QA Test Engineer

Role: QA Test Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL OR Richardson, TX (Onsite)
Type: Contract

Role Description:
Person should be or
Test Engineer roles and responsibilities include the following
5 - 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance working and proficient in executing projects following Agile methodology
Must have working experience with Playwright automation framework
Should be hands on performing both manual and automation testing
Expertise with Cucumber BDD, Selenium web driver, TestNG, Maven, GitHub and Jenkins.
Strong Core Java and SQL skills
Ability to work under high-pressure environments and simultaneously lead multiple initiatives
Good communication and presentation skills
Represents Quality Engineering team in all aspects project lifecycle grooming, sprint planning, defect triaging, mitigation of project risks, and Root cause analysis.
Assist QA management in data gathering for QA metrics and improvements.
Active participation during requirements grooming session to ensure acceptance criteria are documented clearly for QA team to create comprehensive test cases and prevent requirement gaps.
Plan test activities such as test design, in sprint automation, regression automation, execution, defect tracking and coordination of functional and regression testing activities.
Responsible for reviewing, overseeing Test execution and Automation Execution.
Serve as Subject Matter Expert, improve current procedures, and provide guidance to team members.
Perform comprehensive testing to prevent introduction of application defects into Regression, End to End, Client and Production environments.
Responsible for translating QA, UAT and Business Scenarios into Automated Regression Test Cases