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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # QA Automation Lead/Architect with Kafka, AWS experience - **Company:** Momento USA LLC - **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, DevOps, Fault Tolerance, Github, Monitoring of Systems, HP Loadrunner, Apache JMeter, Junit, Python (Programming Language), OpenShift, Systems Development Life Cycle, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Standard Sql, Selenium, Software Testing Automation Framework, Testng, TypeScript, Datadog, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Performance Testing, Spring Cloud, System Availability, Appium, Grafana, Cypress (Programming Language), Gatling, Reliability of Systems, Scalability Testing, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Information Technology, Playwright, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Restful APIs, Splunk, Selenium Webdriver, New Relic (SaaS), Dynatrace, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Programming Languages, Microservices - **Published:** August 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usf87f5ce441ea21d3c403b623bd896f42 ## About the Role * Test Automation * Selenium WebDriver * Playwright * Cypress * Appium * Rest Assured * Karate Framework * TestNG / Junit Programming Languages * Java * Python * JavaScript / TypeScript * SQL * SRE & Reliability Engineering * SLI / SLO Definition * Error Budget Management * Incident Management * RCA (Root Cause Analysis) * Capacity Planning * Chaos Engineering * Reliability Engineering Practices Cloud Platforms * AWS * Azure * Google Cloud Platform (GCP) DevOps & CI/CD * Jenkins * GitHub Actions * GitLab CI/CD * Azure DevOps * ArgoCD Observability Tools * Prometheus * Grafana * ELK Stack * Datadog * Splunk * New Relic * Dynatrace Performance Testing * JMeter * Gatling * LoadRunner * K6 Container & Orchestration * Docker Kubernetes * OpenShift, * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field ## Description QA Automation Lead/Architect with Kafka, AWS experience We are seeking a highly experienced QA Automation Architect with strong expertise to define and drive enterprise-wide quality engineering, test automation, reliability, observability, and performance engineering strategies. The ideal candidate will lead the architecture and implementation of scalable automation frameworks, reliability engineering practices, CI/CD quality gates, and cloud-native testing solutions to ensure high availability, resilience, and product quality., Quality Engineering & Test Architecture * Define enterprise QA strategy, standards, and testing best practices. * Design scalable automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, microservices, and cloud-native applications. * Establish quality gates throughout the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines. * Drive shift-left and shift-right testing practices. * Develop and govern test automation architecture across multiple product teams. Automation Framework Development * Architect and implement automation solutions using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, and other modern testing tools. * Establish reusable automation frameworks and libraries. * Develop API, integration, end-to-end, regression, and data validation automation. * Drive test data management and environment management strategies. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) * Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Error Budgets. * Establish reliability engineering practices across development and operations teams. * Drive production monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis. * Improve system resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance. * Lead chaos engineering and resilience testing initiatives. * Define operational readiness criteria for releases. Performance & Reliability Engineering * Design and implement performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing strategies. * Establish capacity planning and performance benchmarking frameworks. * Monitor application performance and optimise system reliability. * Identify bottlenecks and drive performance improvements across platforms. DevOps & CI/CD Integration * Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines. * Implement continuous testing across development, testing, and production environments. * Collaborate with DevOps teams to improve deployment reliability. * Ensure automated quality gates before production deployments. Observability & Monitoring * Implement enterprise observability solutions using monitoring and logging platforms. * Establish dashboards, alerting mechanisms, and operational metrics. * Drive proactive issue detection and resolution. * Collaborate with engineering teams to improve application telemetry and diagnostics. Technical Leadership * Mentor QA engineers, SDETs, Automation Leads, and SRE teams. * Conduct architecture reviews and establish testing governance. * Drive adoption of engineering excellence and quality-first culture. * Collaborate with architects, product owners, delivery managers, and engineering leadership., Job Title: QA Automation Lead / Engineer Work Location & Reporting Address: New York, NY 10003 (Onsite-Hybrid. 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