Remote Senior Automation Specialist Jobs
Remote Senior Automation Specialist jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms, distributed engineering teams, and enterprise organizations running large-scale automation programs in sectors like manufacturing technology, software, and healthcare operations. Employers hiring remotely right now include Airline Hydraulics Corporation, Blue Star Partners, and Signode. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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About Avaya
Avaya is an enterprise software leader that helps the world’s largest organizations and government agencies forge unbreakable connections.
The Avaya Infinity™ platform unifies fragmented customer experiences, connecting the channels, insights, technologies, and workflows that together create enduring customer and employee relationships.
We believe success is built through strong connections – with each other, with our work, and with our mission. At Avaya, you'll find a community that values your contributions and supports your growth every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.avaya.com
Job Information
Job Code: 00194005
Job Family: Research and Development
Job Function: Software Engineering
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced test automation engineer to drive end-to-end software quality and operational reliability across our high-scale cloud, contact-center, and real-time communications solutions. You will be responsible for engineering robust, CI/CD-integrated automation frameworks that evaluate key quality dimensions including API integrity, protocol signaling, audio/video media performance, and infrastructure capacity. Operating in an innovative, fast-paced environment, you will combine agentic AI development tools with advanced problem-solving methodologies to optimize validation pipelines and elevate production excellence.
Responsibilities
- Design, code and maintain Playwright test suites for application UI and API journeys; add contract, integration, cross-service and end-to-end validation with reliable fixtures, test data and deterministic assertions.
- Wire automated suites into GitHub Actions/Jenkins pipelines and GitOps/Argo CD release flows; implement parallelization, selective test execution, environment readiness checks and post-deployment sanity gates.
- Develop automated voice/media/contact-center scenarios including SIP call setup/teardown, RTP/SRTP media, WebRTC, IVR, queues, agent workflows, transfer/hold/conference, recording and relevant messaging journeys.
- Build synthetic tests and continuous traffic generation to validate golden journeys, detect regressions and generate meaningful signals under routine and failure conditions.
- Implement performance/load/stress/soak testing; model concurrency and transaction rates, analyze p95/p99 latency, throughput, packet loss, jitter, media quality and service saturation.
- Implement safe chaos tests for pod/node failures, network degradation, dependency failures and failover; prove recovery behavior and regression protection.
- Build AI-assisted/agentic automation for test-authoring, failure clustering, flaky-test investigation, triage and proposal-based self-healing; maintain human review, audit trails and strong assertions.
- Troubleshoot failures end-to-end using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Alloy, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes events, API logs and packet/traffic traces; identify whether failures arise in tests, products, infrastructure or networks.
- Work closely with engineering, SRE, platform and security peers to improve system testability, resilience and secure handling of sensitive test data.
Required Experience
- 8+ years in software development in test, quality engineering or test automation with substantial recent hands-on coding.
- Strong TypeScript/JavaScript or Python and Playwright; robust UI/API automation, integration testing, async/event-driven behavior and CI/CD.
- Experience with performance testing tools such as k6, JMeter, Gatling or Locust; ability to interpret traffic, telemetry and actual bottlenecks.
- Working knowledge of real-time communications or contact-center testing, including SIP, RTP or WebRTC and troubleshooting call or media flows.
- Cloud-native debugging skills: Kubernetes, Linux, containers, HTTP, DNS, TLS, API gateways, networking and distributed services.
- Ability to use observability dashboards, traces and logs to isolate problems and convert findings into durable regression tests.
- Practical use of AI coding agents or agentic automation to improve engineering output, validated against objective test results.
Preferred Experience
- Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Grafana Alloy and OpenTelemetry instrumentation; traffic capture with Wireshark/tcpdump.
- Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS); Terraform, GitOps/Argo CD, Helm, Kafka, Redis and relational/document databases.
- Chaos tooling and controlled failure injection; synthetic monitoring and production-like traffic simulations.
- Security and compliance aware testing for zero trust, identity, TLS/mTLS, FedRAMP, PCI DSS or SOC 2 environments.
- Measures of success
- Automated suites detect meaningful regressions quickly and are trusted by developers and release teams.
