Lead Automation/DevOps Technical Coach

Expert In Recruitment Solutions

Plano, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Best Practices, Cloud Architecture, Coaching, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, GitHub, Home Automation, JUnit, Jenkins, Leadership, Mail Services, Microsoft Windows Azure, NUnit, Project/Program Management, Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Engineering, Quality Metrics, REST (Representational State Transfer), Selenium, Software Engineering, Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Driven Development (TDD), Test Strategy, Testing, Training/Teaching
LOCATION
Plano, TX
POSTED
5 days ago
Job Title: Lead Automation/DevOps Technical Coach


Must-Haves — Technical Coach, Test Automation & Quality Engineering
1. Strong Test Automation Background
  • 10+ years in software engineering, test automation, quality engineering, or engineering leadership
  • Hands-on experience building and scaling automation frameworks
  • Experience with:
    • Selenium
    • Playwright or Cypress
    • API automation (REST Assured, Postman/Newman)
    • JUnit/TestNG/NUnit/xUnit
    • Cucumber or SpecFlow
2. Quality Engineering Expertise
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • TDD
    • BDD
    • Shift-left testing
    • Continuous testing
    • Automation strategy
  • Experience improving:
    • Test coverage
    • Release confidence
    • Software quality
    • Defect reduction
3. CI/CD Automation Experience
  • Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
  • Hands-on with tools such as:
    • Jenkins
    • GitHub Actions
    • GitLab CI/CD
    • Azure DevOps
4. Enterprise Automation Leadership
  • Experience leading automation adoption across multiple teams
  • Ability to define:
    • Automation standards
    • Framework guidelines
    • Testing strategies
    • Quality metrics
5. Coaching & Communication Skills
  • Experience coaching:
    • QA engineers
    • Developers
    • Engineering teams
    • Technical leaders
  • Able to deliver training, workshops, and best practices
  • Strong communication with both technical and business stakeholders
6. Quality Tools & Practices
  • Experience with:
    • SonarQube or similar code quality tools
    • Test reporting/analytics
    • Automation governance
Ideal Candidate Profile
A hands-on Quality Engineering leader who can:
  • Build automation frameworks
  • Guide teams on modern testing practices
  • Integrate testing into CI/CD
  • Coach engineers and leaders
  • Drive enterprise-wide automation adoption
Not a Fit If They Are Primarily:
  • Manual QA managers
  • Project managers without automation experience
  • Cloud/DevOps architects without testing ownership
  • Developers with limited automation leadership experience

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Expert In Recruitment Solutions