Test architect (Automation)

Accountabilities

• • Design and maintain a comprehensive test automation strategy in collaboration with Test Managers and Architects, considering application architecture, technology stacks, and third-party integrations.
  • Own the selection of automation tools, technologies, frameworks, and practices for component, feature, integration, system, and acceptance testing.
  • Create scalable automation frameworks and establish best practices across QA activities, ensuring maintainability, performance, and long-term effectiveness.
  • Provide technical leadership in CI/CD implementation by integrating automated testing and establishing appropriate quality gates within delivery pipelines.
  • Guide QA Engineers in standardizing testing practices, tools, coding approaches, and automation processes, while providing training and technical support.
  • Continuously evaluate new testing technologies and identify automation opportunities that can improve efficiency, coverage, reliability, and resource utilization.
  • Optimize test execution through techniques such as parallel testing, code refactoring, and framework performance improvements.
  • Analyze and determine appropriate automated and manual testing approaches, including acceptance, integration, system, and performance testing.
  • Design performance test plans, execute performance tests, analyze results, and communicate findings and recommendations to project teams.
  • Record test results, track defects, verify software fixes, and ensure automation criteria are satisfied before acceptance.
  • Estimate testing effort accurately, coordinate testing activities with team members, and contribute to delivery planning.
  • Participate in product design and development activities to ensure appropriate test coverage and alignment with end-user requirements, quality objectives, and release schedules.
  • Collaborate with program and development management teams throughout the product lifecycle to address technical issues, resolve quality concerns, and maintain delivery commitments.
  • Prepare defect tracking information and provide clear status reports on testing activities and quality metrics to relevant stakeholders.

  Requirements

  • Demonstrable professional experience with programming languages, particularly Python, and strong ability to develop maintainable test automation code.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks using technologies such as Python, Playwright, Selenium, or comparable tools.
  • Demonstrable experience designing and implementing performance testing frameworks, with hands-on knowledge of tools such as JMeter.
  • Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, automation architecture, CI/CD practices, quality gates, and test optimization techniques.
  • Strong mathematical aptitude, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to investigate complex technical issues and develop effective solutions.
  • High attention to detail and a consistent ability to deliver accurate, reliable, and high-quality work.
  • Awareness of current technology and testing trends, with the ability to assess their practical value within a commercial software environment.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multinational and multicultural teams.
  • Demonstrated professionalism, customer focus, integrity, adaptability, results orientation, and a strong team-player mindset.
  • A university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or another relevant discipline is preferred; a four-year university or Master's-level qualification is an advantage.
  • Experience in the air traffic management domain, including flight, flow, routing, or capacity planning, would be an advantage.
  • Knowledge of AIXM 4.5 and AIXM 5.1 data models and experience testing Air Traffic Management systems would be considered a valuable additional asset.

  Benefits

  • Opportunity to provide technical leadership over automation strategy and quality engineering practices.
  • Exposure to complex software architectures, CI/CD environments, automation frameworks, and performance testing.
  • Opportunity to work with modern testing technologies and continuously evaluate emerging tools and practices.
  • Collaborative environment with multinational and multicultural teams.
  • Opportunities to contribute to product design and development throughout the full software lifecycle.
  • Professional growth through technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and training opportunities.
  • Opportunity to work on sophisticated systems where reliability, quality, and performance are critical.