Job Title: Test Automation Architect

Location: Remote in the USA

Industry: Telecom

Job Description:

• 10+ years (including 5+ years in test automation design and leadership)
• Hands-on experience with **TOSCA**, **RestAssured**, **Playwright**, **Appium**, and **Informatica**.
• Deep understanding of **API orchestration**, **test data provisioning**, and **data transformation validation**.
• Expertise in **SQL and NoSQL databases** for backend validation and complex data assertion.
• Proficiency with CI/CD integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Proven history of reusable **accelerator and utility development** improving QA efficiency.
• Demonstrated leadership in test architecture across diverse technical stacks.
• Drive for **maintainability**, **robustness**, and **continuous optimization**.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional engineering, development, and business stakeholders.

Good to have:

• Excellent understanding of **E2E billing, conversion, and migration workflows**, preferably within Telecom Billing Systems.
• Experience in **telecom billing or large-scale system migration programs.
• Exposure to **GenAI/ML-driven automation**, especially for defect prediction or test impact analysis.

Job Responsibilities

The Test Automation Architect will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-grade automation frameworks across multiple testing layers—Web, Mobile, API, and Backend. The role emphasizes hybrid automation patterns, multi-tool orchestration, and advanced data testing including end-to-end validations across transformation and migration lifecycles.
This role combines strategic planning with technical leadership to ensure maintainable, scalable, and robust automation delivery across multiple releases and ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• **Framework Design & Architecture: **
  Architect and evolve hybrid automation frameworks (Keyword-driven, Data-driven, Page Object Model, and BDD hybrids) using **Selenium WebDriver**, **TOSCA**, **Playwright**, **Appium**, and **RestAssured**.
• **Automation Orchestration & Integration: **
  Build multi-tool automation solutions to orchestrate **REST API** flows, **service call chaining**, and **Newman CLI** executions through pipelines and CI/CD environments.
• **E2E Telecom Billing & Data Validation: **
  Automate complete billing data journeys including **job execution**, **data conversion checks**, **database validations (SQL/NoSQL) **, **data transformation**, **rule validation**, and **traceability of transaction logic** across multiple cycles.
  Validate **source-to-target mappings** and data consistency from **staging to primary systems** using **Informatica** and telemetry-enabled accelerators.
• **Quality Engineering Governance: **
  Implement quality gates and automation compliance for business-critical E2E flows including Digital, Retail, and Care applications.
  Ensure scalability, reusability, and maintainability through framework modularization and standardized test asset practices.
• **Tool Integration & Continuous Testing: **
  Integrate frameworks within CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps) to support continuous regression in multi-system landscapes.
  Define telemetry mechanisms and custom utilities to measure automation efficiency and ROI.
• **Leadership & Mentoring: **
  Provide technical mentorship to automation teams, drive innovation through accelerators, and ensure best practices are followed across projects.
  Collaborate with cybersecurity teams for tool approval of commercial and open-source components.