Test Architect Principal
Core
Senior technical authority for end-to-end testing strategy, quality architecture, and release-readiness evidence across the New PBM Platform program, defining frameworks for new capability and existing system re-implementation.
Role type
Principal Test Architect (Strategy & Governance)
Builds
End-to-end test strategy, quality architecture, release readiness evidence, and reusable testing patterns for the New PBM Platform.
Domain
Health Insurance / PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Manager) / Enterprise Software
Required skills
Enterprise test architecture, quality engineering, automation strategy, software-delivery controls, distributed platform testing, API/event-driven testing, performance/resilience testing, test data management, CI/CD integration, cloud-native testing (AWS), test automation tooling (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured, Karate, JUnit, TestNG, pytest), performance tooling (JMeter, Gatling, k6), contract testing (Pact, WireMock), test data management tools (Delphix, Informatica, GenRocket).
Preferred skills
AI-assisted software development lifecycle (AI-SDLC), AI-generated test validation, service virtualization, observability tooling (CloudWatch, X-Ray), legacy-modern ecosystem integration.
Responsibilities
Define and maintain the program's end-to-end test strategy, architecture, and multi-year quality roadmap; Establish standards for all testing types (unit, integration, E2E, performance, security, data-conversion); Provide technical governance for quality decisions and assess readiness evidence; Own the test automation strategy and framework/tooling selection; Define the test data strategy including synthetic data and PHI handling; Mentor architects and engineers to elevate test engineering capability; Evaluate emerging testing tools and techniques for adoption.
Seniority
Principal, strategic direction & mentorship
