Senior QA Engineering Leader (Automation & Platform Modernization)

Job Description: LOCAL TO Whippany, NJ/ Tampa, FL ONLY!

Job Description - Senior QA Engineering Leader (Automation & Platform Modernization):*

Seasoned Quality Engineering leader responsible for architecting, enhancing, and scaling enterprise-grade automation frameworks across Batch, API, and UI layers. Drives modernization of QA ecosystems, accelerates delivery through CI/CD optimization, and enables engineering teams with intelligent automation utilities and Copilot powered capabilities.

• Key Responsibilities
• Automation Architecture & Framework Engineering*
• Design, enhance, and maintain QEC automation frameworks supporting batch jobs, REST APIs, and UI workflows.
• Implement new framework capabilities to support evolving business and technical requirements.
• Reverse engineer complex applications and source code to derive functional flows, test scenarios, and automation requirements.
• Build reusable utilities, internal Copilot skills, and gap identification tools to improve engineering efficiency and test coverage.
• Design, configure, and maintain TWS job workflows for batch execution, including job dependencies, scheduling, monitoring, and recovery handling to ensure seamless end to end batch processing across integrated systems. - Optional
• Cloud & Platform Engineering*
• Manage and maintain CT servers and environments hosted on the Azure platform, ensuring stability, scalability, and security.
• Integrate automation frameworks with Azure services including Pipelines, Test Plans, Token Services, and GitHub/Git Actions.
• Application Onboarding & Delivery Enablement*
• Lead onboarding of new applications into the automation ecosystem, including framework integration, test strategy definition, and CI/CD alignment.
• Partner with AD teams to troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures, environment issues, and integration defects.
• DevOps, CI/CD & Governance*
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for automated execution, reporting, and quality gates.
• Ensure version control best practices across GitHub and Git Actions, enabling clean branching, reviews, and traceability.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration*

• Provide technical guidance across Java, C#/.NET, REST Assured, BDD (SpecFlow/Reqnroll), and Azure authentication/token services.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive automation-first culture, improve release quality, and accelerate delivery cycles. (Collaborate closely with DevOps and Cloud Ops teams to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, pipeline, and environment related tickets that impact automation execution and system stability.)
• Core Skills & Technologies*
• Languages: Java, C#/.NET
• API Automation: REST Assured, Azure Token Services
• UI/Batch Automation: Custom frameworks, BDD (SpecFlow/Reqnroll)
• Cloud & DevOps: Azure Pipelines, Azure Test Plans, GitHub, Git Actions
• Engineering Practices: Reverse engineering, CI/CD, framework design, environment management
• AI & Productivity: Custom Copilot skills, automation utilities, code driven requirement extraction

Role Descriptions: Senior QA Engineering Leader (Automation Platform Modernization) - Automation Architecture and Framework Engineering --- Design| enhance| and maintain QEC automation frameworks supporting batch jobs| REST APIs| and UI workflows. - Implement new framework capabilities to support evolving business and technical requirements. - Reverse engineer complex applications and source code to derive functional flows| test scenarios| and automation requirements. - Build reusable utilities| internal Copilot skills| and gap identification tools to improve engineering efficiency and test coverage.Cloud Platform Engineering --- Manage and maintain CT servers and environments hosted on the Azure platform| ensuring stability| scalability| and security. - Integrate automation frameworks with Azure services including Pipelines| Test Plans| Token Services| and GitHub or Git Actions.Application Onboarding Delivery Enablement --- Lead onboarding of new applications into the automation ecosystem| including framework integration| test strategy definition| and CICD alignment. - Partner with AD teams to troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures| environment issues| and integration defects.DevOps| CICD Governance -- - Implement and optimize CICD pipelines for automated execution| reporting| and quality gates. - Ensure version control best practices across GitHub and Git Actions| enabling clean branching| reviews| and traceability.Technical Leadership Collaboration -- - Provide technical guidance across Java| C.NET| REST Assured| BDD (SpecFlow or Reqnroll)| and Azure authentication or token services. - Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive automation-first culture| improve release quality| and accelerate delivery cycles. (Collaborate closely with DevOps and Cloud Ops teams to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure| pipeline| and environment related tickets that impact automation execution and system stability.)

Essential Skills: Senior QA Engineering Leader (Automation Platform Modernization)

Desirable Skills: Azure DevOps

Keyword: ~Azure DevOps~

Skills: Digital : DevOps Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)~Core .NET Technologies~Core Java~C# 5.0