Architect II - Software Testing

12 - 15 Years
1 Opening
Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Pune, Trivandrum

Role Proficiency:

Leverage specialist testing knowledge to define and implement testing best practices and environment strategy for an enterprise

Outcomes:

Measures of Outcomes:

Outputs Expected:

Test Strategy:

Knowledge Management:

Test Reporting:

Test Design
Development
Execution:

Test Planning:

Skill Examples:

Knowledge Examples:

• Knowledge of Automation Techniques
  • Knowledge of Testing methodologies

  • Knowledge of Test Automation tools and frameworks

  • Knowledge of Automation ROI analysis

  • Knowledge of industry wide KPI's

  • Knowledge of Test Data and Test Env requirement identification
  
  
  Additional Comments:

  Test Architect Leader – APAC Region Role Summary The Test Architect Leader will represent the Enterprise Quality Assurance (EQA) organization in the APAC region, reporting directly to the EQA Leader. The Test Architect is a technical hands-on leader and is a strategic participant across many development efforts. This role is responsible for advancing Quality Engineering (QE) practices, driving automation strategy, and ensuring alignment with enterprise QA standards across APAC delivery teams. The individual will act as a strategic partner to APAC stakeholders, providing technical leadership, process governance, and mentoring to elevate QA maturity. The Test Architect provides overall leadership on test strategy, script design, script execution, automation framework, service virtualization, data virtualization, and environment design & advanced Test Management strategies all combined to improve effectiveness, costs and velocity. Responsible for the design, enhancement and future growth of test automation architecture and framework. Key Responsibilities • Serve as the EQA representative for APAC region leaders & QA professionals, ensuring QA priorities align with business objectives. • Define and implement test architecture strategies for functional, non-functional, and automation testing. • Establish and maintain EQA automation frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines. • Ensure compliance with enterprise QA processes, templates, and KPIs. • Mentor and coach QA professionals in APAC on technical and leadership skills. • Act as a liaison between APAC delivery teams and EQA leadership for quality initiatives. • Responsible for the automation architecture and provides direction on automation techniques • Extend tool capabilities and integrate with other technologies by coding interfaces, new functions, custom objects, etc • Apply Testing Lifecycle Management principles in the context of a product • Possess technical competency and takes on leadership role to interact with application developers to ensure software quality Required Skills & Qualifications • Strong experience in Quality Engineering, test automation frameworks, and CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitHub Actions etc.. • Hands-on knowledge of functional and non-functional testing tools and practices. • Proven ability to lead distributed teams and influence senior stakeholders. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and change management skills. • Creative with ability to "think outside the box" for long-term solution • 10+ years in QA/QE roles, with at least 3 years in an architect or leadership capacity. • Experience in test efforts for cloud (AWS/Azure), containerized (Docker), and distributed environments Utilized Generative AI(Chatgpt, AppliTool, GitHub Copilot etc) towards QA use cases

Quality Engineering,Test Automation Framework,Excellent Communication,CI/CD