Test Automation Architect

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Engineering, and Test Automation.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Automation Testing experience.
• Must be currently involved in designing/building automation frameworks and writing automation code.
• Proven experience architecting automation solutions across Web, API, Mobile, and Database testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Define automation strategy, framework architecture, and tool selection guidelines.
• Design and build scalable automation frameworks from scratch.
• Architect integrated automation solutions covering Web, API, Mobile, Database, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish standards for framework design, reporting, logging, parallel execution, test data management, and quality governance.
• Lead automation adoption, technical reviews, and mentoring of automation engineers.

Required Skills

• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
• Hands-on expertise with Playwright, Selenium, Appium, and API automation frameworks.
• Strong experience designing and implementing automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience with cloud and container technologies (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes).

Essential Architect-Level Competencies

The candidate should be able to:

• Justify automation tool selection based on project requirements and architecture constraints.
• Design a framework from scratch, including execution strategy, reporting, logging, parallelization, test data management, and CI/CD integration.
• Define automation approaches for Web, API, Mobile Native Apps, and Database validation.
• Explain framework design decisions, trade-offs, and scalability considerations in detail.