AI-Driven Test Automation Lead for Enterprise SDLC & RPA

Blackstone Technology Group; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone Talent Group is seeking an ITSS Test Automation/AI Solutions Lead to join our Client's team. This hands-on role focuses on test automation and AI-enabled SDLC practices across FICA redesign, Conversational AI, and RPA, delivering scalable automation while maintaining security and governance.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in test automation and AI solution design, proficiency with REST, JSON, SQL, scripting, and orchestration, and strong stakeholder communication to drive adoption

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience designing and building test solutions and related test plans, dashboards, management frameworks and automation.
• Hands-on experience designing and building AI agents, AI-enabled workflows, and automation using ChatGPT or comparable enterprise AI tools.
• Practical knowledge of prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, tool use, AI evaluation techniques, and reusable prompt/agent patterns.
• Experience integrating AI and automation into enterprise applications and workflows using REST APIs, JSON, SQL, scripting, and workflow orchestration.
• Experience supporting SDLC activities, including requirements, design documentation, test case generation, automated testing, deployment support, and incident/problem analysis.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, access controls, data privacy, responsible AI, logging, monitoring, and production support practices.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, coach teams, and influence practical adoption of automation and AI.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on Test Automation and AI initiatives across priority efforts: FICA redesign, Conversational AI, and RPA.
• Support test automation and AI-enabled SDLC practices from design through production support.
• Develop reusable enterprise patterns and automation frameworks to improve delivery quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with security, privacy, and governance teams to ensure compliant AI and automation deployments.

Skills

Test Automation

AI Solutions

REST APIs

SQL

Scripting

Workflow orchestration

SDLC

Incident/problem analysis

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

JIRA

ServiceNow

Automation Anywhere

Power Automate

TestComplete

Microsoft Copilot

OpenAI

Claude

Job description

Blackstone Talent Group is seeking an ITSS Test Automation/AI Solutions Lead to join our Client's team. This hands-on role focuses on test automation and AI-enabled SDLC practices across FICA redesign, Conversational AI, and RPA, delivering scalable automation while maintaining security and governance.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in test automation and AI solution design, proficiency with REST, JSON, SQL, scripting, and orchestration, and strong stakeholder communication to drive adoption