Test Automation Architect

at  Swedium Global Services

Test Automation Architect
Job Description

Responsibilities

• Design, refine and implement test automation strategy for very complex solution, including roadmap, tools, framework & approach
• Provide goals and objectives for test automation across different agile release trains and system team
• Provide leadership, training and mentoring to implement test automation on team and E2E solution level
• Implement, maintain and improve test automation frameworks
• Carry out automation feasibility studies
• Pro-actively work with development and infrastructure teams for integrating test automation as an integral part of Continuous delivery pipeline
• Pro-actively seek to make continuous improvements to test coverage, execution and automation
• Pro-actively measure, improve and report effectiveness of the test automation against identified goals and objectives
• All of this with very hands-on approach

Competence expectations for the role:

• Strong experience with implementing test automation for a very complex solution, including multiple applications and technologies
• Strong experience with multiple test automation frameworks, especially Python and Java based frameworks.
• Excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills. Fluent English.
• Very strong programming and test automation skills.
• Strong problem solving skills and attitude
• Experience of CI/CD
• Good advertising and/or marketing skills, increasing awareness of test automation, of testing and test automation benefits
• Proactive and self driven – able to speak up, challenge, search for solution to problems
• Banking and cards domain experience preferred. Understanding of banking architecture (Batch runs, multiple integration technologies etc.)
• “Hands-on“

This is expected to be a very long term job, if a good match is found.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

Test automation implementation for very complex environment
(mandatory)
Test automation frameworks, especially Python and Java based
(mandatory)
Programming skills
(mandatory)
CI/CD
(mandatory)
Advertising and/or marketing skills to promote importance of testing
(important)
Banking and cards domain experience
(important)
Banking architecture (Batch runs, multiple integration technologies etc.)
(important)

EXPERIENCE LEVEL

Senior

Responsibilities

• Design, refine and implement test automation strategy for very complex solution, including roadmap, tools, framework & approach
• Provide goals and objectives for test automation across different agile release trains and system team
• Provide leadership, training and mentoring to implement test automation on team and E2E solution level
• Implement, maintain and improve test automation frameworks
• Carry out automation feasibility studies
• Pro-actively work with development and infrastructure teams for integrating test automation as an integral part of Continuous delivery pipeline
• Pro-actively seek to make continuous improvements to test coverage, execution and automation
• Pro-actively measure, improve and report effectiveness of the test automation against identified goals and objectives
• All of this with very hands-on approac

Competence expectations for the role:

• Strong experience with implementing test automation for a very complex solution, including multiple applications and technologies
• Strong experience with multiple test automation frameworks, especially Python and Java based frameworks.
• Excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills. Fluent English.
• Very strong programming and test automation skills.
• Strong problem solving skills and attitude
• Experience of CI/CD
• Good advertising and/or marketing skills, increasing awareness of test automation, of testing and test automation benefits
• Proactive and self driven – able to speak up, challenge, search for solution to problems
• Banking and cards domain experience preferred. Understanding of banking architecture (Batch runs, multiple integration technologies etc.)
• “Hands-on