Senior Automation Engineer – Urgent Need – Contrat Jobs

Senior Automation Engineer – Cloud & Infrastructure

Location- Hybrid in Palo Alto, CA

Duration- 12+ months

Top 3 Required Skills:

1. Automation Testing Expertise – 5+ years of hands-on experience in test automation using Java, JUnit/TestNG, and CI/CD tools.

2. Terraform & Terratest – Strong proficiency in infrastructure as code and automated testing of cloud resources, preferably on GCP.

3. Cloud Platform Experience – Deep understanding of public cloud services (GCP/AWS), including compute, storage, networking, and container orchestration.

Job Description:

Minimum 5+ years in automation testing, with strong experience in cloud platforms and infrastructure as code.

Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Automation Engineer to lead quality assurance efforts across cloud-based infrastructure and applications. This role requires expertise in automation testing, cloud platforms (preferably GCP), and infrastructure tools like Terraform and Terratest. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in programming, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native technologies, along with a passion for building scalable and reliable test automation frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for cloud infrastructure and application testing.

• Perform functional, integration, and regression testing across public cloud platforms (GCP/AWS).

• Implement and manage test automation using tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, and Terratest.

• Collaborate with DevOps and development teams to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

• Validate infrastructure deployments using Terraform and ensure robust testing coverage.

• Conduct API and web service testing using REST, Postman, curl, and related tools.

• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud services including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, GKE/EKS, and networking components.

• Utilize logging, monitoring, and alerting tools to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Apply programming skills in Java, Go, and Groovy to support test development and automation.

• Maintain documentation and collaborate using tools like Confluence and Jira.

Years of Experience:5+ Years of Experience