Automation Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026. IT Search scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Experience: 5-7 Years
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Automation Tester
We are seeking an experienced Automation Architect to join a growing Centre of Excellence (CoE) within a leading financial services organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong automation professional to take ownership of enhancing and evolving an established in-house automation framework, driving automation best practices and supporting quality engineering across complex banking applications.
Working closely with the Head of QA Automation, you will play a key role in shaping automation strategy, providing technical leadership and collaborating with development, QA and offshore teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, architect and enhance the core components of an existing Java-based automation framework.
- Develop and maintain automation capabilities using Java, Playwright and RestAssured.
- Provide technical leadership to offshore automation engineers, guiding framework and application-specific development.
- Conduct code reviews, approve pull requests and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps teams.
- Work with application teams and QA stakeholders to identify automation opportunities, assess feasibility and maximise ROI.
- Provide technical guidance, knowledge sharing and training to other team members.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Java development and test automation framework architecture.
- Proven experience designing, developing and enhancing automation frameworks.
- Practical experience with Playwright and RestAssured.
- Experience with Selenium, Maven, TestNG and Cucumber.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD integration and automated build verification.
- Experience with Git, Bitbucket or GitHub and conducting code reviews.
- Experience leading or mentoring automation engineers, ideally within offshore teams.
- Good understanding of SQL and database validation.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience within banking, financial services or other regulated enterprise environments would be highly advantageous.
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Zuzana Havlova
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+353 1 507 9281
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