Sr Associate Test Automation Engineer

Career Category Information Systems Job Description ABOUT AMGEN   Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

Role Description:   We are seeking a highly skilled, hands-on Sr Associate Test Automation Engineer with strong experience i n data validation, ETL testing, test automation, CRM iPad Testing and QA process ownership. This role combines deep technical execution with a solid foundation in QA best practices including test planning, defect tracking, and test lifecycle management.    You will be responsible for designing and executing manual and automated test strategies for complex real-time and batch data pipelines and in Veeva CRM (iPad App) contributing to the design of automation frameworks, and ensuring high-quality data delivery across our AWS , MuleSoft and Databricks-based platforms.    Roles & Responsibilities:     Collaborate with the developers and QAs to design and implement end-to-end test strategies for data validation, CRM (Salesforce/Veeva) layer testing, and Data Migration testing.   Perform manual validation of data pipelines, including source-to-target data mapping, transformation logic, and business rule verification.    Develop and maintain automated data validation scripts using Python and PySpark for both real-time and batch pipelines.    Contribute to the design and enhancement of reusable automation frameworks, with components for schema validation, data reconciliation, and anomaly detection.      Write and manage test plans, test cases, and test data for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.    Track, manage, and report defects using tools like JIRA, ensuring thorough root cause analysis and timely resolution.    Collaborate with Data Engineers, Product Managers, and DevOps teams to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and enable shift-left testing practices.    Ensure comprehensive test coverage for all aspects of the data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, delivery, and consumption.    Participate in QA ceremonies (standups, planning, retrospectives) and continuously contribute to improving the QA process and culture.     Experience building or maintaining test data generators     Contributions to internal quality dashboards or data observability systems     Awareness of metadata-driven testing approaches and lineage-based validations    Experience working with agile Testing methodologies such as Scaled Agile.    Familiarity with automated testing frameworks like Selenium, Copado Robotic Testing, COFTA or PyTest .    Basic Qualifications and Experience:   Master’s degree and 3 to 7 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience  OR   Bachelor’s degree and 5 to 9 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR   Diploma and 7 to 11 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience   Functional Skills:   Must-Have Skills    Experience in testing automation in front end portals, Mobile iOS applications, .Net Framework and data pipelines.    Practical experience with manual validation of data pipelines and source-to-target testing.    Familiarity with data integration tools and platforms such as Databricks, AWS Glue, Redshift, Veeva/Salesforce,   Strong understanding of test planning, defect tracking, bug lifecycle management, and QA documentation.    Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with standard QA processes.    Knowledge of test case and defect management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr).    Strong understanding of QA