Senior Service Virtualisation Engineer

Role Purpose Lead the design, implementation and adoption of an enterprise Service Virtualisation capability across Australia Post to accelerate shift-left testing, reduce environment dependency bottlenecks and improve delivery velocity across API, integration and event-driven ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership Define the Service Virtualisation roadmap, standards and operating model. Establish governance, asset management and reusable virtual service catalogues. Drive adoption across Quality Engineering, Architecture, Integration and Delivery teams. Solution Design & Implementation Design and implement virtual services for: REST APIs SOAP Services GraphQL APIs Kafka/Event-driven integrations MQ/JMS messaging File-based integrations (SFTP/APST) Build configurable, reusable and stateful virtual services supporting both positive and negative test scenarios.

Tooling & Automation Lead evaluation and implementation of: Blaze. Meter Service Virtualisation Wire. Mock Mountebank Pact / Contract Testing frameworks Integrate virtual services into CI/CD pipelines and test automation frameworks. Establish repository and versioning strategy for virtual services and test data. Stakeholder Engagement Facilitate workshops with Architecture, Platform, Integration and QE teams.

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and testers. Define onboarding and support processes for virtual service consumers. Mandatory Skills Strong experience in Service Virtualisation and Integration Testing. Hands-on expertise with Wire. Mock and/or Mountebank. Experience with Blaze. Meter Service Virtualisation or similar enterprise SV platforms.

Strong understanding of REST, SOAP, JSON, XML and OpenAPI/Swagger. Experience with Kafka, MQ/JMS and event-driven architectures. Knowledge of Contract Testing (Pact or equivalent). CI/CD experience using GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or Jenkins. Strong stakeholder management and solution architecture skills. Desirable Skills SAP integration testing Kong, Mule.

Soft, Tibco or API Gateway platforms AWS, Azure or GCP Test Environment Management Shift-left and Quality Engineering transformation initiatives Success Measures (First 6 Months) Define Client’s Service Virtualisation strategy and standards. Establish governance and a reusable virtual service catalogue. Deliver a pilot capability for priority integrations (e.

g. EMR, AVER, SAP). Implement API virtualisation, contract testing and CI/CD integration patterns. Reduce dependency-driven testing delays across selected programmes. Provide a scalable enterprise capability ready for wider adoption. Ideal Profile A hands-on Service Virtualisation Engineer who combines: Deep technical expertise in APIs and integrations Strong Quality Engineering background Enterprise architecture mindset Experience building and governing reusable virtual services Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead organisation-wide adoption Preferred Backgrounds: Service Virtualisation Architect, Integration Test Architect, Quality Engineering Architect, or Enterprise Integration Specialist.