QA Automation Lead/Architect with Kafka, AWS_ Hybrid -Saint louis, MO - Dallas, TX – NYC, NY

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Momento USA is a global technology consulting, talent acquisition, and creative development firm that addresses clients' most pressing needs and challenges. We are currently looking for a QA Automation Lead.

 

QA Automation Lead/Architect with Kafka, AWS experience

Hybrid -Saint louis, MO - Dallas, TX – NYC, NY 

Long term contract

 

QA Automation Lead/Architect with Kafka, AWS experience

We are seeking a highly experienced QA Automation Architect with strong expertise to define and drive enterprise-wide quality engineering, test automation, reliability, observability, and performance engineering strategies. The ideal candidate will lead the architecture and implementation of scalable automation frameworks, reliability engineering practices, CI/CD quality gates, and cloud-native testing solutions to ensure high availability, resilience, and product quality.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Quality Engineering & Test Architecture

• Define enterprise QA strategy, standards, and testing best practices.
• Design scalable automation frameworks for web, API, mobile, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
• Establish quality gates throughout the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive shift-left and shift-right testing practices.
• Develop and govern test automation architecture across multiple product teams.

Automation Framework Development

• Architect and implement automation solutions using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, and other modern testing tools.
• Establish reusable automation frameworks and libraries.
• Develop API, integration, end-to-end, regression, and data validation automation.
• Drive test data management and environment management strategies.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Error Budgets.
• Establish reliability engineering practices across development and operations teams.
• Drive production monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Improve system resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Lead chaos engineering and resilience testing initiatives.
• Define operational readiness criteria for releases.

Performance & Reliability Engineering

• Design and implement performance, load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing strategies.
• Establish capacity planning and performance benchmarking frameworks.
• Monitor application performance and optimise system reliability.
• Identify bottlenecks and drive performance improvements across platforms.

DevOps & CI/CD Integration

• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement continuous testing across development, testing, and production environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to improve deployment reliability.
• Ensure automated quality gates before production deployments.

Observability & Monitoring

• Implement enterprise observability solutions using monitoring and logging platforms.
• Establish dashboards, alerting mechanisms, and operational metrics.
• Drive proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve application telemetry and diagnostics.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor QA engineers, SDETs, Automation Leads, and SRE teams.
• Conduct architecture reviews and establish testing governance.
• Drive adoption of engineering excellence and quality-first culture.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, delivery managers, and engineering leadership.

 

Required Skills

• Test Automation
• Selenium WebDriver
• Playwright
• Cypress
• Appium
• Rest Assured
• Karate Framework
• TestNG / Junit

 

Programming Languages

• Java
• Python
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• SQL
• SRE & Reliability Engineering
• SLI / SLO Definition
• Error Budget Management
• Incident Management
• RCA (Root Cause Analysis)
• Capacity Planning
• Chaos Engineering
• Reliability Engineering Practices

Cloud Platforms

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

DevOps & CI/CD

• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• Azure DevOps
• ArgoCD

Observability Tools

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK Stack
• Datadog
• Splunk
• New Relic
• Dynatrace

Performance Testing

• JMeter
• Gatling
• LoadRunner
• K6

Container & Orchestration

• Docker

Kubernetes

• OpenShift

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

 

 

Best Regards,

Sunitha Thapa

Momento USA | Exceeding Customer Expectations…

440 Benigno Blvd, Unit#A 2nd Floor. Bellmawr, NJ 08031

Interstate Business Park

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Note: Momento USA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.