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He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $14 billion over the next 10 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $3.8 million every day! He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to own and drive our enterprise test automation strategy. This is a senior individual contributor role. While there are no direct reports, you will be responsible for defining, implementing, and operating the automation strategy across complex, integrated enterprise platforms. You will lead through technical authority, mentorship, and influence, not line management. Key responsibilities will include: Establish and own the enterprise Test Automation Strategy Define frameworks, standards, and governance Design scalable automation solutions across SaaS, data, and integration layers Drive CI/CD automation maturity within Azure Pipelines Mentor and uplift automation engineers across delivery teams Remain hands-on in framework design and complex automation implementation Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and DevOps practices What Makes This Role Unique Strategic ownership without people management Enterprise-wide technical influence Deep hands-on Playwright engineering Complex integration and data landscape Modern Azure-based DevOps ecosystem Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you To be successful in this role you will have: Expert-level Playwright experience (non-negotiable) Strong Selenium capability Deep experience automating: Cloud SaaS applications APIs and integrations Data services and pipelines Strong Azure Pipelines experience Proven experience operating within complex enterprise architecture Ability to influence without authority Strong mentoring capability Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including: • Training and development opportunities • Life and income protection insurance plans • Generous parental leave • Employee discounts at a range of large retailers Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.