Test Automation Architect (Senior Test Automation Engineer)

Capgemini • Chicago, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Capgemini is seeking an experienced Test Automation Architect to lead and transform enterprise-wide quality engineering and test automation initiatives. This strategic, hands-on leadership role defines automation vision, establishes quality governance, and architects scalable solutions across complex cloud-native, distributed, and microservices-based environments. The role balances strategy with execution, mentors global QA teams, and advances continuous testing excellence throughout the software development lifecycle. It is an onsite position based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The architect leads enterprise automation strategy and framework governance across UI, API, database, and integration testing. The role drives shift-left quality and continuous testing in Agile and DevOps delivery, integrates automation into CI/CD pipelines, and leads automation for cloud-native and distributed applications. It also develops service automation and end-to-end validation, defines strategies for contract testing, service virtualization, microservices validation, and enterprise integrations, and reviews architectures for quality and system attributes. The position collaborates with business and technical stakeholders, defines quality metrics and executive reporting, supports defect prevention and process improvement, mentors QA professionals, and leads modernization initiatives such as AI-assisted testing, self-healing frameworks, and intelligent test optimization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in test automation, quality engineering, and QA leadership.
• Hands-on expertise in Robot Framework, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, API automation, Python, and Java.
• Experience designing scalable UI, API, database, and integration test automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of REST, SOAP, GraphQL, OAuth, contract testing, service virtualization, and microservices testing.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Cosmos DB, SQL Server, and NoSQL databases.
• Expertise integrating CI/CD with Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native application testing.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, continuous testing, shift-left quality, and enterprise test governance.
• Experience defining quality metrics, automation standards, release readiness criteria, and executive reporting.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, mentoring, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• OpenShift experience.
• Retail/POS domain experience.
• Performance engineering experience.
• Experience with observability tools.
• AI-assisted testing experience.
• Self-healing automation experience.
• Intelligent test optimization experience.

Responsibilities

• Define, lead, and execute enterprise test automation strategy aligned with organizational quality objectives.
• Architect, design, and govern scalable UI, API, database, and integration automation frameworks.
• Establish automation standards, governance models, quality KPIs, and best practices across projects and teams.
• Drive shift-left quality initiatives and continuous testing practices within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software releases.
• Lead automation efforts for cloud-native, distributed, and microservices-based applications.
• Perform architecture reviews and recommend improvements to system quality, reliability, performance, scalability, maintainability, and testability.
• Develop automation solutions for REST, SOAP, and GraphQL services and ensure end-to-end validation across integrated systems.
• Define test strategies for contract testing, service virtualization, microservices validation, and complex enterprise integrations.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, architects, business stakeholders, and engineering leaders to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Define and track quality metrics, dashboards, release readiness criteria, and executive-level reporting.
• Drive defect prevention through root cause analysis and continuous process improvement.
• Mentor and coach QA Architects, Automation Engineers, and Quality Leads on framework design, coding standards, and quality engineering practices.
• Lead automation modernization initiatives, including AI-assisted testing, self-healing automation frameworks, and intelligent test optimization.

Benefits

• Paid time off, including vacation (12–25 days depending on grade), company-paid holidays, personal days, and sick leave.
• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Vision coverage.
• Retirement savings plans, including 401(k) in the U.S. or RRSP in Canada.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed