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We are looking for experienced Technical Lead Tricentis Tosca OSV (Service Virtualization) Architect to join Photon at Las Vegas, NV (Onsite)
Mandatory Requirement
- 100% Onsite in Las Vegas, NV (Monday Friday).
- Candidates must have strong hands-on Tricentis Tosca OSV experience. General Tosca Automation experience alone will not be sufficient.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead Tricentis Tosca OSV (Service Virtualization) Architect to lead the design and execution of a Proof of Concept (POC) focused on Tosca Orchestrated Service Virtualization (OSV).
This is a highly technical, hands-on leadership role responsible for building scalable virtual services that remove testing dependencies on unavailable backend systems, third-party APIs, and microservices. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Tricentis Tosca OSV, API virtualization, and QA automation architecture while mentoring a small team of automation engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and implementation of a Tosca OSV Proof of Concept (POC).
- Design and build scalable virtual services using Tricentis Tosca OSV.
- Create stateful service virtualization environments for REST and SOAP services.
- Configure Tosca OSV Monitor, Tosca Commander (Technical View), and Tosca API Scan.
- Virtualize backend services, third-party APIs, and dependent microservices.
- Implement payload correlation, token management, request-response mapping, and data-driven virtualization.
- Integrate service virtualization into CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines.
- Troubleshoot complex API and environment dependency issues.
- Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, and Architecture teams.
- Mentor QA Automation Engineers and establish service virtualization best practices.
- Drive technical decisions and deliver a successful POC with production-ready recommendations.
Required Qualifications
- 8 years of QA Automation and Test Architecture experience.
- 4 years of hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca.
- Strong expertise in Tosca Orchestrated Service Virtualization (OSV).
- Experience with:
- Tosca OSV Monitor
- Tosca Commander (Technical View)
- Tosca API Scan
- Strong understanding of:
- REST APIs
- SOAP Web Services
- JSON/XML
- HTTP/HTTPS
- Experience with:
- OAuth
- JWT Tokens
- Payload Correlation
- Stateful Virtual Services
- Hands-on experience with message queues such as Kafka, IBM MQ, or RabbitMQ.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience integrating Tosca with CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Tricentis Automation Specialist Level 1 (AS1)
- Tricentis Automation Specialist Level 2 (AS2)
- Tricentis Certified OSV Practitioner
- Tricentis Certified OSV Architect
- Experience leading technical POCs and mentoring QA Automation teams.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.