Test Architect

About the Role

UST is searching for a Test Architect who will define the enterprise test automation architecture, strategy, and roadmap across programs and lines of business.

Opportunity

• Establish the QE strategy end to end — shift-left, in-sprint automation, test-data management, centralized reporting, and environment/CI-CD strategy
• Evaluate, pilot, and adopt emerging tools and AI/ML-driven testing solutions; own build-vs-buy and tooling decisions
• Define quality KPIs, coverage and release-readiness metrics; drive continuous improvement and governance across teams
• Architect the test execution ecosystem across cloud platforms, containers, and parallel/distributed execution
• Partner with Architecture, DevOps, Product, and Delivery leadership to embed quality into design and CI/CD pipelines
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QE leads and engineers; conduct design, code, and architecture reviews and uphold QE governance
• Lead root-cause analysis, risk assessment, and resolution for high-impact, Telecom-critical systems
• Drive Telecom domain solutioning across modules

Required Experience & Skills

• Architecture & Framework Design Expert: 8+ years
• Strong Telecom domain knowledge
• Automation: Selenium / Playwright, REST / API Expert Hands-on: 8+ years
• Test Architect: Responsible for defining and enhancing enterprise automation frameworks with Test Grid (future preferred tool) and Tosca (existing), along with Selenium/Java where needed
• Programming Language: Java / C# / TypeScript Expert Hands-on: 7+ years
• Design E2E automation across digital channels (Mobile, Web, API, bots) and middleware layers (Commerce, DAS Auth, DPS, Offers, Operations)
• SQL knowledge Strong: 5+ years
• Able to architect scalable automation for high-volume digital workflows and multi-system orchestration
• CI/CD & DevOps (Gitlab, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, JIRA, qTest) Strong: 5+ years
• Accessibility Testing
• AI/ML-based testing tools & GenAI for QE: 2-4 years
• QE strategy, governance, KPIs & test-data management Expert
• Performance & non-functional testing strategy Strong: 4+ years
• Stakeholder management, technical leadership & communication Expert

Pay

Role Location: Kansas. Compensation Range: $90,000-$135,000

Benefits

• Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty
• Eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance for themselves and their dependents residing in the US
• Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits
• Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines
• Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching; they and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year)
• All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws