Local Candidates only!! "Testing Automation Lead" at New York, NY (Hybrid Onsite) - CG

Role: Testing Automation Lead

Locations: New York, NY (Hybrid Onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

F2F Interview MUST For Local Candidates

Note: Candidate needs to be in the office 3-4 Days every week. Local or candidates from adjacent states only.

Role Overview:

• The Testing Automation Lead at D1 level is responsible for defining and driving the automation strategy across complex insurance transformation programs
• The role requires deep expertise in automation engineering leadership in guiding distributed teams and strong understanding of insurance platforms products and processes
• The Lead ensures delivery excellence by implementing scalable automation solutions improving quality outcomes and accelerating time to market across engagements

Key Responsibilities:

• Define automation roadmap and strategy aligned to program objectives within the insurance portfolio
• Design develop and implement enterprise grade automation frameworks for web mobile API and integration testing
• Lead automation teams provide technical guidance conduct code reviews and ensure engineering best practices
• Oversee automation planning estimation prioritization and reporting across Agile delivery cycles
• Ensure strong collaboration with developers solution architects business analysts and manual QA teams
• Establish automation standards templates reusable libraries version control practices and continuous improvement models
• Integrate automation suites into CICD pipelines and ensure continuous validation practices
• Drive optimization of test coverage maintainability and reusability across multiple insurance applications
• Manage stakeholder expectations and provide clear communication on automation progress risks and dependencies
• Mentor automation engineers and groom next level automation leads

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or related field
• Experience working with large Financial Services Insurance clients and multi vendor environments is preferred

Required Skills and Experience:

• Ten or more years of experience in Quality Engineering with at least four years in automation leadership roles
• Expertise in Selenium Java or Python TestNG or JUnit and designing custom frameworks
• Strong hands on knowledge of API test automation RestAssured or similar tools
• Working experience with CICD tools such as Jenkins Azure DevOps Git and pipeline configuration
• Ability to architect frameworks using Page Object Model data driven hybrid and service level automation patterns
• Good understanding of insurance domain processes including policy claims billing and underwriting systems
• Proven experience leading geographically distributed automation teams
• Strong knowledge of SDLC STLC Agile DevOps and modern delivery practices

Preferred Skills:

• Mobile automation experience with Appium
• Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber or SpecFlow
• Exposure to cloud technologies containerization and microservices architecture
• Understanding of performance engineering concepts and collaboration with performance teams

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong leadership and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication stakeholder management and conflict resolution ability
• Ability to think strategically while managing hands on technical responsibilities
• High ownership accountability and commitment to quality excellence