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Role Title: SAP Test Automation Architect – SAP S/4HANA Brownfield Migration
Location: Kanasas City, MO / KS (Onsite)
Duration: Long Term on Conract
Experience: 15 Years
Role Summary
The SAP Test Automation Architect will lead the automation strategy and implementation for CPKC''s SAP S/4HANA Brownfield Migration program. The role is responsible for establishing an enterprise-wide automation framework covering SAP, non-SAP applications, APIs, integrations, data validation, regression, and cutover readiness. The architect will work closely with business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, integration teams, and QE leadership to deliver a scalable automation-first quality engineering model.
Key Responsibilities
Automation Strategy & Architecture
- Define end-to-end test automation strategy aligned with SAP S/4HANA migration objectives.
- Establish automation architecture covering SAP GUI, SAP Fiori, APIs, middleware, and non-SAP systems.
- Create automation roadmap across Design, Build, SIT, UAT, Cutover, and Hypercare phases.
- Define automation governance standards, coding standards, and framework guidelines.
SAP Test Automation Delivery
- Lead implementation of SAP automation using Tricentis Tosca and associated tools.
- Design reusable automation assets and Golden Regression Packs.
- Establish continuous testing practices supporting agile and release-based execution.
- Drive automation adoption across functional and technical workstreams.
Integration & API Automation
- Define API and interface automation framework across SAP CPI, Boomi, OpenText, and external applications.
- Implement contract testing and integration regression suites.
- Develop automated validation for business-critical interfaces.
Data Validation Automation
- Design automated reconciliation and validation mechanisms for selective data migration.
- Establish automated controls for conversion validation, payroll validation, master data verification, and reporting accuracy.
AI & Productivity Enablement
- Introduce AI-assisted automation accelerators.
- Drive self-healing automation capabilities.
- Implement intelligent test generation and optimization techniques.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Engage with CPKC leadership and program stakeholders.
- Present automation readiness, coverage, and quality metrics.
- Mentor onsite/offshore automation engineers and SDETs.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience
Mandatory
- 15 years in Software Testing and Quality Engineering.
- 7 years in SAP Test Automation.
- Multiple SAP S/4HANA implementation or migration programs.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Tricentis Tosca
- SAP Fiori Automation
- API Testing (Postman/Rest Assured/Tosca API)
- SAP CPI Integration Testing
- Jira and qTest
- Experience implementing enterprise automation frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of SAP business processes:
- Procure to Pay (P2P)
- Hire to Retire (H2R)
- Record to Report (R2R)
- Asset to Dispose (A2D)
Preferred
- SAP S/4HANA Brownfield migration experience.
- Selective Data Migration testing experience.
- Rail, logistics, manufacturing, or enterprise transformation experience.
- AI-enabled Quality Engineering experience.
Nice to Have Certifications
- Tricentis Tosca Automation Specialist/Architect
- SAP Certified Associate
- ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer