Associate Architect - QE

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13803327 Company: ValueLabs Inc. Location: Chicago, IL Position Title: Associate Architect - QE (Recruitment # AAQE) Job Description: Analyze SRD, FRS, and Agile user stories to define enterprise automation architecture and translate business requirements into scalable automation frameworks and API validation solutions. Architect, design, and implement scalable automation frameworks for enterprise web and distributed applications using UI automation and API automation technologies. Develop modular, reusable automation components following best practices including Page Object Model (POM) and behavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks . Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git to automate build validation, regression execution, and release certification across multiple environments. Perform backend validation and system integration testing using SQL queries to ensure data integrity, consistency, and cross system data validation. Conduct architecture-level technical impact analysis for enterprise platform upgrades and validate integrations across enterprise systems prior to production deployment. Define validation strategies for enterprise data and analytics platforms including semantic models, KPI calculations, and cross-platform data migration validation. Ensure testing and validation activities comply with regulatory requirements for FDA-regulated and GxP-compliant healthcare and life sciences systems. Design and implement AI-assisted automation solutions including automated test generation, automation framework migration, and automation coverage analysis. Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and QA teams in the design and implementation of enterprise automation solutions. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week. Employee may work at unanticipated worksites within the U.S. as assigned. Benefits Include: Medical Insurance; Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave. Job Requirements: Requires a Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a directly related field plus five (5) years of experience in Software Quality Engineering and Automation. Experience must include: Five (5) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently): - Designing and developing test automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or UFT, including frameworks such as TestNG, BDD, and Page Object Model (POM). - Performing API and web services automation testing, including REST-based services using tools such as REST Assured or Postman. - Developing automation solutions using Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or VB Script. - Performing database testing and backend data validation, including SQL development and working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MySQL. - Working in Agile/Scrum development environments and utilizing test management and defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and ALM. Three (3) years of experience in the following (experience may be gained concurrently): - Implementing CI/CD pipelines and executing automation in continuous integration environments using tools such as Jenkins and Git. - Supporting GxP-compliant healthcare or pharmaceutical systems, including experience working in FDA regulated environments and supporting Patient Safety or Pharmacovigilance applications. - Testing IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and other telephony-based platforms. - Working with enterprise workflow platfom1s and deployment tools, such as Camunda, Spring Boot, Pega, Pega Deployment Manager, or OpenText ALM. - Utilizing analytics and AI-based tools, including Power BI, Microsoft Fa ric, OBIEE, and Generative AI solutions, to support test automation and optimization activities. 40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm, Salary: $165,693.00/year. To Apply: Send resumes to .