Design and develop test automation strategy, roadmap and objectives per organizational needsLead the expansion of the automation capabilities as it relates to current manual regression test suites, that will supplement and optimize the manual testing currently supporting the project teamsStand as the automation test authority and spearhead all activities related to test automation deliverables across all parameters, both functional and non-functional including performance, security, usability, and othersProvide technical leadership and strategic direction to a team of test automation engineersHas wide-reaching scope, impact and influence extending beyond the confines of the testing organization and spans across the entire product organization, such as Product Owners, Development Architects, software engineers, and application development leadershipPartake in driving organization-wide quality process initiatives and their implementation to ensure quality of deliverableBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or relevant field8+ years of experience working in test automation team, with 2+ years as an automation architect or leadExpert in automation frameworks such as NUnit, TestNG, SpecFlow and SeleniumExperience with building and managing automation frameworks including test strategy, planning and execution. Expert in different kinds of functional and non-functional automated tests – UI, API, Performance, AccessibilityExperience in working in various stages of software testing such as Unit, Functional, Regression, Integration, Security and UI Testing. Solid experience in creating, writing and executing test plans, test cases and test scripts. In depth knowledge of test techniques/methodologiesAdvanced knowledge of any object-oriented programming (C# preferably), Git for source control versioning, Azure DevOps for workflow management or equivalentProficient in database and data source software and programming languages, including the use of SQL queries. Experience testing API / services using data interchange methods, including XML, JSON, RESTful, and SOAP. Understanding of test data management strategies for automated testing.Experience of working in an Agile-Scrum environment – close partnership with application development teams project stakeholders (Product Owners, Project Managers, business), preferably with experience working collaboratively with colleagues from different geographic areas.Experience in planning and execution of development of automated test cases alongside or in parallel to the feature development