W2 Contract - QA Automation Architect

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Automation QA Architect to own and drive the overall QA automation strategy for a new UI-based ISO Portal application.

The candidate will be responsible for defining the automation roadmap, framework architecture, coding standards, reusable components, governance, CI/CD integration, and overall automation quality. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium and experience leading enterprise-scale QA automation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive the overall QA automation strategy across sprint and release cycles.
• Define the automation roadmap, framework standards, coding guidelines, reusable components, and governance model.
• Evaluate and implement Playwright and/or Selenium based on project requirements and automation feasibility.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Development Leads, and QA stakeholders.
• Understand business requirements, acceptance criteria, and overall quality objectives.
• Identify automation opportunities by evaluating test cases based on feasibility, business criticality, stability, priority, and regression value.
• Architect scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation frameworks.
• Support automation for UI, functional, smoke, regression, and release validation testing.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines for scheduled, on-demand, and release-based execution.
• Define quality gates and automation metrics, including test pass thresholds, defect leakage, regression health, and execution results.
• Monitor automation coverage, execution trends, defect trends, and overall quality metrics.
• Prepare and present QA automation status reports to GPC and Cognizant stakeholders.
• Establish automation best practices and mentor QA engineers on framework usage and coding standards.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve test coverage, execution speed, reliability, and maintainability.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in QA Automation Architecture and Strategy.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium.
• Experience designing and implementing reusable automation frameworks.
• Strong experience with UI, functional, smoke, regression, and API testing.
• Experience integrating automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and QA best practices.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong understanding of test automation governance and quality metrics.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with enterprise development and QA teams.
• Ability to work onsite in Atlanta, GA.