QA Engineer Automated 3

Location : Austin, TX (Hybrid )
Duration : 12 months contract
Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mondays and Tuesdays) required to be onsite at the location listed above
Client : Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Solicitation Reference Number: 529601514

As a member of the team, participate in requirements analysis, test design, test data preparation, and testing of various application components, as required.
Work with other teams as necessary to accomplish goals.
Create technical and design documentation, as required.
Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error.
Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts.
Participate in program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements.
Other duties as assigned.

Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong understanding and experience of fundamental programming and testing concepts in the context of Web based UI applications.
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is strongly preferred.

Required Experience
8 years Required Experience/knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of software development and the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including knowledge of industry accepted software engineering practices and life cycle methods (Agile)
8 years Required Knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, information technology equipment, applicable programming languages, computer hardware and software, and computer operating systems.
8 years Required Experience in analyzing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, and write test plans and test scenarios to validate that the requirements are met within the application and/or business processes.
8 years Required Skill analyzing software applications, defects, and business problems to draw evidence-based conclusions and devise innovative solutions
3 years Preferred Skill using HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Katalon, HP LoadRunner, SoapUI, LoadUI, Selenium HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), HP Product Portfolio Management (PPM), SQL, XML, and running and creating interface files and running batch
3 years Preferred Experience working together with varied levels of development, testing staff, and end-users using Agile principles and methodologies
3 years Preferred Hands on software quality assurance (manual and/or automated testing) experience using one or more of HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), SoapUI, Selenium, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), HP Product Portfolio Management (PPM), JIRA, JAMA, PLSQ