Associate Consultant Test Automation Architect

Position Description:

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Test Architect to define and lead the overall quality engineering and test automation strategy across enterprise applications and platforms. The ideal candidate will design scalable testing frameworks establish QA best practices and ensure high-quality software delivery through automation performance security and continuous testing approaches.
The role requires strong expertise in test architecture automation frameworks CI/CD integration and modern quality engineering practices across web mobile APIs cloud and enterprise systems.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Test Strategy & Architecture
. Define and implement enterprise-wide QA and testing strategies.
. Design scalable and reusable test automation frameworks.
. Establish standards guidelines and best practices for quality engineering.
. Drive shift-left testing and continuous testing initiatives.
. Define test environments test data management and quality governance processes.
Automation & Quality Engineering
. Lead automation initiatives for UI API mobile and backend testing.
. Build and optimize automated regression integration and end-to-end test suites.
. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
. Evaluate and recommend testing tools frameworks and technologies.
. Improve test coverage execution speed and defect detection efficiency.
Performance Security & Reliability
. Define performance testing and reliability engineering strategies.
. Support load stress scalability and endurance testing initiatives.
. Collaborate with security teams to implement security testing practices.
. Ensure applications meet performance reliability and compliance standards.
Collaboration & Leadership
. Work closely with developers DevOps business analysts and product teams.
. Mentor QA engineers and automation teams.
. Conduct test reviews quality audits and root cause analysis.
. Provide estimations risk assessments and release quality metrics.
. Participate in architecture discussions and release planning.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. Strong experience in software testing and quality engineering.
. Expertise in automation frameworks such as: Selenium Playwright Cypress Appium
. Experience with API testing tools: Postman Rest Assured Karate
. Strong understanding of: Test automation architecture CI/CD pipelines Agile & DevOps practices SDLC/STLC methodologies
. Knowledge of performance testing tools like JMeter LoadRunner or Gatling.
. Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
Programming Skills
. Hands-on coding experience in: Java Python JavaScript/TypeScript C#
. Experience with scripting and automation utilities.
Soft Skills
. Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
. Strong communication and stakeholder management.
. Ability to work across cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
. Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science IT or related field.
. Certifications in testing or cloud technologies.
. Experience in enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
. Exposure to AI-driven testing tools and intelligent automation.
Experience Requirements
. 8 years in software testing / QA engineering.
. 3 years in test architecture or QA leadership roles.
. Experience managing enterprise-scale automation initiatives.
Nice to Have
Exposure to Banking.
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Skills:

• Architecture AI & Data
• Design System
• Quality Management
• Test management
• Testing

What you can expect from us:

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