Lead Automation Test Architect

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Automation Test Architect with strong expertise Identity and Access Management (IAM), skilled in identity orchestration, API testing, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. This role focuses on testing secure, scalable identity and access workflows across Google Cloud Platform, integrating identity services with custom APIs, Pub/Sub pipelines, and cloud-native applications. Using an automation first approach, you will collaborate closely with tech leads, Cloud Security, Dev Ops, and Application Engineering teams to thoroughly test robust IAM, identity lifecycle workflows, and secure service integrations that support enterprise-level cloud and Identity operations.

• Create an overall testing strategy with an Automation First focus and minimal manual effort.
• Plan, develop, execute, maintain, and improve the Automated Test Framework and Automated Test Scripts for web and graph database applications.
• Create and manage Jenkins pipelines for running automated tests, generating reports, and notifying the team about test results to streamline the CI/CD process.
• Lead, mentor, and manage other engineers within the team.
• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, test data, test scenarios, and other testing-related documentation based on requirements and technical specifications.
• Generate test data.
• Accurately report and track testing-related defects and issues by writing or automating effective and thorough bug reports, attending triage meetings, and verifying bug fixes.
• Identify process and application issues and provide suggestions for improvement.
• Learn new technologies and adapt to them as needed.
• Communicate progress regularly to senior stakeholders and programme leads, tailoring the level of information to the recipient.
• Generate regulatory evidence as needed.
• Maintain functional and non‑functional requirements traceability.
• Identify and collate test entry and exit criteria.
• Review test cases/QA for coverage and traceability to requirements and design.
• Coordinate with business areas and technical leads for SIT/OAT/UAT scenario definitions.

• Analysis of design and other documents for testability.
• Testing functions and decision points as code, such as policy as code.
• Strong technical leadership and process improvement—establish automation testing standards, best practices, and governance frameworks across the organization.

• Extensive experience within Identity and Access Management.
• Solid experience of at least 5 years in a lead automation role, skilled in creating frameworks with strong coding experience (e.g., Java, Playwright, Python, Type Script, Cypher, Scala) and API tooling such as Insomnia, Apidog, or Postman.
• Deep IAM domain knowledge.
• Testing functions and decision points as code, such as policy as code.
• Graph and event-driven validation.
• Automation‑first test experience.
• Layered test architecture.
• Risk‑based test prioritisation.
• RBAC / ABAC / ReBAC / PBAC.
• OPA / Rego policy testing.
• Policy explainability validation.
• REST API automation, API Gateway testing, Batch ETL testing.
• Consumer‑driven contract testing.
• Idempotency testing.
• Replay and reprocessing testing.
• Graph data validation (Neo4j).
• Containerised test execution.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and stakeholder engagement at all levels.
• Experience using a range of automation tools and choosing/test tools based on assessment of the environment/landscape.
• Experience creating an overall test strategy that fully defines the approach, environment, scope, risks and resources required.
• Experience delivering within an Agile methodology.
• Cloud testing approaches and methodology, especially GCP, but also AWS, Azure, Entra, Ali Cloud, and other systems such as Service Now, AD, ADLDS.
• Some knowledge of JMeter, Gatling, Load Runner, Neo Load or similar tools for load, stress, and volume testing, including licensing, configuration, dashboards and reporting.
• Experience testing graph database management systems (GDBMS) graph platform engineering, Neo4j basics.
• GDBMS performance analysis.
• Extensive experience using JIRA and Xephyr tooling.
• Good experience executing defined test plans including coordination, tracking and reporting.
• Positive team player working as part of the overall test team.
• Any exposure to SailPoint Identity
  
  IQ, identity warehousing, and working with protocols and formats for data ingestion such as SCIM, REST API, LDAP, OIDC, and CSV.
• Team Leadership & Management—proven ability to lead, mentor, and manage other engineers within the team.
• Dev Ops & CI/CD Integration—experience of Git Ops repos, ability to integrate automation tests into Git Lab CI/CD pipelines and implement shift‑left testing practices.
• Pub/Sub and MQ expertise.

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