Lead Automation Engineer

Heitmeyer Consulting; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer in Buffalo, NY to guide the test automation effort and mentor teammates. The role emphasizes hands-on design, development, and execution of automated tests for mainframe applications, with a focus on reliability and quality.

The ideal candidate combines senior automation expertise with strong communication and remote engagement skills, and can build robust scripts using Ruby and Cucumber, while using Selenium or a Mainframe Emulator

Qualifications

• Senior test automation engineer capable of leading and mentoring.
• Proficient in Ruby and Cucumber; able to build test scripts from scratch.
• Experience with Selenium or Mainframe Emulator plug-ins.
• Expertise in back-end, black-box, and white-box testing.
• Strong documentation skills; detail-oriented.
• Excellent communication and team engagement, especially with remote work.

Responsibilities

• Act as go-to person for test automation; mentor and stay hands-on.
• Design, develop, and execute test cases for mainframe apps from requirements and user stories.
• Build and maintain automated testing scripts and frameworks.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, UAT, and back-end testing.
• Identify, track, and resolve defects.
• Manage test environments and collaborate with BSAs on quality practices and regression automation.

Skills

Senior test automation

Ruby

Cucumber

Back-end testing

Documentation

Communication

Team engagement

Tools

Selenium

Mainframe Emulator

Job description

Heitmeyer Consulting is currently looking for a Lead Automation Engineer in Buffalo, NY.

Must Have Requirements

• Senior test automation engineering skills to be able to lead and mentor
• Ruby Cucumber (should know how to build test scripts from scratch)
• Experience with either Selenium or Mainframe Emulator plug-in
• Expertise in back-end testing, black-box and white-box testing.
• Strong documentation skills - someone who is detail oriented
• Soft Skills and engagement with the team is very important. Should be an excellent problem-solver, communicator, and show strong engagement with teams, especially while working remotely.

Responsibilities

• Act as the go to person for test automation - mentor, guide, remain hands-on
• Design, develop, and execute test cases for mainframe applications based on requirements and user stories.
• Build and maintain automated testing scripts and frameworks.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, UAT, and back-end testing.
• Identify, track, and resolve defects.
• Manage test environments and collaborate with BSAs to apply quality best practices and regression automation