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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # QA Automation Architect - **Company:** Ztek Consulting - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Continuous Integration, Selenium, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Playwright, Software Coding, Api Management - **Published:** August 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a13ff2cf-640b-408c-883f-2e18b7c4fa8a ## About the Role * Strong experience in QA Automation Architecture and Strategy. * Hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium. * Experience designing and implementing reusable automation frameworks. * Strong experience with UI, functional, smoke, regression, and API testing. * Experience integrating automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines. * Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and QA best practices. * Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. * Strong understanding of test automation governance and quality metrics. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. * Experience working with enterprise development and QA teams. * Ability to work onsite in Atlanta, GA. ## Description We are looking for an experienced Automation QA Architect to own and drive the overall QA automation strategy for a new UI-based ISO Portal application., The candidate will be responsible for defining the automation roadmap, framework architecture, coding standards, reusable components, governance, CI/CD integration, and overall automation quality. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium and experience leading enterprise-scale QA automation initiatives., * Own and drive the overall QA automation strategy across sprint and release cycles. * Define the automation roadmap, framework standards, coding guidelines, reusable components, and governance model. * Evaluate and implement Playwright and/or Selenium based on project requirements and automation feasibility. * Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Development Leads, and QA stakeholders. * Understand business requirements, acceptance criteria, and overall quality objectives. * Identify automation opportunities by evaluating test cases based on feasibility, business criticality, stability, priority, and regression value. * Architect scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation frameworks. * Support automation for UI, functional, smoke, regression, and release validation testing. * Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines for scheduled, on-demand, and release-based execution. * Define quality gates and automation metrics, including test pass thresholds, defect leakage, regression health, and execution results. * Monitor automation coverage, execution trends, defect trends, and overall quality metrics. * Prepare and present QA automation status reports to GPC and Cognizant stakeholders. * Establish automation best practices and mentor QA engineers on framework usage and coding standards. * Continuously identify opportunities to improve test coverage, execution speed, reliability, and maintainability. ## Related Videos - [How I Built QA from Scratch in a Scaling Startup - no fluff real life story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2041-how-i-built-qa-from-scratch-in-a-scaling-startup-no-fluff-real-life-story) - [Proactive monitoring and smoke testing in your production environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/139-proactive-monitoring-and-smoke-testing-in-your-production-environment) - [Are Classical Automation Frameworks Dead? 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