- Critical voice, media and contact-center journeys have continuous, observable automated validation.
- Performance and resilience tests surface capacity or failure-mode issues before production impact.
- Agentic enhancements accelerate diagnosis and maintenance without hiding product defects or weakening coverage.
Education
Sponsorship and Equal Opportunity
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Avaya is an Equal Opportunity employer and a U.S. Federal Contractor. Our commitment to equality is a core value of Avaya. All qualified applicants and employees receive equal treatment without consideration for race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic. In general, positions at Avaya require the ability to communicate and use office technology effectively. Physical requirements may vary by assigned work location.
This job brief/description is subject to change. Nothing in this job description restricts Avaya right to alter the duties and responsibilities of this position at any time for any reason.
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About Avaya
Avaya is an enterprise software leader that helps the world’s largest organizations and government agencies forge unbreakable connections.
The Avaya Infinity™ platform unifies fragmented customer experiences, connecting the channels, insights, technologies, and workflows that together create enduring customer and employee relationships.
We believe success is built through strong connections – with each other, with our work, and with our mission. At Avaya, you'll find a community that values your contributions and supports your growth every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.avaya.com
Job Information
Job Code: 00194005
Job Family: Research and Development
Job Function: Software Engineering
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced test automation engineer to drive end-to-end software quality and operational reliability across our high-scale cloud, contact-center, and real-time communications solutions. You will be responsible for engineering robust, CI/CD-integrated automation frameworks that evaluate key quality dimensions including API integrity, protocol signaling, audio/video media performance, and infrastructure capacity. Operating in an innovative, fast-paced environment, you will combine agentic AI development tools with advanced problem-solving methodologies to optimize validation pipelines and elevate production excellence.
Responsibilities
- Design, code and maintain Playwright test suites for application UI and API journeys; add contract, integration, cross-service and end-to-end validation with reliable fixtures, test data and deterministic assertions.
- Wire automated suites into GitHub Actions/Jenkins pipelines and GitOps/Argo CD release flows; implement parallelization, selective test execution, environment readiness checks and post-deployment sanity gates.
- Develop automated voice/media/contact-center scenarios including SIP call setup/teardown, RTP/SRTP media, WebRTC, IVR, queues, agent workflows, transfer/hold/conference, recording and relevant messaging journeys.
- Build synthetic tests and continuous traffic generation to validate golden journeys, detect regressions and generate meaningful signals under routine and failure conditions.
- Implement performance/load/stress/soak testing; model concurrency and transaction rates, analyze p95/p99 latency, throughput, packet loss, jitter, media quality and service saturation.
- Implement safe chaos tests for pod/node failures, network degradation, dependency failures and failover; prove recovery behavior and regression protection.
- Build AI-assisted/agentic automation for test-authoring, failure clustering, flaky-test investigation, triage and proposal-based self-healing; maintain human review, audit trails and strong assertions.
- Troubleshoot failures end-to-end using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Alloy, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes events, API logs and packet/traffic traces; identify whether failures arise in tests, products, infrastructure or networks.
- Work closely with engineering, SRE, platform and security peers to improve system testability, resilience and secure handling of sensitive test data.
Required Experience
- 8+ years in software development in test, quality engineering or test automation with substantial recent hands-on coding.
- Strong TypeScript/JavaScript or Python and Playwright; robust UI/API automation, integration testing, async/event-driven behavior and CI/CD.
- Experience with performance testing tools such as k6, JMeter, Gatling or Locust; ability to interpret traffic, telemetry and actual bottlenecks.
- Working knowledge of real-time communications or contact-center testing, including SIP, RTP or WebRTC and troubleshooting call or media flows.
- Cloud-native debugging skills: Kubernetes, Linux, containers, HTTP, DNS, TLS, API gateways, networking and distributed services.
- Ability to use observability dashboards, traces and logs to isolate problems and convert findings into durable regression tests.
- Practical use of AI coding agents or agentic automation to improve engineering output, validated against objective test results.
Preferred Experience
- Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Grafana Alloy and OpenTelemetry instrumentation; traffic capture with Wireshark/tcpdump.
- Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS); Terraform, GitOps/Argo CD, Helm, Kafka, Redis and relational/document databases.
