Test Architect Job Description
Test architect
provides technical leadership and support to design and implement automated CI/CD with tools (Grooy, Ant, Shell scripting, Ready API, Maven, NodeJS, Bash scripting, Fortify).
Test Architect Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Log defects with associated documentation using JIRA or HP QC
The candidate must have experience in a solutionautomation architect role for business rule driven message based application
The candidate must have strong exposure to XML and expert in relational database and writing performant SQL
Leads the design & development of the Test Automation framework / harness and any in-house tools required
Conducts research to identify tools, automation frameworks and methodologies
Collaborating cross functionally with Test Architects and Test Leads to proactively analyze current processes and practices and defining improvements of test strategy, test frameworks, infrastructure, tools and test coverage
Boost the effectiveness of our team by helping us in optimizing our testing processes
Shape an agile testing strategy that smoothly fits with the demand of automotive partners and standards
Push your team to its full potential and help us in keeping the quality bar everyday higher
To introduce Performance Engineering solutions in the accounts, work on resolving crit-sit’s
Test Architect Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Test Architect
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ISTQB, PMP, ISEB, SAFE, AWS, QAI, ITIL, X509, CISSP, CSQE
Education for Test Architect
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the test architect job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Engineering, Technical, Electrical Engineering, Education, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Technology, Information Technology
Skills for Test Architect
Desired skills for test architect include:
Postman
SoapUI
API/webservices testing using ReadyAPI
Build tools like Ant/Maven and CICD tools like Jenkins/Teamcity
Jira
RestAssured
Containers
Security testing
Virtualizations and ability to help design and implement computing grids used in testing Selenium
Relational Database Management
Desired experience for test architect includes:
Experience with data persistence in general (Hibernate, SQL )
Familiarity with Java libraries/frameworks (CXF, JAXB, Spring )
Working knowledge of Maven, GIT, Stash, Tomcat and Eclipse/IntelliJ
Experience with Orchestration Engines, Workflows, BPMN, Mocking frameworks
Storage management domain knowledge
Hands on experiences in using the tools like Load runner, Service Test, Selenium, Cucumber
Test Architect Examples
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Test Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of test architect. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for test architect
- Partner with project stakeholders for day to day planning, brainstorming and execution
- Solve for efficiency, consistency and effectiveness
- Lead client change programmes from a Test perspective, covering test strategy through to test delivery
- Bring best practices and innovation to our clients
- Contribute to origination, sales campaigns and asset development
- Coach and teach more junior members of the team
- Responsible test plans, test scripts and automated test execution
- Counterpart of design architect in project
- Driving elements of the multi-generational product plan product specific development plans for Digital X-Ray products
- Have an in-depth knowledge of IT architecture - historic, current and future
Qualifications for test architect
- Strong experience in using XML schemas and documents
- In depth understanding of high speed signals
- Strong experience with Automated testing, proven use of commercial tools Rational Quality Manager, and previous exposure to performance tooling and techniques JProfiler, DynaTrace
- A proven history of bringing change to projects introducing new strategies, tooling or initiatives is an advantage
- 7+ years OO software development/architecture experience in Java
- Tangible experience working with large, high data flow, multithreaded applications
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Test Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a test architect. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for test architect
- Have strong, well developed influencing skills, appropriate for a complex technical area
- Be an excellent communicator, with highly developed networking and influencing skills, who is able to interpret and present technical information into business language
- Have a higher level BCS Test Qualification (previously ISEB)
- Have strong coaching and mentoring skills
- Create and implement a short and long term vision for the SPS Test Automation and drive the Test Cycle Time Reduction across product lines
- Create a structured test methodology for integrated solutions testing using customer use cases
- Develop Test Automation Experts in each business work globally, in a highly matrix environment
- Balance competing requirements and managing capacity of the project requirements
- Drive the software automation framework and maturity model across programs
- Grow and mature the capability of the labs to meet demand from both a capacity and skill set perspective
Qualifications for test architect
- Good knowledge of Python, Perl or other scripting languages and frameworks
- Knowledge of Model Based testing and performance engineering
- Basic Knowledge of Redhat Enterprise Linux administration and troubleshooting
- Good knowledge of SCRUM, Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development
- Telecoms knowledge
- Knowledge of OSS systems
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Test Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a test architect. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for test architect
- Exerts leadership & influence in developing and maintaining Organizational values, systems & culture, process maturity that ensure highest value to the partners & HON customers
- Writes test software and automates tests
- Senior level test automation and tools architect supporting an API services development team
- Supporting NPIs and integration of coils onto systems
- Providing field support to troubleshoot coil issues in the install base
- Maintaining the risk management files for coils integration
- LTE eNB requirements analysis and tests creation
- Functional tests execution to verify software, issues investigation, reporting errors, validating fixes
- Functional tests automation, development of tools supporting test execution
- The test solution will be implemented and validated by the Hardware and Test Engineers in the next stage of the product development
Qualifications for test architect
- At least 3 years experience in the planning, design, management, execution, and reporting of non-functional tests using appropriate testing tools and techniques
- Experience participating in all aspects of large-scale mission critical projects including creation, identification, design, development, testing, implementation and production
- Strong experience in gathering test requirement from customers, PMs and reading document, papers, familiar with risk based test design, test cases automation, implementation and execution, good test resource/planning and judgment knowledge
- Strong understanding of querying languages such as SQL , programming languages Java, C++, Python
- 15+ years of related Electrical Engineering experience
- Experience with medium to high volume medium to high mix production environments
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Test Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a test architect. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for test architect
- Evaluate the validation results created by Hardware and Test Engineers and approve the test solution for release into manufacturing
- Use the validation results as a feedback for continuous improvement of present and future test solutions
- Drive and document the Re-Use concept (in terms of hardware and software) at all levels of the product test development in order to reduce time-to-market and maximize product quality
- Plan, lead and executes technical activities within 5G Continuous Verification department
- Implements best practices and enforces standards compliance
- Define strategies, standard approaches, methodology and architecture for test automation services
- Remain current with market developments, recommend new test automation technologies and leading practices
- Conduct automation assessments, perform tool analysis, make recommendations and selections
- Define common tools platform for test automation across technologies and platforms
- Design and develop automation framework architecture and components
Qualifications for test architect
- Strong written/oral communication skills, problem resolution, good judgment, presentation, and decision-making skills required
- 7-10 years of experience in testing or development with solid understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Prior experience of development or testing for Cloud Services
- Ability to organize and lead testing efforts and the ability to write a test approach/strategy
- Experience with testing services in AWS/Azure/Google Cloud is a big plus
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or technical degree
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Test Architect Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a test architect. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for test architect
- Define test automation
- Provide guidance to automation teams on automation approaches, practices and tools
- Defining test strategy for testing based on Intended product usage /business need
- As a role of expert should review the test documents as per design and Architecture of product
- Performs the role of a specialist by reviewing work products/ E2E workflow solution
- Providing guidance on the selection of the most effective test design techniques in a given situation
- Designing methods for the creation of test data
- Work with engineering & product teams to scope product delivery, support solution test strategies
- Participate in requirement analysis, making sure that sustainable tests are created
- Define and communicate the test scope per requirement - by creating acceptance criteria for each
Qualifications for test architect
- 10+ years of IT experience including development of large scale, complex data architectures
- Demonstrated ability to architect and model data services
- Experience in enterprise data analysis, migration and Analytics
- Experience with Big Data and Hadoop concepts preferably with HD Insight, Data Lake
- Experience with Insurance industry data and mainframe experience
- Experience with Test Data Management and masking of PII Data