QA Automation Lead / Architect

About

We are seeking a QA Automation Lead / Architect with deep expertise in end-to-end test automation, framework design, and distributed systems testing. This is a senior-level role requiring strong technical depth, leadership capabilities, and the ability to drive automation strategy across complex environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale automation frameworks for UI, API, and system-level testing
• Develop and execute manual and automated test cases (positive & negative scenarios)
• Lead in-sprint and end-to-end (E2E) automation strategy and execution
• Collaborate closely with developers, product teams, and stakeholders to ensure test coverage
• Own test planning, execution, reporting, and quality metrics
• Implement CI/CD-integrated automation pipelines
• Drive full regression cycles and performance testing initiatives
• Ensure quality across distributed, microservices-based systems
• Participate in technical discussions, status calls, and stakeholder reviews

Mandatory Technical Skills

Automation & Testing

• Strong hands-on experience in QA Automation (12 15+ years)
• UI Automation: Webdriver.io, Cucumber.js, TypeScript
• API Automation: REST API testing using Node.js, Cucumber.js, TypeScript
• Performance Testing: JMeter, Grafana, Prometheus
• Experience across testing types:
  • Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Smoke, Load/Performance, Scalability

DevOps & Infrastructure

• CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux systems

Programming & Scripting

• JavaScript / TypeScript, Node.js
• Scripting: Bash, Shell, Ansible
• Build Tools: Maven, NPM

Cloud & Tools

• Cloud: AWS / Azure / GCP / OpenShift
• Version Control: Git, Bitbucket
• Test Management: TestRail
• Ticketing/Docs: JIRA, Confluence, GitLab
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Neo4j

Additional Expectations

• Strong experience in automation for distributed and mission-critical systems
• Hands-on experience in CI/CD pipeline configuration and maintenance
• Ability to independently drive automation strategy and implementation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in Agile and Waterfall environments

Nice to Have

• Telecom / Network / OSS / NMS domain experience
• Frontend exposure: Angular, HTML, CSS, D3.js
• Backend frameworks: Spring (Data/Security/MVC), REST services
• Tools/Technologies: Kafka, ElasticSearch, SSO (OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• Graph DB and time-series DB exposure

Selection Process

• Technical Assessment: 1-hour HackerRank evaluation (mandatory)
• Technical interviews focused on hands-on depth and architecture-level understanding