QE Senior Test Automation Architect - C1

QE Senior Test Automation Architect - C1 (Contract)

Grand Rapids, MI, United States (On-site)

Contract (1 month 22 days)

Published 1 day ago

database testing

CI/CD

REST / SOAP

Python

cross - functional collaboration

Observability & Monitoring

Senior Test Automation Architect with focus on test automation strategy, framework architecture, quality engineering leadership, CI/CD integration, and enterprise-level test governance.

Primary Skills

• 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and Test Automation, with 4+ years in a Test Automation Architect or Lead role.
• Expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-scale automation frameworks using Robot Framework, Selenium, and API automation tools.
• Strong programming experience in Python and/or Java for test framework development.
• Deep expertise in API testing, contract validation, service virtualization, and microservices testing.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure ecosystem, Azure DevOps, Cosmos DB, and cloud-native architectures.
• Proven experience in database validation and data quality testing using SQL Server and NoSQL databases.
• Experience driving automation strategies across Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Testing environments.
• Expertise in test management, quality metrics, and release governance using Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD implementation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, and related tools.
• Good to have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Containers, and Red Hat OpenShift platforms.
• Good to have Retail and Point-of-Sale (POS) domain experience.

Core Responsibilities & Expertise

• Define and drive the enterprise automation testing strategy aligned with organizational quality objectives.
• Architect, design, and govern scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks across UI, API, database, and integration layers.
• Establish automation standards, best practices, coding guidelines, and quality engineering processes across teams.
• Evaluate and recommend automation tools, frameworks, and emerging technologies to improve quality and delivery efficiency.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Product Owners, Development Leads, DevOps Engineers, and Business Stakeholders to ensure testability of applications.
• Lead automation efforts for cloud-native, microservices, and distributed system architectures.
• Design and implement test automation within CI/CD pipelines to enable Continuous Testing and Shift‑Left quality practices.
• Perform architecture reviews and provide guidance on application quality, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Mentor and coach QA engineers and automation teams on framework design, coding standards, and automation best practices.
• Define key quality metrics, automation KPIs, and reporting dashboards to measure testing effectiveness and release readiness.
• Drive root‑cause analysis for critical production and non‑production issues and implement preventive quality measures.
• Participate in Agile planning, release management, risk assessment, and quality governance activities.

Technical Skills

• Expert-level proficiency in Python and/or Java for framework development and automation engineering.
• Extensive experience with Robot Framework, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, and API automation tools.
• Strong expertise in API technologies including REST, SOAP, GraphQL, OAuth, and service virtualization.
• Experience designing automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM), BDD, Data-Driven, Hybrid, and Modular approaches.
• Hands‑on experience integrating automation suites with CI/CD platforms including Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab.
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.
• Experience with Azure Cloud services, Cosmos DB, SQL Server, and database automation strategies.
• Exposure to containerized environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and OpenShift.
• Familiarity with performance engineering, observability tools, log analytics, and monitoring platforms.
• Experience implementing AI-assisted testing, self‑healing automation, and intelligent test optimization solutions.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $36.98/hour - $57.79/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America's leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients' success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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