Test Automation Lead

New York 3 hours agoFull-time External
Negotiable
Role Name - QA Automation Lead EXPERIENCERANGEINREQUIREDSKILLS HiTech : Automation Testing ROLEDESCRIPTION - Role SummaryWere seeking a Test Automation Lead (SDET) with 5 years leading multiteam QA programs to drive engineering-quality practices across complex banking platforms and integrations. You will architect automation frameworks embed quality into CICD and lead a team of SDETsQA engineers to deliver reliable compliant releases at speed. Experience in BFSI systems (core banking payments digital channels) and hands-on coding for test automation is essential. Key Responsibilities Automation Architecture Delivery • Design implement and scale UIAPIDB automation frameworks (Selenium javaUFT RestAssuredPostman CucumberBDD TestNGJUnit). • Integrate automated suites into CICD (Azure DevOpsJenkinsGitLab) with quality gates parallelization test impact analysis and artifact publishing. • Establish coding standards for test harnesses mocks data builders and service virtualization enforce code reviews and static analysis for test code. DomainFocused Testing (Banking) • Translate banking use cases (core depositsloans ACHwires cardpayments digital banking) into robust automated scenarios and data validations. • Partner with product owners and vendor teams (e.g. Fiserv internal platforms) to triage defects validate patcheshotfixes and maintain regression beds. Program Leadership Governance • Lead a squad of SDETsQA engineerscapacity planning mentoring and upskilling on advanced automation topics. • Orchestrate defect triage rootcause analysis and riskbased test planning own release readiness (gonogo) and rollback validation. • Drive shiftleft practices (contract testing API first early data checks) and shiftright observability (synthetic monitoring production validation dashboards). Compliance Security • Ensure test evidence meets BFSI regulatoryaudit needs (SOX) automate traceability from user stories to test results and logs. Required Qualifications • 1012 years in software testingquality engineering with 5 years leading SDETautomation teams. • Strong handson coding in JavaC (or equivalent) for test automation (frameworks utilities custom drivers). • Proven delivery of CICDintegrated automation at scale expert in test design for microservices REST APIs and eventdriven systems. • BFSI domain experiencecore banking or paymentsand vendorplatform collaboration (e.g. Fiserv) for patchregression cycles. • Solid grasp of SQL and data validation familiarity with logsmetrics (SplunkSumoGrafana) for test diagnostics. Preferred Skills • Experience with OSATstyle regression accelerators or similar enterprise frameworks comfortable with shiftleftshiftright test strategies. • Performance testing (JMeterLoadRunner) • ISTQB (Advanced) AgileSAFe or cloud certifications (AzureAWS). Tools Stack (Illustrative) • Automation Selenium Cypress Playwright RestAssured Postman CucumberBDD Appium (mobile) - CICD SCM Azure DevOps Jenkins GitLab GitHub A Key Skills Account Payable,Apprentice,English Language,Mac Os,Facilities Management,CPA Employment Type : Full Time Experience : years Vacancy : 1