Senior QA Automation Architect — Remote

S R International Inc; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS) seeks a Senior QA Automation Developer to lead automation efforts for METS and the SMRT DevOps team, automating regression suites, creating new test cases, and guiding best practices. You will help modernize testing, improve efficiency, and align with continuous delivery initiatives.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, framework design, and collaboration with developers, analysts, and DevOps across a large government enterprise.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing, developing, and executing automated test solutions for large-scale enterprise applications.
• 5+ years developing automation frameworks using Java and Selenium or comparable technologies.
• 5+ years designing, developing, or significantly enhancing automation frameworks using object-oriented design principles and reusable architecture.
• 3+ years integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Jenkins.
• 5+ years writing SQL queries and performing database validation for automated testing.
• Strong experience with QA Automation, test framework development, and regression automation.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum DevOps teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and modernize the enterprise QA automation framework.
• Provide technical leadership for automation architecture, framework design, coding standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate and modernize existing frameworks to improve maintainability, scalability, reliability, and execution efficiency.
• Collaborate with Developers, Business Analysts, DevOps Engineers, and QA teams to define automation strategies and reusable test assets.
• Design, execute, and maintain functional, system integration, API, and regression automation suites.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support automated execution throughout the SDLC.
• Mentor automation engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, framework guidance, and knowledge transfer.
• Develop SQL queries and perform database validation to support automated testing and troubleshoot application issues.
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Defect Triage, and technical design discussions.
• Research and recommend new automation tools, technologies, and framework enhancements.
• Support ongoing automation updates, new test-case development, and continuous improvement of QA processes.

Skills

QA Automation

Automation Framework Development

Java

Selenium

SQL

CI/CD

Jenkins

REST API Testing

Agile/Scrum

DevOps

Performance Testing

Tools

Jenkins

ETM/QM/CLM

Job description

Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS) seeks a Senior QA Automation Developer to lead automation efforts for METS and the SMRT DevOps team, automating regression suites, creating new test cases, and guiding best practices. You will help modernize testing, improve efficiency, and align with continuous delivery initiatives.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, framework design, and collaboration with developers, analysts, and DevOps across a large government enterprise.