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5 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Houston, Texas, United States
Important Notes (Must Read Before Submission)

Manager-level reference is required at the time of submission

Candidate must be willing to complete anAIassessment prior to client submission

Assessment requires government-issued ID verification

Candidate will be on camera

Do NOT submit candidates who are uncomfortable with this requirement

Role Overview This is a senior, highly autonomous leadership role responsible for defining and executing enterprise-wide automation strategy across cloud-native, microservices-based systems. The Automation Architect will design automation frameworks from scratch, embed automation fully within the sprint, and act as a trusted technical leader acrossengineering, infrastructure, and leadership teams.

The ideal candidate has strong AWS expertise, deep automation maturity, and hands-on experience leveragingAItools to modernize testing practices and upliftengineeringquality across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Define, architect, and evolve enterprise automation strategy and frameworks

Ensure 100% automation coverage within sprint execution

Partner daily with developers, infrastructure teams, and product owners

Lead automation for end-to-end AWS-based workflows (events, data, integrations)

Design and maintain automated quality gates within CI/CD pipelines

LeverageAItools to accelerate automation development and promote best practices

Mentor juniorengineersand help transition manual testers into automation roles

Serve as a technical authority for qualityengineering, tooling, and innovation

Must-Have Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on automationengineeringexperience

Proven experience designing automation frameworks from scratch

Strong expertise with Playwright (TypeScript preferred) or similar tools

Deep understanding of AWS and testing distributed/cloud-native systems

Strong API automation experience (REST, microservices, event-driven systems such as SQS/Kafka )

CI/CD integration experience ( GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps )

Strong programming skills in TypeScript, Java, or Python

Proven experience embedding automation fully in-sprint

Ability to work independently and own delivery, quality, and deployment

Executive presence with excellent communication and leadership skills

Nice-to-Have / Pluses

Experience using AI-powered automation tools (Copilot, Cursor, OpenAI Assistants, MCP tools)

Experience with contract testing, component testing, visual testing, and accessibility scans

Testing experience with serverless workflows , queues, triggers, and event chains

Background in mentoring or training automationengineers

Experience with architecture documentation, dashboards, and reporting

Strong passion for innovation, experimentation, and modernization

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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