Job Description As the Lead SDET, you will serve as the technical owner of the organization's automation strategy, partnering closely with QA, development, and business teams to drive automation maturity across multiple enterprise applications. This role is highly hands-on and requires someone who can architect automation solutions, build scalable frameworks, and lead both onshore and offshore automation engineers. You'll be responsible for improving automation coverage, reducing manual testing efforts, strengthening CI/CD integration, and ensuring the overall stability and reliability of automated regression testing. Success in this role requires a strong technical leader who can balance strategic planning with hands-on development while proactively solving complex automation challenges. Lead automation planning efforts by identifying, prioritizing, and sizing regression testing opportunities across multiple applications. Design, build, and enhance scalable UI automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Katalon, and other automation technologies. Provide technical leadership and day-to-day guidance for offshore and onshore automation engineers, including work allocation, code reviews, troubleshooting, and mentoring. Establish and enforce automation standards, best practices, reusable components, and framework governance. Drive automation integration within CI/CD pipelines to support efficient and reliable regression testing as part of the release process. Troubleshoot complex automation failures related to application changes, dynamic UI elements, authentication, test data, environments, and framework issues. Partner with QA, development, and product teams to identify automation gaps and improve overall testing efficiency and quality. Support automation efforts across enterprise platforms, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, and other business-critical applications. Monitor automation health and execution results, continuously working to improve test stability, reduce flaky tests, and lower maintenance effort. Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including AI-assisted testing, self-healing automation, and other innovations that improve automation effectiveness and scalability. We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.

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https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/. Skills and Requirements 5+ years of UI test automation experience with Java, Selenium, and automation framework development Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch using data-driven, keyword-driven, modular, or hybrid design patterns Strong experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.) and working with Git Prior technical leadership experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting complex automation issues, and driving automation standards Experience with Katalon Studio Experience testing Salesforce and/or ServiceNow applications Experience with Jira, qTest, or other test management tools Exposure to AI-assisted testing and automation tools (ChatGPT, self-healing automation, intelligent test selection) Experience leading or working with offshore automation teams Experience building automation solutions in large enterprise environments