Architect II - Software Testing

Role Overview: As a Test Architect Leader for the APAC region, you will play a crucial role in representing the Enterprise Quality Assurance (EQA) organization. Reporting directly to the EQA Leader, you will be responsible for advancing Quality Engineering practices, driving automation strategy, and ensuring alignment with enterprise QA standards across APAC delivery teams. Your technical expertise and strategic leadership will be instrumental in elevating QA maturity and improving effectiveness, costs, and velocity. Key Responsibilities: - Serve as the EQA representative for APAC region leaders & QA professionals, ensuring QA priorities align with business objectives - Define and implement test architecture strategies for functional, non-functional, and automation testing - Establish and maintain EQA automation frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines - Ensure compliance with enterprise QA processes, templates, and KPIs - Mentor and coach QA professionals in APAC on technical and leadership skills - Act as a liaison between APAC delivery teams and EQA leadership for quality initiatives - Responsible for the automation architecture and provides direction on automation techniques - Extend tool capabilities and integrate with other technologies by coding interfaces, new functions, custom objects, etc - Apply Testing Lifecycle Management principles in the context of a product - Possess technical competency and take on a leadership role to interact with application developers to ensure software quality Qualifications Required: - Strong experience in Quality Engineering, test automation frameworks, and CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc. - Hands-on knowledge of functional and non-functional testing tools and practices - Proven ability to lead distributed teams and influence senior stakeholders - Excellent communication, collaboration, and change management skills - Creative with the ability to "think outside the box" for long-term solutions - 10+ years in QA/QE roles, with at least 3 years in an architect or leadership capacity - Experience in test efforts for cloud (AWS/Azure), containerized (Docker), and distributed environments - Utilized Generative AI (Chatgpt, AppliTool, GitHub Copilot, etc) towards QA use cases Additional Details: TEKSALT is an E-Verified & WOSB Certified company operating in various industries including Healthcare, Pharma, Manufacturing, Insurance, Financial, and Retail. As the Recruitment Manager, Ashwini P can be contacted for further information or inquiries at +91-9945165022 or via email at ashwini.p@teksalt.com. Visit www.teksalt.com to learn more about the company.,