Senior Service Virtualization Engineer

 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:
o REST APIs
o SOAP Services
o GraphQL APIs
o Kafka/Event-driven integrations
o MQ/JMS messaging
o 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:
o BlazeMeter Service Virtualisation
o WireMock
o Mountebank
o 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 WireMock and/or Mountebank.
• Experience with BlazeMeter 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, MuleSoft, 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