Lead Test Automation Engineer - Cloud & CI/CD

American Family Insurance; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Pension plan

Paid time off 23 days / year

Paid holidays

Student loan repayment

Paid-family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance in Madison, WI, seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to lead test automation strategy and quality metrics. The role focuses on cloud services, CI/CD, and cross-team collaboration to deliver robust automation across platforms.

The position is hybrid, requiring in-office presence and partial remote work, with relocation support for eligible candidates. Significant experience in agile environments and cloud tooling is expected.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of Agile development methods.
• Knowledge of key cloud services (EC2, S3, CloudWatch, Containers).
• Experience with System Administration and Network Management.
• Experience automating cloud environments with CloudFormation, Terraform & Ansible.
• Experience across multiple IT domains (development, testing, deployment, monitoring).

Responsibilities

• Owns quality standards, policies, and metrics for delivery.
• Sets the standard for test automation technology.
• Crafts and drives automated test strategy.
• Collaborates to plan and execute test cases.
• Enhances test case coverage through automation.
• Drives metrics across automation teams.
• Escalates issues to unblock testing and ensure progress.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Cloud services

System Administration

Network Management

Cloud automation

Java

Python

Linux

Shell/Bash

CI tools

APIs & protocols

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab

Bitbucket

Job description

American Family Insurance in Madison, WI, seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to lead test automation strategy and quality metrics. The role focuses on cloud services, CI/CD, and cross-team collaboration to deliver robust automation across platforms.

The position is hybrid, requiring in-office presence and partial remote work, with relocation support for eligible candidates. Significant experience in agile environments and cloud tooling is expected.