QA Architect with Guidewire - San Antonio TX, Plano TX, Phoenix AZ

Role: QA Architect with Guidewire
Location: San Antonio TX, Plano TX, Phoenix AZ
Long Term Contact
Looking for W2. No C2C

Job Description:

• We are seeking a Test Environment Management (TEM) Engineer responsible for managing, maintaining, and supporting test environments across development, QA, and staging environments.
• The role involves ensuring environment availability, stability, and configuration consistency across multiple systems, while coordinating with development, QA, DevOps, and infrastructure teams.
• The ideal candidate will have strong experience in environment provisioning, release coordination, test data management, environment refresh cycles, and troubleshooting environment issues in complex enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Environment Management
• Manage and maintain test environments across Development, QA, UAT, and Staging environments.
• Ensure environment stability, availability, and readiness for testing activities.
• Coordinate environment provisioning and configuration for project teams.
• Environment Configuration
• Maintain environment configuration documentation and system dependencies.
• Ensure environment parity across Dev, QA, and UAT environments.
• Manage configuration changes during application releases and deployments.
• Environment Provisioning & Refresh
• Coordinate environment setup, refresh cycles, and environment resets.
• Manage database refresh activities and test data availability.
• Support environment cloning and provisioning for parallel testing needs.
• Release & Deployment Coordination
• Work closely with DevOps and Release Management teams to support deployment activities.
• Coordinate environment readiness during release cycles and testing windows.
• Integration Management
• Monitor and manage integrations between dependent systems and services.
• Validate availability of third-party integrations and APIs within test environments.
• Environment Monitoring & Issue Resolution
• Monitor environments for system health, outages, and configuration issues.
• Troubleshoot and resolve environment-related issues impacting QA or development teams.
• Track environment incidents and ensure quick resolution.
• Test Data Coordination
• Support test data management and database refreshes.
• Coordinate with data teams to ensure availability of required datasets for testing.
• Environment Scheduling
• Manage environment calendars and testing schedules to avoid conflicts.
• Coordinate environment usage across multiple teams and projects.
• Documentation & Reporting
• Maintain environment topology documentation and system dependency maps.
• Provide environment readiness reports and status updates to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Test Environment Management or DevOps support roles.
• Experience managing test environments across multiple SDLC stages.
• Strong understanding of environment configuration and release coordination.
• Experience supporting multi-system enterprise environments.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with database refreshes and environment data management.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience supporting Guidewire environments (ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, BillingCenter).
• Experience with test data management tools (Delphix).

Best Regards:

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