the requirements for sharing data in accordance with the regulatory frameworks of the CDR and Digital ID. The DSB does not receive, store or analyse any data captured under the standards. Key Duties Of The Position Design, maintain and execute automated and manual test suites to validate standards changes, reference implementations, customer experience flows and other artefacts. Design test strategies, regression frameworks, data‑driven test harnesses and quality gates using modern automation tooling to align with DSB’s strategic objectives. Assess and ensure quality of a range of standards‑related artefacts and documentation beyond platforms, tools or code. Work closely with product owners, architects, engineers, analysts and implementation‑support teams to clarify requirements, define acceptance criteria, support change impact analysis and embed quality‑assurance best practices throughout the phases of standards delivery. Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, documentation and overall governance of the standards development and delivery service. Contribute to planning, estimation and continuous improvement initiatives across the DSB. The QA Engineer will establish consistent testing methodologies to support standards development, including: Defining repeatable test cases, validation/acceptance criteria and non‑functional testing approaches. Ensuring traceability between standards requirements and test coverage. Identifying quality risks, inconsistencies, defects and gaps in standards. Supporting continuous integration of automated tests. Desirable Qualifications / Experience Industry experience with establishing or maturing QA frameworks, governance or quality gates using Agile quality‑assurance methodologies (e.g. Shift‑left testing, Risk‑based testing, BDD, etc). Substantial experience in quality assurance and testing for software, APIs or digital services, including designing and executing test strategies. Practical experience with automation testing (particularly at the API or integration level) and comfort using modern testing tools and scripting to build and run automated tests. Experience deriving test cases and coverage from requirements or specifications (e.g. standards, schemas, designs), including thinking through edge cases to ensure comprehensive coverage. Experience producing and maintaining clear test documentation (e.g. test plans, test cases, regression suites, defect reports) and ensuring traceability between requirements and tests. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to validate requirements defined as flows, claims and behavioural rules as well as API schemas, with particular attention to accuracy, reliability and consistency. Strong written and verbal communication and collaboration skills to translate complex technical requirements and explain findings, risks and recommendations to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, cross‑functional environment and manage competing priorities. Comfort working in a complex, regulatory environment. The candidate will be very well regarded if they can demonstrate: Experience with scripting or automation technologies and CI tools (e.g. TypeScript/JavaScript, Postman/Newman, Jest or similar). Experience working with CI/CD pipelines or test infrastructure (e.g. GitHub Actions, AWS/Azure Pipelines). Experience designing or maintaining test harnesses for conformance or compliance testing within regulated ecosystems. Experience testing standards‑based systems using protocols such as OpenID Connect, OAuth2 or similar. Experience working with artefacts such as OpenAPI Specifications, JSON Schema, conformance suites or similar. Experience designing or maintaining Postman collections. Experience or familiarity with Digital ID, CDR or similar identity and/or data‑sharing ecosystems or regulatory domains. An interest in digital regulation, technical standards and implementation support for industry. For further information regarding this vacancy and the application process, please refer to the Position Description. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Government Administration Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia #J-18808-Ljbffr