Our Purpose
Here at Datacom, we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.
The Details
We have over 6,200 people across our global offices, and generate an annual revenue of over $1.2 billion, this makes us one of Australasia’s largest professional IT services companies. We have extensive expertise in operating data centres, providing IT services, software engineering and application management, as well as payroll and customer service design and operations. With this comes a long list of significant clients Datacom is committed to hiring, developing and promoting the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are local at heart, yet world-class in capability.
The Opportunity
As a Principal Consultant within the Professional Services team your skills will be used across a wide breadth of challenging projects.
About the Role
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a diverse and dynamic solution provider with a broad client base and deep in-house expertise. We operate with agile principles and deliver using cutting-edge technologies, the latest development tools, and forward-thinking practices, always prioritizing customer value.
As we expand our capabilities in test automation and performance testing, your talent will be instrumental in driving modern engineering practices infused with AI-powered insights. You will help shape how artificial intelligence are leveraged to optimize testing strategies, test automation, and accelerate delivery cycles.
Depending on the engagement, you may be embedded within a performance and/or test engineering team. You will be at the forefront of integrating AI into our QA ecosystem, using intelligent test generation, test execution, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics to elevate quality assurance beyond traditional boundaries.
Great! What skills do I need?
To earn a place on our team you must be creative in your approaches and be able to implement solutions that require the use of multiple tools and technologies.
- Implement, improve and augment performance test scripts using JMeter, NeoLoad, Load Runner, GraphQL, and similar tools.
- Creating and implementing test automation framework using Selenium, Rest Assured, Rest Sharp, playwright and similar tools.
- Programming languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Typescript
- Agile mindset and experience of working on projects following SCRUM
In addition to a proven track record in leading web and API test automation, performance testing, and optimization initiatives, we highly value experience with AI-enhanced testing practices. Familiarity with AI-driven tools for intelligent test case generation, anomaly detection, and predictive performance modeling will set you apart. Your ability to integrate machine learning insights into performance engineering workflows will help us push the boundaries of quality assurance and deliver smarter, faster, and more resilient solutions.
We will ask you to show us your:
- Proven knowledge of the proper performance requirements analysis and test script development across a variety of tools and environments
- Proven knowledge of the test automation across a variety of tools and environments
- Ability to analyse a project, determine the optimal tool set, implement a benchmark test and present the results
- Proven ability to deliver quality results in a busy and dynamic business-focused environment
- Knowledge of good software development practices and current methodologies and tools
- Ability to contribute to developing performance testing skills and knowledge within the wider team
- Dedication to improvement via training, certifications or self-study
- Awareness of how AI and machine learning can be applied to enhance performance testing, including intelligent test generation, predictive analytics, and anomaly detection
- Experience AI-augmented QA test automation tools and frameworks to drive smarter, faster, and more adaptive testing strategies
Why Datacom?
At Datacom we believe that doing good, is good for business. We have maintained our local family feel whilst expanding globally, across Australia and ASIA. Our brand and reputation depend on ‘proving the promise’ and we aspire to be the trusted advisor for our customers across Government and the private sector from enterprise scale to regional business. We offer our staff a competitive salary package, fantastic perks and benefits like healthcare, life insurance, discounts at
local retailers and a supportive, flexible working environment. If you want to join a company making a difference, apply now!
We have over 6,500 people across our global offices, and generate an annual revenue of over $1.48 billion, this makes us one of Australasia’s largest professional IT services companies. We have extensive expertise in operating data centres, providing IT services, software engineering and application management, as well as payroll and customer service design and operations. With this comes a long list of significant clients Datacom is committed to hiring, developing
and promoting the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are local at heart, yet world-class in capability.
Top Skills
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems.
We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges.
With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses.
We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
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