What are the responsibilities and job description for the Test Automation Architect position at Montek System?
Location: Charlotte(NC)/Iseline(NJ)
#Positions – 2
Rate: $60-65 Max
Job Description:
We are Seeking a highly experienced Test Automation Architect to lead enterprise-scale automation initiatives across UI, API, and service-oriented (SOA/microservices) architectures. This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, solution architecture skills, and cross-team leadership to drive automation strategy, design scalable frameworks, and enable quality engineering transformation.
- 10–15 years in QA/Automation with 5 years in architecture/lead roles
- Define and implement end-to-end automation strategy across Web UI, APIs, and service-based architectures.
- Design and build scalable, reusable automation frameworks supporting enterprise applications.
- Establish automation standards, best practices, and governance models.
- Drive shift-left and continuous testing approaches aligned with DevOps and Agile practices.
- Analyze application landscape (UI, API, backend services) and propose optimal automation solutions.
- Provide solutions for complex ecosystems including microservices, integrations, and distributed systems.
- Lead POCs, tool evaluations, and automation roadmap planning.
- Define frameworks for test data, environment management, and service virtualization.
- Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, product, and platform teams.
- Act as a central automation SME, guiding multiple teams/projects.
- Drive alignment across teams for automation adoption and standardization.
- Conduct design reviews, architecture discussions, and technical mentoring.
- Hands-on Automation & Engineering - Develop and review automation scripts across:
- UI: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress
- API: Rest Assured, Karate, Postman
- Service Layer / SOA / Microservices testing
- Provide hands-on support in building automation pipelines and frameworks.
- Troubleshoot complex automation issues and perform root cause analysis.
- Integrate automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
- Enable continuous testing and reporting with traceability and quality metrics.
- Drive automation execution, reporting, and dashboards for stakeholders.
- Support AI/GenAI-driven automation adoption, where applicable.
Required Technical Skills:
- Strong experience in:
- UI automation (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress)
- API automation (Rest Assured, Karate)
- SOA / microservices testing
- Programming expertise: Java / Python / JavaScript
- Deep understanding of:
- REST APIs, JSON/XML
- Test frameworks (TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber)
- Experience with:
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Service virtualization and mocking tools
- Test management and defect tracking tools
- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale automation frameworks
- Strong knowledge of:
- Microservices architecture
- Distributed systems and integrations
- Ability to create automation roadmaps and solution blueprints
- Experience working with multiple teams/stakeholders
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to mentor teams and drive organization-wide automation adoption
Salary : $50 - $65