7249 - Senior QA Automation Programmer/Developer (Candidate MUST CURRENTLY Resided in St Paul)

7249 - Senior QA Automation Programmer/Developer (Candidate MUST CURRENTLY Resided in St Paul)

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Programmer/Developer for a full-time, onsite consulting engagement. This role will provide senior-level technical leadership for enterprise QA automation efforts, including automation architecture, framework design and modernization, automated test development, and integration with CI/CD processes.

The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience developing scalable automation frameworks using Java and Selenium or comparable technologies and will be comfortable serving as a technical lead within an Agile/DevOps environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and modernize enterprise automation frameworks with a focus on maintainability, scalability, sustainability, and reuse.
• Provide technical leadership for automation architecture, framework design, coding standards, and QA automation best practices.
• Evaluate existing automation frameworks and implement improvements to increase reliability, maintainability, scalability, and execution efficiency.
• Design, develop, execute, and maintain functional, system integration, API, and regression automation test suites.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, DevOps engineers, QA professionals, and other technical team members to develop automation strategies and reusable test assets.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support automated test execution throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Mentor automation engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, framework guidance, and knowledge transfer.
• Develop SQL queries and perform database validation in support of automated testing and troubleshooting.
• Participate in Agile activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement, defect triage, and technical design discussions.
• Research and evaluate new automation tools, technologies, and framework enhancements to improve software quality and long-term maintainability.
• Document automation processes, procedures, standards, and framework components to support ongoing maintenance.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have:

• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and executing automated test solutions for large-scale enterprise applications.
• 5+ years of experience developing automation frameworks using Java and Selenium or comparable automation technologies.
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, or significantly enhancing automation frameworks using object-oriented design principles and reusable framework architecture.
• 3+ years of experience integrating automated testing into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Jenkins.
• 5+ years of experience writing SQL queries and performing database validation in support of automated testing.

Desired Qualifications

Strong candidates will also have experience with:

• Serving as an Automation Architect, Principal QA Automation Engineer, Automation Framework Lead, Senior Automation Consultant, or similar senior technical role.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring automation engineers, and conducting automation code reviews.
• Modernizing mature or legacy automation frameworks to improve maintainability, scalability, sustainability, and long-term supportability.
• Designing automation frameworks from the ground up, including reusable components, reporting, coding standards, scalability, maintainability, and extensibility.
• Supporting large, complex, mission-critical enterprise applications.
• Automating web applications, REST APIs, and database validation.
• IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM), IBM Quality Manager (QM), IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), or comparable enterprise test management tools.
• Performance testing tools or supporting performance testing initiatives.
• Agile/Scrum and DevOps environments.
• Healthcare, human services, government, or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Working effectively with developers, solution architects, DevOps engineers, business analysts, and QA teams.

Additional Skills

• Strong understanding of QA automation architecture and software development best practices.
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to provide hands-on technical leadership while contributing directly to automation development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-transfer skills.

Position Details

• Full-time consulting position
• Onsite work environment
• Senior-level QA Automation / Programmer-Developer role
• Initial project term with potential for extension