please forward resume to hr8(at)relianttech.com or rajiv(at)relianttech.com Ph Seven three two - seven seven two - 1786 - write Skills Name in the Subject Line while responding - Need Local Consultants - Please call and let me know) (Minimum IT 10 Yrs - Please don't submit below 10 years of IT Exp) Looking for a true Test Architect ndash Super Sr Level - please submit candidates at whatever rate you need ndash but we are looking for Super Sr Level True Automation Test Architect! Someone who has taken a company from Manual to Automated I am looking for a true Test Architect ndash Super Sr Level ndash please submit candidates at whatever rate they need This is a Sr Level Role ndash not just an SDET Tester, need someone who can handle SDET Testing but has also set up Automation for a company and can leave the process as well as testing Please have candidates complete the skill grid below Required skills Years of experience Automation Methodology Automation Framework Development Test Tool Experience (test management, test automation, automation platforms, development languages, and CICD) Process Maturity Leadership ndash experience driving change through the use of automation Evaluate current state automation and establish gaps and prioritized recommendations for improvements Provide a strategic approach and roadmap along with milestones to measure success Product Testing experience C andor Java API Testing SQL .Net Selenium Cucumber AgileScrum Vendor has partnered with a mission-driven, national organization with an outstanding reputation of being voted for 10 straight years as Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work, in their search for an Test Automation Architect to join their team in Arlington, VA. Priority qualifications needed for this role include Automation Methodology ndash Excellent knowledge and experience developing strategy and implementing test automation for various enterprises. Automation Framework Development ndash Hands on familiarity in developing several types of automation frameworks from scratch. Test Tools Experience ndash Experience with multiple test tools such as test management, test automation, automation platforms, development languages, and those associated with CICD implementation. Process Maturity ndash Direct involvement in efforts to mature agile and DevOps practices for the organization as it relates to test automation, increased quality and optimization. Leadership ndash be a leading resource and driver for change and process efficiency through the use of automation. Job Description -The position is for a highly motivated professional in test who has the depth and breadth of experience in automation to evaluate the various complexities of an organization and then develop and implement a strategic approach from the ground up. -As an agent for change this professional is expected to meet current delivery quality standards while increasing the use of automation to drive increased throughput and test coverage efficiencies. -This QA professional will work across multiple project teams composed of developers, project managers, scum masters and business owners to help shape the quality of a product and establish the maximum level of automated test coverage, while reducing the time of test cycles. -This person must be an excellent communicator, able to deal with conflicting objects across teams, be highly organized and provide transparency with automation planning and implementations. -As an Automaton Architect you will also need to understand the various levels of testing from a functionalfeature level, data validation, authentication and security and systems integration for a web-based application. -Strong knowledge of ERP testing and the user experience is also essential. -Soft skills with good verbal and written skills as well as presentations, metrics and reports is needed. -The person must be flexible in addressing changing needs of the organization as it evolves and increase in maturity levels of agile while implementing CICD practices. -The position must support test in a modern cloud based environment as well. Required Skills -Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, related field or equivalent experience -Minimum of 8+ years of software testing experience, actually testing a product, not just automation -Minimum of 8+ years test framework development experience -Minimum of 8+ years of experience with C, Java -Minimum of 5+ years of experience with API testing -Experience with SQL is a plus -Experience with .NET is a plus Should have exposure to some of these skills Selenium, Cypress, C, JIRA, TeamCity, GitHub, JavaScript, Postman, Agile Scrum Agile Kanban, CICDCT experience, .NET, SQL, Cucumber, SpecFlow, NUnit and Xray experience is a plus. Responsibilities - Evaluate current state automation and establish gaps and prioritized recommendations for improvements - Provide a strategic approach and roadmap along with milestones to measure success - Build and maintain an automation test infrastructure that will cover all projects and adapt to the various levels of test required, this includes frameworks and clones of those frameworks, required automation test data, and automation test environments - Establish processes and tools necessary to expand the implementation of test and generate regular test run reports - Evaluate product functionality and feature sets to help establish realistic depth and breadth of test coverage through automation - Promote test casetest script accuracy and efficiency of execution - Maintain and enhance an automated testing platform and CICD pipelines to help build reliability, scalability and increase product quality - Participate in the design and implementation of test infrastructure to support a managed test service and Continuous Development Continuous Testing - Participate in the creation of test scripts for automation and help in the migration of legacy manual scripts into automation - Participate in the training and mentoring of test automation and best practices for sprint implementation - Enforce automation best practices and standards for the entire test organizations - Explore automated solutions as the organization evolves and provide options for change