Staff QA Automation Engineer

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the preeminent wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

Staff QA Automation Engineer plays a pivotal role in the implementation, governance, and continuous improvement of the SAP S/4Hana automation program. Reporting to the QA manager and providing technical direction to a team of 4-6 Senior QA Automation Engineers, this role involves not only monitoring and evaluating testing outcomes but also driving the development of innovative testing strategies and plans, setting the vision, established standards, resolving technical blockers, and leading a cohesive, high-performing automation team.  The Staff QA Automation Engineer serves as the primary quality authority for complex, multi-module SAP programs, collaborating closely with business analysts, functional subject matter experts, architects and development teams, to define strategy, enforce standards, implementing cutting-edge testing technologies, such as AI, and delivering measurable improvements in release quality at scale. The core mandate of this role is to establish and continuously mature a rigorous, scalable Tosca automation foundation across the SAP S/4Hana landscape. This is a staff/principal-level position for practitioners who combine Tosca and SAP technical expertise with leadership presence required to drive alignment and build a solid automation foundation.  

Primary Responsibilities

• Leads end-to-end implementation of the automation program: define the framework, architecture, establish module-level test design standards and governs the maintenance cadence for all automation assets.
• Drive the establishment of automation foundation from initial implementation through steady-state operation – including test case library structure, reusable component design, execution scheduling, and integration coordination.
• Establish and enforce Tosca automation framework standards, mentoring peers on, coding conventions, and object reuse patterns that ensure automation assets are maintainable, scalable and transferable across team members
• Serves as the subject matter expert and escalation point for Tosca technical issues, integration failures, and framework design decisions, maintain deep familiarity with Tosca platform updates and roadmap capabilities.   
• Oversee the ongoing maintenance and evolution of all Tosca automation scripts and framework components; define the governance process for script updates triggered by SAP changes, systems upgrades, or scope expansion.
• Conduct regular technical reviews of automation scripts and framework contributions produced by senior engineers, provide actionable feedback that raises quality bar and accelerates skill development.
• Ensure reusability and scalability of Tosca test scripts across SAP modules, reducing duplication and maximizing automation coverage.

Additional Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business analysts, functional consultants, architects, and product owners to develop holistic, program-wide testing strategies; champion quality and automation investment as strategic organizational priorities.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and scenarios tailored to SAP modules and enterprise integration points; identify automation opportunities and define the overarching strategy for automated coverage across functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Track a