QA Manual Test Engineer
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The Senior Test Automation Architect is responsible for defining driving and governing the end-to-end test automation strategy across enterprise programs and portfolios. The role focuses on architecting scalable reusable automation solutions enabling DevOps and CI/CD integration, mentoring automation teams, and ensuring measurable business value through high-quality efficient test automation. This role works closely with Program Test Managers, Solution Architects, DevOps teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to align automation initiatives with business outcomes., * Define and own the enterprise-wide test automation strategy aligned with business, programme, and technology objectives.
- Design and maintain scalable, modular, and reusable automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, and backend testing.
- Evaluate and recommend automation tools, frameworks, and technologies based on application architecture and testing needs.
- Establish automation standards, guidelines, and architectural blueprints across all projects.
- Architect and implement automation frameworks using industry-leading tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured, and Appium.
- Ensure automation frameworks support cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-environment testing.
- Enable data-driven, keyword-driven, and behaviour-driven test automation approaches where appropriate.
- Define reusable libraries, utilities, reporting structures, dashboards, and integration patterns.
- Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines including Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps.
- Drive shift-left testing and continuous testing practices across delivery teams.
- Ensure seamless automation execution across on-premises, cloud, and containerised environments.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to optimise test execution speed, stability, and scalability.
- Define automation coverage strategies across functional, regression, API, integration, performance, and security testing.
- Drive automation coverage metrics and continually identify opportunities to improve coverage, efficiency, and ROI.
- Optimise test execution cycles to reduce duration and infrastructure costs through parallel execution and smart test selection.
- Define automation KPIs, metrics, and reporting models to assess effectiveness and quality.
- Monitor automation stability, defect leakage, maintenance effort, and enforce automation quality gates across releases.
- Provide insights and recommendations to programme leadership to improve quality outcomes.
- Drive adoption of advanced and emerging automation techniques such as AI/ML-assisted test generation, self-healing automation, model-based testing, and service virtualisation.
- Research, pilot, and integrate emerging QA tools and technologies into the automation roadmap.
- Mentor and guide automation architects, leads, and engineers to enhance capability and maturity.
- Review automation designs, coding standards, and implementation quality.
- Identify skill gaps and recommend targeted training and upskilling plans for automation teams.
- Promote best practices in coding standards, version control, and framework design.
- Collaborate with Programme Test Managers, Solution Architects, and Product Owners to align automation roadmaps with business needs.
- Provide automation leadership during project initiation, planning, and solution-design phases.
- Support critical delivery phases and manage automation-related risks, issues, and escalations.
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Requirements
- Strong expertise in designing enterprise-level automation strategies and frameworks.
- Deep hands-on experience with leading automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured, and Appium.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD integration, DevOps pipelines, and shift-left testing.
- In-depth understanding of UI, API, integration, and backend automation concepts.
- Ability to define automation standards, reusable libraries, and scalable framework architectures.
- Proficiency in automation coverage planning, optimisation, and ROI analysis.
- Experience implementing advanced techniques like AI/ML-driven test automation, model-based testing, and self-healing frameworks.
- Strong leadership skills with capability to mentor, guide, and upskill automation teams.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills to collaborate with architects, product owners, managers, and vendors.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to articulate automation architecture and strategy.
- Ability to manage automation risks, escalations, and dependencies across large programmes.
- Experience supporting multi-project delivery environments with complex testing landscapes., Job Description Are you passionate about ensuring software quality, driving testing excellence, and mentoring others along the way? We're looking for a Senior QA Manual Test Engineer to join our growing customer and play a key role in delivering high-quality,...
Benefits & conditions
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About the company
Capgemini ist einer der weltweit führenden Anbieter von Management- und IT-Beratung, Technologie-Services und Digitaler Transformation. Als ein Wegbereiter für Innovation unterstützt das Unternehmen seine Kunden bei deren komplexen Herausforderungen rund um Cloud, Digital und Plattformen.