senior test automation engineer / tosca sme.

Senior Test Automation Engineer / Tosca SME (100%)Location

Geneva area, Switzerland (hybrid working model)

Contract

Long-term consulting assignment | Full-time (100%)

About the Opportunity

Our client, a large and complex organization undergoing a significant digital transformation, is strengthening its Quality Engineering and Testing capability.

We are seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer / Tosca Subject Matter Expert who will play a strategic role in establishing, governing, and scaling automated testing practices across multiple business-critical applications and services.

This is not a traditional automation role. The successful candidate will act as the internal Tosca reference, defining standards, coaching teams, and building sustainable automation frameworks that can be adopted across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Tosca Strategy & Governance

• Define and maintain enterprise-wide Tosca standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Design scalable and reusable automation architectures.
• Establish naming conventions, governance rules, templates, and quality standards.
• Drive the industrialization and continuous improvement of automated testing practices.

Test Automation Delivery

• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize automated test suites using Tricentis Tosca.
• Create reusable modules, components, and test assets.
• Maintain and improve existing Tosca repositories and automation frameworks.
• Ensure test coverage, maintainability, reliability, and execution efficiency.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the primary Tosca expert supporting project and testing teams.
• Mentor Test Managers and Automation Engineers on Tosca capabilities and best practices.
• Provide Level 2/Level 3 expertise for complex automation challenges.
• Contribute to technical documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Evaluate opportunities to leverage AI-assisted testing approaches.
• Identify automation optimization opportunities and improve testing efficiency.
• Contribute to the evolution of quality engineering practices within the organization.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

Mandatory Certifications

• Tricentis Tosca Automation Specialist Level 1 (AS1)

Strongly Preferred Certifications

• Tricentis Tosca Automation Specialist Level 2 (AS2)
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced Certification

Must-Have Technical Skills

Candidates who do not meet the majority of these requirements are unlikely to be considered.

Tosca Expertise

• Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca in enterprise environments.
• Proven experience designing, maintaining, and industrializing automated test suites.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Modules
  • TestCases
  • Reusable Components
  • TestCase Design
• Experience managing Tosca repositories and optimizing automation assets.
• Experience working with Multi-User Workspaces and repository governance.
• Knowledge of Tosca Commander installation, configuration, and license management.

Software Development & Collaboration

• Strong experience with Git version control.
• Ability to work effectively within collaborative development and testing environments.

Communication

• Professional proficiency in French and English.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Highly Desirable Experience

The ideal candidate will demonstrate several of the following:

Enterprise Tosca Architecture

• Designing and governing Tosca implementations at scale.
• Building reusable enterprise automation frameworks.
• Defining standards, governance models, and quality controls.

Functional Test Automation

• Automation of web applications.
• Automation of desktop/client-server applications.
• Large-scale regression testing initiatives.

Coaching & Enablement

• Supporting teams during Tosca adoption.
• Training and mentoring automation engineers and test professionals.
• Driving automation maturity across multiple projects.

AI-Assisted Testing

• Understanding of practical applications of Generative AI in testing, including:
  • Test case generation
  • Test maintenance support
  • Test result analysis
• Awareness of both benefits and limitations of AI-driven testing approaches.

Nice-to-Have Skills

The following experience would be considered a strong advantage:

• Tosca Server administration.
• Elastic Execution Agent and distributed execution environments.
• CI/CD integration (GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or equivalent).
• API testing using Tosca API Scan.
• Integration with ALM platforms such as Jira, Xray, or similar tools.
• Experience with complementary automation technologies such as:
  • Playwright
  • Robot Framework
  • Selenium
  • Cucumber
  • Gherkin / BDD
• Docker-based automation execution environments.
• Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum, SAFe).

What Success Looks Like

Within the first months of the assignment, you will:

• Establish scalable Tosca governance and standards.
• Improve automation maintainability and reusability.
• Increase adoption of Tosca across multiple teams.
• Enable greater autonomy among Test Managers and Automation Engineers.
• Contribute to a sustainable, enterprise-grade test automation strategy.

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership capabilities:

• Structured and methodical approach.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Passion for quality engineering and continuous improvement.
• Collaborative mindset and service-oriented attitude.
• Ability to influence and guide teams without direct authority.

Interested?

If you are a Tosca expert who enjoys building scalable automation ecosystems, mentoring teams, and shaping quality engineering practices at enterprise level, we would like to hear from you.