Automation Lead

Job title: Automation Lead

Location:- Onsite in Charlotte NC

Duration: thru 12/31/2026

Contract W2 (No C2C)

Job Description/ Responsibilities/ Years of experience:
Strong technical skillset with minimum 12 yrs. experience in test automation across the Tech stack Web/middleware/database
Experience in UI Web services and mobile automation
Experience in building custom solutions across Test life cycle Design/Develop/Test
Perform continuous research in Market Trends arrange mind share sessions with client on new solutions
Provide automation thought leadership and implement new solutions and framework
Must have 5 yrs. programming skills in Java experience in developing new solutions & build/enhance test automation frameworks
Perform current state assessments & capability to provide transformation roadmap
Mentor the team build new solutions
Experience in building engineering metrics and building root cause analysis reports
Lead the team adopt to DevOps culture build scalable test automation suite with continuous integration/testing for applications

What are the top skills required for this role
Tech stack
o Strong knowledge on Java Jscript
o Good knowledge in Python
o Strong knowledge Test automation engine Selenium Playwright
o Strong knowledge in API REST Assured or other frameworks
o CI & build tools - Cucumber Jenkins Github Mavens
Experience in building new Framework & solid understanding of Angular frameworks spring boot micro-services & Mule gateway
Exposure to GenAI Copilot or other LLMs
Hands on experience on test management tools like Rally or other platform tools
Experience in custom solutions like dashboard to report on engineering metrics program health
Ability to lead automation team and drive client solutions and proposals
Multi location team handling capabilities