Senior Performance Tester
Australian Federal Police
LH-06409
Closing date – Tuesday 19th May 2026
Estimated start – Friday 25th September 2026
Initial Contract – 12 months
Extension term – Other, Any number of extensions no greater than 24 months in total.
Experience level – EL1 equivalent
Location – ACT
Working arrangements – Onsite, The primary office is in Canberra however working remotely from an alternate location (including work from home) or flexible work arrangements may be considered. Any approval is at the sole discretion of the Buyer. All required travel to and from location will be at the Seller’s expense unless previously agreed.
Maximum hours – 37.5 hours a week
Security clearance – Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1
About the organisation
As Australia’s national policing agency, we protect Australians and Australia’s interests. We are committed to protecting Australian lives, livelihoods and the Commonwealth; fostering trust and confidence with our community, partners and government; and maximising our impact on the criminal environment for a safer and more secure Australia.
Our role is to enforce Commonwealth and Australian Capital Territory criminal law and protect the Commonwealth’s interests from criminal activity in Australia and overseas. We work closely with domestic and international partners to combat complex transnational serious and organised crime, which poses a serious threat to Australia’s national security. Under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) (AFP Act) the AFP investigates state offences with a federal aspect, in partnership with domestic partners. The AFP uses its policing insights to engage effectively with the government, partners and the community to promote awareness and resilience.
The AFP continuously monitors and assesses our operating environment to ensure we can deliver on our purpose. The various geopolitical, social, economic and technological changes in our environment can affect the AFP directly and indirectly, and also shape the criminal environment as explored in the AFP Federal Crime Threat Picture. Despite these changes, the AFP strives to evolve with our operating environment to ensure we continue to keep Australians and Australia safe.
About the team
Technology is a critical enabler of the AFP’s operational and corporate services to ensure that we achieve our purpose. We use technology to assist frontline policing and protective services through direct tactical interventions in investigations, and to strategically maintain, sustain and evolve our foundational technology platforms and architecture. We are continuing to develop this capability by:
- modernising the AFP’s technology foundations and applications, and increasing the cyber-security position of the organisation
- Evolving our internal processes to navigate the development and deployment of emerging technologies
- Continuing to mature our use of technology across the 6 strategic shifts outlined in our AFP Technology Strategy 2025
- Enhancing our collaboration with academic institutions, police forces and the technology sector to understand technological challenges and opportunities to strengthen law enforcement capabilities.
Job details
Performance Testers examine and report on the responsiveness and stability of systems and their components under workloads.
Key duties and responsibilities
The Services, delivered in collaboration with and under supervision by nominated AFP personnel, include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Ensuring outputs are achieved within the strategic direction of the AFP;
- Create Test Strategy and Test Plan;
- Create, review and execute manual and automated test cases (functional and non-functional), test scenarios, compose defect reports and manage failed test back-logs;
- Familiarity with automated testing software;
- Familiarity with API Testing and Database querying;
- Develops acceptance criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, business processes, features, user stories and business rules.
- Designs, specifies and executes test cases and scenarios to test that systems, products and services fulfil the acceptance criteria and deliver the predicted business benefits.
- Lead and co-ordinate all test management activities in order to achieve quality outcomes
- Co-ordinate with the Business Analysts, Vendor personnel, reviewing requirements/specifications and defining test conditions;
- Develop and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix;
- Understanding of Software Development processes including agile and DevOps;
- The creation, execution and maintenance of test scripts to ensure quality control standards are achieved;
- Identifying, analysing and resolving issues impacting the suite of applications and ensuring defects are fixed and promoted to production successfully;
- Review and reporting of test activities and results;
- Maintaining information management standards that meet government requirements;
- Providing guidance and mentoring to junior members of the team;
- Maintaining currency in information technology processes and technical
knowledge through ongoing professional development;
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- Establish and maintain effective business relationships and professional networks;
- Contribute to and implement improved ICT practices and procedures;
- Provide knowledge/skills transfer, mentoring, coaching and training to other team members and delivering presentations;
- Remain accountable for accurate completion of work within timeframes and quality requirements; and
- Record and maintain files/information in accordance with AFP requirements.
As part of the services, candidates must ensure that they:
- Maintains currency in information technology processes and technical knowledge through ongoing professional development.
- Establishes and maintains effective business relationships and professional networks.
- Contributes to and implements improved ICT practices and procedures.
- Works effectively in a small team environment, and wider Command environment.
Technical skills
- Candidates would need to have the following but are not limited to:
- Ability to use test automation tools for scripting and execution
- Manage test scripts, execution runs, regression testing and defect management in AFP test management tool ALM or equivalent
- Generate Test Summary and Defect reporting from Test Management tools such as ALM
- Undertake performance testing using tools such as LoadRunner
Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address their suitability to the position. This is equal to 5000 characters.