Automation Lead

Trident Consulting is seeking " Automation Lead " for one of our clients in " Charlotte, NC "



Job Title: Automation Lead

Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite)

Length of Assignment: 1 year w/ extension

Type: Contract (W2)

Rate:$70/hr

Job Description/ Responsibilities/ Years of experience:
• Strong technical skillset with minimum 12+ yrs. experience in test automation across the Tech stack - Web/middleware/database
• Experience in UI, Web services and mobile automation
• Experience in building custom solutions across Test life cycle - Design/Develop/Test
• Perform continuous research in Market Trends, arrange mind share sessions with client on new solutions
• Provide automation thought leadership and implement new solutions and framework
• Must have 5+ yrs. programming skills in Java, experience in developing new solutions & build/enhance test automation frameworks
• Mentor the team, build new solutions
• Experience in building engineering metrics and building root cause analysis reports
• Lead the team, adopt to DevOps culture, build scalable test automation suite with continuous integration/testing for applications



What are the top skills required for this role?
• 12+ yrs. of QE and Test automation hands-on experience
• Tech stack
o Strong knowledge on Java, Jscript
o Good knowledge in Python
o Strong knowledge Test automation engine - Selenium, Playwright
o Strong knowledge in API - REST Assured or other frameworks
o CI & build tools - Cucumber, Jenkins, Github, Mavens
• Experience in building new Framework & solid understanding of Angular frameworks, spring boot micro-services & Mule gateway
• Exposure to GenAI - Copilot or other LLM's
• Hands on experience on test management tools like Rally or other platform tools
• Experience in custom solutions like dashboard to report on engineering metrics, program health
• Ability to lead automation team and drive client solutions and proposals
• Multi location team handling capabilities



bout Trident
Trident Consulting is a premier IT staffing firm providing high-impact workforce solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Since 2005, we've specialized in sourcing elite technology and engineering talent for contract, direct hire, and managed services roles. Our expertise spans cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and data analytics, supported by a 3M+ candidate database and a 78% fill ratio. With a highly engaged leadership team and a reputation for delivering hard-to-fill, niche talent, we help organizations build agile, high-performing teams that drive innovation and business success.



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Trailblazer Women Award 2025 by Consulate General of India in San Francisco Ranked as the #1 Women Owned Business Enterprise in the large category by ITServe. Received the TechServe Excellence award. Consistently ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America Recognized in the SF Business Times as one of the Largest Bay Area BIPOC/Minority-Owned Businesses in 2022.

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