Automation Test Lead

Automation Test Lead
Remote Role

Responsibilities
• Lead automation strategy, standards, and governance across all QE initiatives.
• Architect, implement, and maintain scalable, reusable UI, API, and DB automation frameworks.
• Identify automation scope, assess feasibility, and prioritize coverage aligned to risk.
• Integrate continuous testing into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps/ALM.
• Establish metrics, dashboards, and benchmark targets; track results and improve.
• Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and uplift practices across agile squads.
• Collaborate with product, developers, and SRE to embed shift left quality.
• Optimize test data, environments, and stability to ensure reliable execution.
• Troubleshoot failures, perform root cause analysis, and drive defect resolution.
• Evaluate tools, manage POCs, and champion best practices within the CoE.
• Ensure compliance with processes, audits, and evidence for release of readiness.
• Champion knowledge sharing through playbooks, templates, communities, and training sessions.
• Report automation of ROI and estimates to leadership.

Required Skills:
• Communication and stakeholder management: benchmark 4/5; must have.
• Testing concepts (STLC, UI, API, DB): benchmark 4/5; must have.
• Automation testing concepts, scope identification, assessment: benchmark 4/5; must-have.
• Selenium/Katalon hands -on benchmark 4/5; must-have-.
• Java or C# programming with clean code and OOP: benchmark 4/5; must have.
• Automation framework creation/maintenance (modular, data driven, BDD): benchmark 4/5; must have.
• Azure DevOps/ALM, pipelines, test management: benchmark 4/5; must have.
• Agile and CI/CD practices, branching, and releases: benchmark 4/5; must have.
• API test automation with REST/JSON, Postman/Rest Assured, contract testing: benchmark 4/5; must have.
• DB testing, SQL scripting, validation of data integrity: benchmark 4/5; must have.
• Defect tracking, reporting, and RCA using industry tools: benchmark 3/5; good to have.

 Skills: HiTech : Automation Testing~Digital : Katalon Studio~Playwright~Core Java~Selenium
Experience Required: 4-6