Senior QA Automation Engineer with State client exp

Job title: Senior QA Automation Engineer with State client exp  

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid) 

Duration: 03+ Months 

Client Job number:  529601713

Due date: 05/22/2026 

Position is Hybrid at the location listed above. The program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position. Mon-Tues (ONSITE) --- Wed-Fri (REMOTE). 

The program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY. 

The primary work location(s) will be at 701 W 51st Street, Austin, TX 78751 

Recent State client experience is mandatory 

Job Description:  

This QA Engineer Automated 3 contractor position performs Quality Assurance activities for an application for the (PCS) Contract Operations team. This application is part of an initiative to enhance and update the System Contract Operating and Reporting application to create a more robust and comprehensive system for agency contract management, monitoring, and compliance activities. 

This position is part of the Administrative Applications Software Quality Assurance team and is responsible for developing and maintaining automated test cases using Playwright or similar technology, and for developing and maintaining test scripts for both manual and automated testing. Perform manual testing as required. Track test case execution. Establish regular automated schedules for test cases and required reporting. Use Jira to log and track defects. Develop and maintain requirements traceability matrices. Must have experience working in an Agile environment. Support the development team as needed in dev, test, UAT, and production, and troubleshoot test cases as required. Lead UAT testing activities as needed. Available for on-call support as needed. 

Required Skills: 

10 Years of Manual Test Script Execution Experience  

8 Years of Automated QA Testing Experience  

8 Years of QA Test Script Creation Experience  

8 Years of Performance Testing Experience 

Preferred Skills: 

5 Years of QA Automated Test Case Reporting Experience  

5 Years of JavaScript, HTML Experience, Playwright, WebdriverIO, JMeter  

3 Years of Agile, Scrum, Jira, XRay, or Zephyr Experience  

3 Years of Accessibility Testing Experience