Technology Architect
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We're seeking a Technology Architect - QE to define and drive the end-to-end Quality Engineering strategy across programs. You'll architect enterprise-grade automation (UI, API, data), embed quality into CI/CD, enable cloud-scale execution, and mentor teams to elevate engineering excellence. This role blends deep hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership and client-facing solutioning., Architecture & Strategy
- Define the QE reference architecture (UI, API, data, mobile, non-functional) aligned to product and platform strategy.
- Design modular, scalable test automation frameworks in Java + Selenium (Page Object/Screenplay/Component Object Model), extendable to REST Assured, Playwright, and contract testing (Pact).
- Establish test pyramid, shift-left practices, and quality gates integrated into build pipelines.
- Introduce service virtualization, test data management (TDM), and environment strategy (ephemeral envs, test containers)., * Industrialize automation via CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), parallelization, and Selenium Grid/Docker/Kubernetes.
- Set up artifact versioning, secrets management, policy-as-code, and SonarQube quality profiles for automation code.
- Implement observability for tests (structured logs, trace IDs, metrics dashboards, Allure/Extent/Custom Grafana boards).
- Drive flaky test governance (quarantine lanes, retry heuristics, root-cause patterns, stability SLOs).
Cloud & Modern Platforms
- Design cloud-native test execution (AWS/Azure/GCP), leverage BrowserStack/Sauce Labs for cross-browser/device coverage.
- Validate distributed systems (event-driven/Kafka), microservices, and serverless with contract & resilience testing.
- Integrate feature flags, blue-green/canary validation, and chaos experiments into pre-prod gates.
Non-Functional Quality
- Establish performance engineering baselines (JMeter/Gatling, capacity modeling, SLAs/SLOs).
- Embed security testing (OWASP ASVS, ZAP/Burp automation hooks), accessibility (WCAG), and reliability checks.
Leadership & Client Orientation
- Run architecture reviews, coach SDETs, and build communities of practice for QE.
- Partner with Product/Engineering to shape roadmaps, budgets, and resourcing, support RFPs and client workshops.
- Translate complex quality risks into clear, executive-ready narratives and remediation plans.
Requirements
- 13+ years in QA/QE with designing automation frameworks at scale.
- Expert in Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, SOLID design, and clean code; strong API automation (REST Assured).
- Working knowledge of performance tools (JMETER, BLAZEMETER, NEOLOAD, Performance Center, K2VIEW, GATLING etc.)
- Working knowledge of monitoring tools (DYNATRACE, NEW RELIC, SPLUNK, PROMETHEUS, OPEN TELEMETRY)
- Hands-on with CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud runners, Selenium Grid.
- Proven experience with microservices testing, contract testing, service virtualization, and TDM.
- Working knowledge of performance, security, and accessibility testing practices.
- Strong systems thinking, root-cause analysis, and data-driven decisioning.
Good to Have
- Playwright/Cypress; Mobile (Appium); GraphQL testing; Pactflow; TestContainers.
- IaC (Terraform), OPA/Conftest; advanced observability (OpenTelemetry).
- Domain: BFSI, Healthcare, Retail, or Telecom (compliance-heavy environments).
- Certifications: AWS/Azure/GCP, CKA/CKAD, ISTQB Advanced, Security (nice-to-have).
Personal Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates, we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:
- High analytical skills
- A high degree of initiative and flexibility
- High customer orientation
- High quality awareness
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills