Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead Tricentis Tosca OSV (Service Virtualization) Architect to lead the design and execution of a Proof of Concept (POC) focused on Tosca Orchestrated Service Virtualization (OSV).
This is a highly technical, hands-on leadership role responsible for building scalable virtual services that remove testing dependencies on unavailable backend systems, third-party APIs, and microservices. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Tricentis Tosca OSV, API virtualization, and QA automation architecture while mentoring a small team of automation engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and implementation of a Tosca OSV Proof of Concept (POC).
- Design and build scalable virtual services using Tricentis Tosca OSV.
- Create stateful service virtualization environments for REST and SOAP services.
- Configure Tosca OSV Monitor, Tosca Commander (Technical View), and Tosca API Scan.
- Virtualize backend services, third-party APIs, and dependent microservices.
- Implement payload correlation, token management, request-response mapping, and data-driven virtualization.
- Integrate service virtualization into CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines.
- Troubleshoot complex API and environment dependency issues.
- Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, and Architecture teams.
- Mentor QA Automation Engineers and establish service virtualization best practices.
- Drive technical decisions and deliver a successful POC with production-ready recommendations.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of QA Automation and Test Architecture experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca.
- Strong expertise in Tosca Orchestrated Service Virtualization (OSV).
- Experience with:
- Tosca OSV Monitor
- Tosca Commander (Technical View)
- Tosca API Scan
- Strong understanding of:
- REST APIs
- SOAP Web Services
- JSON/XML
- HTTP/HTTPS
- Experience with:
- OAuth
- JWT Tokens
- Payload Correlation
- Stateful Virtual Services
- Hands-on experience with message queues such as Kafka, IBM MQ, or RabbitMQ.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience integrating Tosca with CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Tricentis Automation Specialist Level 1 (AS1)
- Tricentis Automation Specialist Level 2 (AS2)
- Tricentis Certified OSV Practitioner
- Tricentis Certified OSV Architect
- Experience leading technical POCs and mentoring QA Automation teams.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.