Lead Test Automation Engineer
About The Position
National Grid is seeking an innovative, adaptable, and results-oriented Lead Test Automation Engineer for their QA/DevOps Engineering group. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining modern testing solutions, mentoring teams, and driving quality across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The position requires a strong individual contributor comfortable with coding, pipeline development, tooling ownership, and collaboration with development, platform, and release teams. The role can be located in Brooklyn, NY, Waltham, MA, Syracuse, NY, or Hicksville, NY.
Requirements
- Strong experience in software testing and quality engineering
- Strong hands-on automation coding experience
- Strong programming/scripting skills (Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or similar)
- API testing experience (REST, JSON, authentication, contracts)
- Familiarity with cloud-native and containerized environments
- Working knowledge of Agile / DevOps methodologies
- Expertise with at least one of the following: Playwright, Selenium, NeoLoad, Tricentis (Tosca), or Parasoft
- Solid understanding of test automation frameworks, design patterns, and best practices
- Hands-on experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions and JFrog Artifactory
- Experience integrating automation and performance testing into pipelines
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading or transforming QA / Quality Engineering teams
- Exposure to microservices architectures
- Experience with test reporting and metrics dashboards
- Performance tuning experience at scale
- ISTQB or relevant automation/performance certifications
Responsibilities
- Act as the technical lead for all testing initiatives: automation, performance, and quality engineering
- Define and evolve testing strategies, frameworks, standards, and best practices
- Make tool and architecture recommendations aligned with scalability, security, and CI/CD goals
- Lead technical design reviews and provide guidance on testability and quality improvements
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks
- Implement UI and API automation using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Tricentis (Tosca) and Parasoft
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure test reliability, maintainability, and fast feedback loops
- Lead performance testing strategy using NeoLoad
- Design and execute load, stress, endurance, and scalability tests
- Analyze results, identify bottlenecks, and work with engineering teams on remediation
- Automate performance tests within pipelines where feasible
- Build and maintain CI/CD workflows using GitHub and GitHub Actions
- Integrate testing, quality gates, and reporting into pipelines
- Manage test artifacts and dependencies using JFrog (Artifactory)
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to improve pipeline efficiency and reliability
- Mentor QA and engineering team members on tools, automation techniques, and DevOps practices
- Partner with developers, product owners, and platform teams to embed quality early
- Participate actively in agile ceremonies and release planning
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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