Automation Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Architect who can design, implement, and scale automation frameworks across Web, Mobile, API, Data, CI/CD, and Cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on expertise in multiple tools and technologies and the ability to provide technical leadership, mentor teams, and drive enterprise-wide automation maturity and best practices.

Requirements

• Define and implement enterprise automation strategy across functional, regression, integration, performance, and data validation layers.
• Architect reusable, scalable, and maintainable frameworks for Web, Mobile, API, Data, and ETL automation.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and frameworks based on project and business needs.
• Build automation standards, guidelines, and best practices (coding standards, branching, reviews, governance).
• Develop frameworks using Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Cypress, Ranorex, Katalon, TestNG/JUnit, PyTest, C# automation frameworks, or similar.
• Lead Proof-of-Concepts (POCs) and tool feasibility evaluations.
• Integrate automation solutions into CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab.
• Guide teams in designing modular, maintainable, and robust test suites.
• Architect REST/SOAP automation using Postman, RestAssured or similar
• Validate database layers, ETL workflows, and data pipelines.
• Performance & Non-Functional Automation (Preferred)
• Experience with tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, K6, or similar.
• Ability to integrate performance testing in CI/CD.
• Implement test orchestration pipelines aligned with CI/CD.
• Set up test reporting dashboards (Allure, Extent, Grafana, TestRail integration)
• Perform maturity assessments for automation and QA processes.
• Define KPIs, quality metrics, automation ROI, productivity metrics.
• Establish a Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) culture across teams.
• Work with cross-functional teams (QA, Dev, DevOps, Product, Architecture).
• Mentor automation engineers and drive capability uplift.
• Review existing automation and optimize for performance, speed, and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Strong hands-on with at least 3–4 automation tools across Web, Mobile, and API.
• Experience with Java, C#, Python, or JavaScript automation frameworks.
• Good hands-on experience into Selenium WebDriver / Playwright / Cypress.
• Experience in Appium mobile automation.
• Experience in API automation (RestAssured, Postman/Newman, Karate).
• Experience in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab).
• BDD with Cucumber / SpecFlow.
• Git branching strategies.
• Test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, qTest).
• Building enterprise-level hybrid frameworks (Keyword + Data Driven + BDD + POM).
• Strong understanding of OOPs, design patterns, SOLID principles.
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker), cloud testing (BrowserStack, LambdaTest, SauceLabs).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to lead automation strategy discussions at C-Suite or leadership level.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred (Good to Have):

• Experience with Mabl, Ranorex, Katalon, or low-code automation platforms.
• Knowledge of AI-based automation or self-healing frameworks.
• Familiarity with DataOps/ETL testing and tools like QuerySurge.
• Exposure to microservices testing and contract testing.