Qa Lead

QUALITY ENGINEER LEAD

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

• Lead the design and development of scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks using Tosca,

Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or similar automation technologies, with reusable and configurable

components.

• Design and execute end-to-end automation across APIs, web services, GUI applications, and

microservices, with strong hands-on experience in API automation.

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Python and/or other relevant programming languages,

following coding standards, framework best practices, and maintainable design principles.

• Define risk-based test strategies, test cases, execution plans, automation coverage, and quality metrics

across functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.

• Validate databases, SQL results, JSON responses, API contracts, schemas, and end-to-end data flows to

ensure data integrity and application quality.

• Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing,

deployment, reporting, and quality gates.

• Lead defect analysis, troubleshooting, test reporting, root-cause analysis, and continuous quality

improvements across applications and data products.

• Collaborate with Product, Development, Data, API, Architecture, and Business teams in a cross-functional

Agile environment, while mentoring QA engineers and driving consistent automation practices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and test automation, including hands-on experience

designing and implementing automation frameworks.

• Strong experience with one or more automation frameworks such as Tosca, Cypress, Selenium,

Playwright, or similar technologies, with the ability to evaluate and implement appropriate automation

approaches.

• Strong experience with API/REST and microservices automation, including validation of API responses,

contracts, schemas, and integration flows.

• Strong Python programming skills and understanding of automation framework design, reusable

components, and maintainable test automation practices.

• Strong SQL skills and experience validating database data, data transformations, and end-to-end data

flows.

• Experience with functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and performance testing, including riskbased

test planning and automation strategy.

• Experience integrating automated testing with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and working with

Git/GitHub or similar version-control tools.

• Experience with Tosca modules, Test Case Design, Test Plans, Execution, and Requirements Management,

or equivalent capabilities in other automation frameworks.

• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum practices and experience working with cross-functional engineering

and business teams.

• Strong communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with experience providing

technical guidance and mentoring to QA engineers.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Tosca Automation Specialist Level 1/2 certification.
• Experience with Tosca Service Virtualization, qTest, CI agents, or similar test management and service

virtualization tools.

• Hands-on experience with Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or other modern web automation frameworks.
• Experience with test data management, service virtualization, and automated test environment

management.

• Experience with JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar test and work management platforms.
• Experience automating complex end-to-end GUI, API, microservices, and data-driven applications.
• Experience with performance testing tools and optimization of large-scale automated test suites.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.