Test Automation Architect (Senior Test Automation Engineer)
About The Position
Capgemini is seeking an experienced Test Automation Architect to lead enterprise-wide quality engineering and test automation initiatives. This strategic, hands-on role defines automation vision, quality governance, and scalable automation solutions for complex cloud-native, distributed, and microservices-based environments. The architect balances strategy and execution while mentoring global QA teams and advancing continuous testing throughout the software development lifecycle. The role leads enterprise automation strategy, frameworks, standards, governance, and modernization initiatives. It involves integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, supporting Agile and DevOps practices, and improving system quality, reliability, performance, scalability, maintainability, and testability. The position also collaborates with technical and business stakeholders, defines quality metrics and release-readiness criteria, and supports continuous process improvement. This is an onsite role based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The posted base compensation range is $89,400–$166,398. The role may also be eligible for variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions. Capgemini offers a benefits package to regular, full-time employees, with benefits subject to local policy and eligibility.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of experience in test automation, quality engineering, and QA leadership.
- Strong 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.
- Strong 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 using 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.
- Experience with AI-assisted testing, self-healing automation, or intelligent test optimization.
Responsibilities
- Define, lead, and execute the enterprise test automation strategy aligned with organizational quality objectives.
- Architect, design, and govern scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, database, and integration testing.
- 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 frameworks, and intelligent test optimization.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including 12–25 vacation days depending on employee grade, company-paid holidays, personal days, and sick leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada.
- Retirement savings plans, such as a 401(k) in the U.S. or RRSP in Canada.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Employee assistance programs.
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility.
- Potential eligibility for variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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