UST
Website:
ust.com
Job details:
Role Description
Role Overview
The Test Architect is responsible for defining and driving the end‑to‑end quality engineering strategy across programs and accounts. This role focuses on test strategy, architecture, quality governance, automation, and technical leadership to ensure scalable, efficient, and business‑aligned quality outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Test Strategy & Architecture
- Define, own, and continuously evolve the end‑to‑end test strategy and test architecture across programs and accounts
- Design scalable test frameworks covering functional, automation, API, performance, security, and non‑functional testing
- Define test environment architecture, test data strategy, and integration requirements
- Ensure quality strategy is aligned with business goals, application architecture, and delivery objectives
Quality Governance & Process Excellence
- Establish and enforce quality governance models, standards, and best practices
- Define acceptance criteria, quality gates, and release readiness metrics
- Conduct testing health checks, audits, and quality maturity assessments across projects
- Drive continuous improvement through process optimization and standardization
Automation & Tooling Strategy
- Define enterprise‑level test automation strategy and execution roadmap
- Evaluate, recommend, and standardize testing tools and frameworks
- Drive CI/CD‑aligned testing practices and shift‑left quality initiatives
- Enable reusable automation assets, accelerators, and frameworks to improve efficiency
Technical Leadership & Mentoring
- Provide hands‑on technical leadership to QA Leads and Senior Test Engineers
- Mentor Test Architects, QA Leads, and engineers on advanced quality and automation practices
- Guide teams on complex testing challenges, architecture decisions, and risk mitigation
- Support pre‑sales activities, solution design, and customer quality discussions as required
Stakeholder & Program Engagement
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Engineering Leads, and Program Managers
- Translate business and technical requirements into measurable, testable quality outcomes
- Present quality strategy, metrics, and risks to senior stakeholders and clients
- Influence delivery and architecture decisions from a quality, risk, and compliance perspective
Required Skills & Experience
Primary Skills
- 12–15 years of experience in software testing and quality engineering
- Proven experience as a QA/Test Architect on complex, large‑scale programs
- Strong expertise in test strategy, test architecture, and quality governance
- Deep understanding of SDLC, Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices
- Hands‑on experience across functional, automation, API, performance, integration, and security testing
Secondary Skills
- Experience with JIRA, Netbox, Kestra API
- Exposure to virtualization technologies such as VMware and VME
Skills
test architecture,security testing,test strategy,test framework,functional testing,automation testing,api testing,performance testing
Click on Apply to know more.