UAT Automation Architect

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Title: UAT Automation Architect
Location: Irving, TX or Basking Ridge, NJ. (Hybrid)
Client: Direct
Duration: 1+ Year

About the Role

Sutherland is seeking a UAT Automation Architect to own the end-to-end automation strategy for a large-scale UAT transformation program at a top-tier US prepaid wireless carrier. This is not a general automation role it requires deep, hands-on experience specifically within UAT and QA environments, and a demonstrated ability to use AI and Generative AI tools to accelerate test script creation, coverage expansion, and automation maintenance. From Day 1, you will design the UAT automation framework, build the foundational critical-flow scripts, and set the CI baseline. As the program matures, you will scale the automation library using defect history data evolving from critical-path seeds to a full regression and end-to-end journey suite while maintaining rigorous standards for script stability and long-term maintainability. This role also contributes directly to US-based hands-on testing for CX persona flows requiring physical device access and live carrier connectivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own the full UAT automation architecture: framework selection, coding and review standards, CI/CD integration baseline, and test data strategy tailored to a carrier UAT environment
• Build and stabilize critical-flow automation scripts covering activation, payment, and provisioning flows ensuring they execute within defined time thresholds at every release cycle
• Apply AI and GenAI tooling to generate, maintain, and optimize test scripts reducing manual scripting effort and accelerating coverage expansion across large test libraries
• Expand the automation library using evidence from accumulated defect history prioritizing regression scenarios based on real failure patterns, not assumptions
• Govern UAT automation scope discipline: ensure the suite remains stable, maintainable, and appropriately bounded avoiding over-automation that produces fragile, high-maintenance scripts
• Build end-to-end journey automation for the highest-volume prepaid product lines and a full automated smoke suite triggered on every UAT environment deployment
• Contribute to onshore physical device testing for CX persona flows requiring live US carrier SIM connectivity
• Technically direct and mentor the offshore Senior AI Automation Engineer squad on framework standards, AI tooling usage, and automation best practices

Required Technical Skills & Expertise

• UAT and QA automation experience is required candidates with automation backgrounds exclusively in DevOps, infrastructure, or non-testing contexts will not be considered for this role
• Demonstrated experience designing and scaling UAT automation frameworks from the ground up in enterprise QA environments
• Expert proficiency in Selenium WebDriver and Appium for web and mobile UI automation across iOS and Android
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright as a primary or supplemental UAT scripting framework
• Active, proven use of AI and Generative AI tools for test automation: including GitHub Copilot, Testim, Mabl, Applitools, or LLM-based script generation workflows not just awareness, but demonstrated application in live UAT engagements
• Framework architecture expertise: Page Object Model (POM), data-driven testing, keyword-driven frameworks, and modular script design for large test libraries (800 1,200+ test cases)
• Primary scripting language proficiency: Python, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript
• CI/CD pipeline integration: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps configuring UAT automation triggers for release-gate execution and smoke suite deployment
• Cloud device farm experience: BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or AWS Device Farm for parallel, cross-device UAT execution
• Telco UAT domain knowledge: eSIM provisioning flows, SIM card interactions, carrier-side activation APIs, OCS renewal testing, and payment gateway automation within a UAT context
• API test automation as part of a UAT strategy: REST API validation, response code and payload verification using Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent
• AI-assisted test data management: using GenAI tools to scaffold synthetic customer profiles, account states, and device configurations needed for UAT scenario execution

Preferred Background

• 8+ years in QA and UAT automation engineering, with at least 3 years as a UAT automation architect or lead specifically within quality assurance programs, not general software automation
• Demonstrated experience using GenAI tools to accelerate UAT script generation and reduce automation maintenance overhead at scale
• Prior experience automating carrier digital platform flows: activation portals, BYOP registration, payment checkout, and provisioning systems in a UAT context
• Exposure to agentic or LLM-driven test generation platforms and how they integrate into enterprise QA pipelines