Test Automation Architect

Experience

12+ years of experience in Test Automation, SDET, Quality Engineering, or Test Architecture.

We are looking for an experienced Test Automation Architect to define and drive the automation and Quality Engineering strategy across products and teams. The role combines automation architecture, framework design, CI/CD integration, RHEL platform testing and security/compliance validation, cloud/container testing, and technical leadership.

Automation Architecture + Quality Engineering Strategy + Platform Security & Compliance + Technical Leadership + Hands-on Technical Guidance

The role is expected to provide architecture and technical direction while remaining sufficiently hands-on in framework design, POCs, troubleshooting, and critical automation solutions.

Define Test Automation / Quality Engineering strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap.

Drive automation across UI, API, integration, regression, end-to-end, and platform testing.

Define automation architecture, coding standards, design patterns, and reusable components.

Lead integration of automated testing with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates.

Drive automation across RHEL, Azure, Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.

Define and drive RHEL platform validation, security testing, hardening validation, and compliance testing strategies.

Provide technical direction and conduct architecture/code reviews for automation solutions.

Develop and review automation using Python, Playwright/Selenium, Shell, and Java.

Define strategies for test data, workplace management, parallel execution, reporting, scalability, and distributed test execution.

Drive shift-left testing and security/quality engineering practices across the SDLC.

Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex automation, platform, security, and environment issues.

Define and track quality and automation metrics such as coverage, automation effectiveness, execution time,



defect leakage, security coverage, and compliance status.

Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Security, Platform, Architecture, Product, and QA teams.

Architecture & Technical Leadership

Define reference architectures and reusable automation patterns for application, platform, security, and compliance testing.

Assess existing frameworks and drive automation modernization and transformation.

Establish reusable approaches for validating RHEL hardening, security configurations, vulnerabilities, access controls, and compliance requirements.

Drive reduction of manual testing through automation, including security and compliance validation.

Review automation architecture, test strategy, code, technical designs, and security/compliance validation approaches.

Drive continuous improvement in quality, automation maturity, platform security validation, compliance coverage, and engineering productivity.

12+ years of strong Test Automation / SDET / Quality Engineering experience.

- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale automation frameworks.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Python, Playwright/Selenium, API automation, and Jenkins.
- Strong working knowledge of RHEL/Linux platforms, including platform configuration, troubleshooting, patching, and system-level validation.
- Strong understanding of RHEL platform security, security hardening, secure configurations, access controls, and vulnerability validation.
- Experience with security compliance testing and validation for enterprise platforms.
- Strong understanding of cloud, containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines and implementing automated quality/security gates.
- Strong understanding of test strategy, automation architecture, test design, and Quality Engineering.
- Proven experience driving automation transformation and standardization.
- Experience defining or implementing platform security and compliance automation is highly desirable.

📌 Automation Architect Testing (India)
🏢 Infinite Computer Solutions India
📍 India