Senior Backend Automation Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
$50 - $60
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Automation Anywhere
IBM HATS
SOX
PCI
FFIEC
mainframe automation
ReportPortal
Allure

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Backend Automation Engineer

Location: Hybrid onsite in Minneapolis or St Louis MO

Duration: 12-month contract +

Role Overview

As a Senior Backend Automation Engineer at Client, you will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of backend and mainframe validation automation within our enterprise-grade QA framework. You ll collaborate with QA Architects, DevOps, and compliance teams to ensure secure, traceable, and scalable automation across systems such as SOR, Domains, and Read Store. This role demands deep expertise in backend automation tooling, CI/CD integration, and compliance-driven engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Development & Execution

  • Develop and maintain backend automation scripts using Automation Anywhere and IBM HATS CLI to validate batch jobs, data integrity, and business rule execution.
  • Integrate backend validation into the Robot Framework orchestration layer using metadata-driven models.
  • Build reusable wrappers and libraries for SSH access and mainframe interaction.

CI/CD & DevOps Integration

  • Collaborate with DevOps to embed backend test suites into Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
  • Align test execution with CI/CD triggers to support both end-to-end (E2E) and layer-specific flows.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in backend or mainframe automation.
  • Hands-on experience with Automation Anywhere, IBM HATS, or similar tools.
  • Proficiency in Java and scripting for CLI-based automation.
  • Strong understanding of Robot Framework, metadata-driven execution, and YAML/JSON test suite generation.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps.
  • Familiarity with test data management tools like TDP and synthetic data provisioning.
  • Knowledge of compliance frameworks: SOX, PCI, FFIEC.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in financial services or regulated environments.
  • Exposure to observability tools like Allure and ReportPortal.
  • Familiarity with cross-vendor execution models and RACI-based governance.
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