Core Technologies: Playwright, TOSCA, CI/CD, Java

We are seeking a Technology Architect – QE (Quality Engineering) to define, design, and drive enterprise-scale automation strategies across platforms and programs. The ideal candidate will blend deep hands-on technical expertise in automation frameworks with strategic leadership to enable high-quality, cloud-ready, and continuously tested software delivery.

You will architect end-to-end quality engineering solutions across UI, API, data, and non-functional domains — embedding automation into CI/CD pipelines, leveraging modern cloud and DevOps ecosystems, and mentoring engineering teams to achieve engineering excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Define Quality Engineering reference architecture across UI, API, data, mobile, and non-functional testing domains.

• Design modular, reusable, and scalable test automation frameworks in Java + Selenium, extendable to Playwright, REST Assured, and contract testing (Pact).

• Establish test pyramid principles, shift-left quality practices, and enforce quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.

• Implement service virtualization, test data management (TDM), and modern environment strategies (ephemeral environments, test containers).

DevOps & Platform Engineering

• Industrialize automation execution within CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) using Docker/Kubernetes and Selenium Grid for scale.

• Set up artifact versioning, secrets management, and policy-as-code frameworks for automation governance.

• Integrate SonarQube, code quality metrics, and structured observability (logs, traces, metrics, dashboards).

• Drive flaky test governance and stability improvements using retry heuristics, test quarantine, and root-cause analytics.

Cloud & Modern Platforms

• Architect cloud-native automation execution across AWS, Azure, or GCP, leveraging BrowserStack or Sauce Labs for device and browser coverage.

• Validate distributed systems (Kafka/event-driven), microservices, and serverless architectures using contract and resilience testing.

• Embed feature flag validations, blue-green/canary testing, and chaos experiments within pre-production workflows.

Non-Functional Quality

• Establish performance baselines using JMeter, Gatling, or NeoLoad, and model SLAs/SLOs.

• Integrate security testing (OWASP ASVS, ZAP/Burp), accessibility (WCAG standards), and reliability into continuous quality gates.

Leadership & Client Orientation

• Lead architecture reviews, coach SDETs and QA leads, and build communities of practice for QE.

• Partner with Product and Engineering to define roadmaps, budgets, and resourcing.

• Contribute to client workshops, pre-sales, and RFP responses with strong technical articulation.

• Translate complex quality risks into actionable insights and executive-ready recommendations.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and Automation Architecture.

• Expertise in Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, SOLID design, and clean code principles.

• Strong API automation experience using REST Assured or equivalent frameworks.

• Working knowledge of performance tools (e.g., JMeter, BlazeMeter, NeoLoad, Performance Center, K2View, Gatling).

• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and Selenium Grid.

• Proven experience with microservices testing, contract testing, TDM, and service virtualization.

• Solid understanding of performance, security, and accessibility testing practices.

• Strong systems thinking, root-cause analysis, and data-driven decision-making abilities.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Hands-on with Playwright, Cypress, Appium, GraphQL testing, Pactflow, or TestContainers.

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), OPA/Conftest, and advanced observability integrations.

• Domain knowledge in BFSI, Healthcare, Retail, or Telecom (compliance-intensive ecosystems).

• Certifications in AWS/Azure/GCP, CKA/CKAD, ISTQB Advanced, or Security Testing (preferred).