- Chaos tooling and controlled failure injection; synthetic monitoring and production-like traffic simulations.
- Security and compliance aware testing for zero trust, identity, TLS/mTLS, FedRAMP, PCI DSS or SOC 2 environments.
- Measures of success
- Automated suites detect meaningful regressions quickly and are trusted by developers and release teams.
- Critical voice, media and contact-center journeys have continuous, observable automated validation.
- Performance and resilience tests surface capacity or failure-mode issues before production impact.
- Agentic enhancements accelerate diagnosis and maintenance without hiding product defects or weakening coverage.
Education
Sponsorship and Equal Opportunity
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Avaya is an Equal Opportunity employer and a U.S. Federal Contractor. Our commitment to equality is a core value of Avaya. All qualified applicants and employees receive equal treatment without consideration for race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic. In general, positions at Avaya require the ability to communicate and use office technology effectively. Physical requirements may vary by assigned work location.
This job brief/description is subject to change. Nothing in this job description restricts Avaya right to alter the duties and responsibilities of this position at any time for any reason.
#LI-REMOTE
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Accounting & Auditing
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote senior automation specialist jobs.
- 5 or more years of hands-on experience programming PLCs such as Allen-Bradley, Siemens, or Mitsubishi
- Proficiency with SCADA and HMI platforms including FactoryTalk, Wonderware, or Ignition
- Experience designing and commissioning automated systems in manufacturing or industrial environments
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field
- Knowledge of industrial communication protocols including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, or Profibus
- Familiarity with robotics integration, motion control systems, or robotic process automation platforms
Tips for Your Remote Senior Automation Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote senior automation specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your stack and apply directly. Remote postings fill fast, so checking regularly and applying the same day you find a strong match improves your odds.
Show async documentation skills upfront
Remote automation teams depend on engineers who write clearly without back-and-forth. Include links to test plans, runbooks, or architecture notes you've authored. Concrete writing samples signal to distributed teams that you can operate independently from day one.
Highlight remote-ready automation tooling
Call out specific tools you've used in distributed environments, such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Selenium Grid, or Ansible Tower. Remote employers scan for evidence you've run automation pipelines without physical access to infrastructure, so name the tools and describe the scale.
Prepare for async-first remote interviews
Many remote senior automation specialist interviews include a take-home coding or scripting exercise instead of a live whiteboard session. Practice explaining your approach in writing, not just code, because remote hiring managers often review your reasoning before scheduling a live call.
Remote Senior Automation Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote senior automation specialist job?
Remote senior automation specialist roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong self-direction, clear async written communication, and hands-on experience with tools like Selenium, Python, Jenkins, or similar automation frameworks. Remote employers screen heavily for independent problem-solving and the ability to document processes without hand-holding. A portfolio of automation projects, contributions to open-source test frameworks, or demonstrated CI/CD pipeline ownership gives you a concrete edge over candidates with similar credentials.
Which companies hire remote senior automation specialists?
Employers currently hiring remote senior automation specialists include Airline Hydraulics Corporation, Blue Star Partners, and Signode, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, distributed fintech teams, and enterprise healthcare technology organizations make up a large share of the companies hiring for this role remotely.
Can you get a remote senior automation specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level automation roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot independently without in-person support from day one. You can open the door by building automation projects on your own, contributing to open-source QA or DevOps repositories, and earning certifications in tools like Selenium or Ansible. Remote-first startups and smaller distributed teams are more willing to take a chance on candidates who show strong self-taught initiative.
Do you need a degree for remote senior automation specialist jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers prioritize demonstrated automation skills, real project work, and tool proficiency over a formal degree, especially for senior-level roles where output speaks for itself. Certifications in automation platforms, a portfolio of CI/CD or test automation work, and experience with scripting languages can carry as much weight as a computer science degree at distributed teams and remote-first engineering organizations.
Which industries hire the most remote senior automation specialists?
Remote senior automation specialist roles concentrate in Accounting & Auditing and Technology & Software, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors rely on distributed engineering teams that need automation specialists who can build, maintain, and scale pipelines without being on-site.
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