QA Automation Lead

QA Automation LeadComtech is a woman-owned small business founded in 1998 and headquartered in Reston, VA. We offer IT solutions across the disciplines of program/project management, applications development, infrastructure, Cyber security, and enterprise content/data management services. We have developed our methodologies and processes based on the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v.3 Framework across enterprise infrastructure operations. These methodologies and processes are reinforced through our organization's externally accredited certifications, which include ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 IT Service Management Systems (SMS, corporate ITIL certification), ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management System (ISMS), and CMMI-DEV Level 3.Job DescriptionJob Title: Automation and Infrastructure QA Technical Team Lead.Job location: Seattle, WADuration: Long Term (Contract)Job Description:Aptitude to pick up new platform technologies and trends, as they become relevant to scalable APIs and supporting systems. Examples include programming language, libraries, architecture patterns and incorporating cloud components.Thorough understanding of data transport mechanisms and integrations including synchronous, asynchronous, messaging, queuing and other loosely coupled methods.Experience with API gateways.Experience with cloud technologies including testing, automation and CI/CD.7+ years of testing experience including 2 years of technical leadership.Hands on automation coding and testing of infrastructure items.Test planning and consulting.Automation framework creating and consultation.Must have:API Gateway experienceAutomation FrameworksCI/CD knowledgeNecessary skills:1. API Gateway, Mashery, Apigee or NGinX 2. Infrastructure, SQL, Automation in C#, NServiceBusNeeds to have knowledge of the infrastructure for what the development needs to run. Hands on testing work, technical lead so will need to be spending ¾ of the day testing. Will be meeting with stakeholders, so business acumen is necessary. Experience with CI/CD is a huge plus Comtech LLC