# Test Automation Engineer

SUMMARY: - POSITION INFO: Role: Test Automation Engineer Location: Stellenbosch Type: Contract To serve as a senior technical specialist in test automation, architecting and driving the implementation of scalable, enterprise-grade automation solutions across multiple product lines and complex systems. To define automation strategy and standards, evaluate and introduce cutting-edge tools and frameworks and act as the technical authority on automation best practices, mentoring and developing automation engineers across the team, ensuring consistent quality and technical excellence in all automation deliverables. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field plus Test Automation Certification Relevant certifications such as AWS and DevOps Certification Your Expertise: 5–8 years' hands-on experience in automation testing, including designing and implementing automation frameworks at scale Experience developing advanced automated test solutions across complex systems Experience architecting and scaling native mobile app automation frameworks (Appium, WebdriverIO) across iOS and Android, including cloud device farm strategy (e.g. B

- **Id**: 3678622
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/idbase-software-test-automation-engineer>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Stellenbosch, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2939
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497322
- **Name**: iDbase Software
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/idbase-software>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Appium** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **BrowserStack** — Optional: no
- **HarmonyOS** — Optional: no
- **WebDriverIO** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T12:03:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:4, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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